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Porsche Casts Doubt Over Volkswagen Merger
Porsche is looking increasingly unsure over a potential takeover by Volkswagen, which currently holds a 49.9-percent stake in the sports car maker. Porsche Automobil Holding SE is the company that holds the 50.1% majority of Porsche AG, the manufacturing arm that actually builds the cars. But Volkswagen is looking to exercise an option that allows…
Porsche GT3 R Hybrid 2.0 to Compete at Nurburgring 24 With More Efficient Engine
While Audi made a name for diesels in endurance racing, Porsche is paving the way for hybrids, announcing that it will once again run its GT3 R Hybrid at the Nurburgring 24 Hour Race this June. The updated car creates the same power as last year’s model, but is more efficient, meaning it will require…
Porsche 911 To Lose Weight, Use Aluminum Extensively
The next Porsche 911 is expected to shed roughly 100 pounds of weight, thanks to an aluminum intensive chassis that will be shared with the next generation Boxster and Cayman. The news, courtesy of Motor Trend, seems to suggest that power upgrades won’t be as substantial, with the reduced weight helping to bring the majority…
Porsche Cajun Gets Green Light, On Sale in 2013
Porsche has confirmed the Cajun compact crossover will head into production, hitting the market in 2013. The news comes as part of an announcement by the German automaker that it has selected its Leipzig plant to assemble the new vehicle alongside the Cayenne and Panamera. Also of note, Porsche uses the ‘Cajun’ name in its…
Porsche 911 GT2 RS Delivered To Lucky Customers In California [Video]
Some cars, like the Bugatti Veyron, are so expensive that we can’t imagine ever owning one. Others, like the Porsche 911 GT2 RS are so outrageously powerful that we wouldn’t want to drive them, because of the massive disconnect between our own limits and those of the car. With 620 horsepower channeled only through the…
Steve McQueen’s Porsche 911 Heading to the Auction Block in Monterey
If you’ve seen Le Mans, you’ll remember the opening sequence with a lovely slate-grey Porsche 911 that Steve McQueen drives through the countryside. Now, here’s the chance to own that same car. McQueen liked the 1970 Porsche 911S so much that he bought it after the movie was completed and shipped it to California, where…
Porsche GT3 RS 4.0L Limited Edition to Bow April 7th
Rumored since almost the launch of the GT2 RS, Porsche is set to reveal an even more potent version of the GT3 on April 7th. According to the well-connected sources of TeamSpeed.com members, the new GT3 RS 4.0L Limited Edition (exact name not yet known) will sport a larger displacement flat-six. Bumping engine size by…
Continental Tire Dream Giveaway: Win One of Two Porsches and Help Kids Too
Continental Tire and Grand-Am have teamed up to give away a Porsche GT3 and a Porsche Cayenne S Hybrid, raising awareness and funds for the WorldCause Foundation that helps seriously ill children. The GT3 is no regular car either, being a Hurley Haywood Edition model, named after Grand-Am racing legend, Brumos Racing driver and chief…
RUF Presents Rt 12 R, Shows They Love Gold Too
RUF has produced some of the world’s finest modified Porsche variants for as long as we can remember. Their newest rendition was on display at the Geneva Motor Show and showed just how proficient RUF has become with modifying Porsches to perfection. The RUF Rt 12 R is based on the 911 Turbo, but instead…
Geneva 2011: Porsche Panamera S Hybrid is a 380-HP Green Machine
Sharing the stage with the brand’s first ever hybrid, Porsche has unveiled the Panamera S Hybrid at the Geneva Auto Show. A long way from the 110 year old Semper Vivus machine that debuted in 1900, it speaks not as much to a long standing conern for the environment as it does to a history…
Porsche Celebrates 1 Million Facebook Fans With Custom GT3 R Hybrid
There are a million ways to say “Thank You.” And just one of those ways is to put the names of thousands of Facebook fans on a Porsche. Porsche’s Facebook fanpage recently broke the 1,000,000 fan mark, and to celebrate, the automaker built a 2011 911 GT3 R Hybrid racer that is adorned with 27,000…
