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Transaxle Porsches: The Definitive Timeline

Half a century ago… Porsche engineers embraced the idea of balance more than 50 years ago while developing a new sports car layout at the Weissach Development Centre. Their transaxle design—placing the engine up front and the transmission at the rear—created near-perfect weight distribution. The concept debuted in the Porsche...

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The Porsche 995: Racing to the Future

In the late 1970s Germany’s Federal Ministry for Research and Technology launched a national program to inspire and guide car producers toward more efficient, lower-emission and potentially smaller passenger cars. This sounds like a huge challenge and it was. But some rationality was powering the initiative. A concentration of negative...

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Porsche 928: The Grand Tourer That Challenged the 911

1978 Porsche 928. The development of the Porsche 928 occurred during a period of deep uncertainty—and quiet ambition—within Porsche AG. By the early 1970s, Porsche’s reputation had become firmly tied to the rear-engine 911, a car that had evolved steadily from the earlier 356 and had come to almost singlehandedly...

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The Front-Engine Gamble: Porsche’s Transaxle Revolution from 1976 to 1995

Porsche transaxle models exhibited at Porsche Museum

Porsche. Rear-engined. Air-cooled. A formula etched into Zuffenhausen’s concrete since the 356. And then 1976 happened. Out rolled the 924 with its motor up front and gearbox out back, and the Porsche faithful briefly considered the faint smell of betrayal in the air. Nearly two decades later, the grand experiment...

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Bonkers Porsche 928 “surf car”

Can a Porsche and the surfing lifestyle coexist? According to this 928’s owner, the answer is a resounding YES. For proof of this, look no further than the 928 Surfari – an unlikely project dreamt and realized by a passionate Polish surfing community. No Subscription? You’re missing out Get immediate...

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Porsche and the US

Porsche 356 Cabriolet competing at an aerodrome race in the USA, ca. 1952/1953 America has for decades been Porsche’s biggest market, and this was important for the young and growing company. In some ways, the importance of this market even influenced the development of certain models. In this feature, Porsche...

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The Porsche Transaxle Family

1976 Porsche 924 Coupé It is a fact that most of us with an interest in roadgoing or race cars, will have a favourite model that holds a special place in our memory for some reason. That reason might be something significant that happened in your life where a certain...

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Ernst Fuhrmann – the inspiration behind the 911 Turbo

Ernst Fuhrmann at the 24 Hours of Le Mans, 12 June 1977 Porsche’s first CEO is frequently maligned as the man who tried to kill off the 911. There is far more to his Porsche career than this misconception as he was the inspiration behind the 911 Turbo. This Porsche...

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