Elite Projects Sweden Transforms 986 Porsche to GT Racing Machine
Ever wonder what happens when you have a first generation Porsche Boxster 986 lying around surrounded by a ton of automotive-building talent? Look no further to Elite Projects out of Sweden where their talented team of designers and builders have released the cleanest widebody Porsche 986 that we’ve ever seen. We can even overlook the…
Charlie Sheen Drops $800,000 in Cars for the Special Women in His Life
Forget cocaine, Charlie Sheen has found a way to part with his money ever faster – with fast cars. And not for himself either. In the past month the ‘Two and a Half Men’ star has spent a grand total of $780,000 on four high-priced machines for the many women in his life. The most…
Porsche to Launch One New Model Each Year in Bid to Double Sales by 2018
Get ready to see a lot of new Porsches in the future as the German sports car maker looks to ramp up production and add plenty of models. In an interview with Automotive News, CEO Matthias Mueller says Porsche will deliver one new model each year until 2018 with the goal of doubling sales. Last…
Mirage GT Matt Blue Edition: New Gemballa Pays Tribute to Old Gemballa
The newly resurrected Gemballa brand may not be making as many splashes as we would like to see, but they’ve recently returned to their roots with a new Mirage GT edition. Similar to the Matt Black Edition that was seen in 2009, Gemballa has created another version of its modified Porsche Carrera GT, this time…
RUF Developing Three Electric Porsche Prototypes
Don’t label RUF Automobiles as a mere Porsche tuner. They install enough of their own parts in Porsche bodies to be considered by the German government to be an independent manufacturer. And while Porsche is experimenting with electricity on their own, RUF has beaten them to the punch, with three different electric drivetrains, stuffed in…
Porsche Panamera S Hybrid Revealed Ahead of Geneva Auto Show Debut [Video]
Porsche‘s new Panamera sedan has been a tremendous success and now the German sports car company has revealed a new hybrid version of the car, combining performance and fuel economy. Motivated by the same 333-hp 3.0L V6 engine and 47-hp electric motor combo as found in the Cayenne hybrid, the Panamera S Hybrid makes 380-hp…
Porsche To Debut New Hybrid At Geneva Auto Show
After the launch of the Porsche Cayenne S, another hybrid model is set to bow from Germany’s most famous sports car manufacturer, though details are scant. With the 918 RSR concept car and 911 GT3R hybrid race car making waves, we’d bet that a Panamera Hybrid is on deck, as it’s the next logical step…
Porsche Boxster E To Begin Trials In Germany
The Porsche Boxster E will begin trials in Germany, marking the German sports car maker’s first foray into performance EVs. With the Boxster’s chassis dynamics firmly established, the 240 horsepower electric-powered roadster should provide formidable competition to cars like the Tesla Roadster. Porsche says that acceleration is comparable to the Boxster S, which can sprint…
Porsche Panamera Long Wheelbase Headed to U.S., China; Convertible Put on Hold
If Porsche‘s move to build a sedan didn’t sufficiently raise the ire of brand loyalists, a long wheelbase model focused more on being a passenger than a driver just might. According to new report, Porsche is currently developing a long wheelbase version of the Panamera for sale in both the U.S. and China. The current…
Porsche Panamera 4S Middle East Edition Debuts at Qatar Motor Show
Limited edition vehicles from manufacturers are becoming more and more popular as automakers look to cater to a specific country or demographic. Porsche has joined the group of companies doing just that with its luxurious and fast Panamera sedan, targeting the wealthy in the Middle East with a limited edition Panamera 4S model. Debuting at…
Top Ten World Car of the Year Finalists Announced
The World Car Awards were first instigated in 2003 to reflect a more global automotive landscape and complement existing national and regional Car of the Year award programs.
Jerry Seinfeld’s Porsche Carrera GT For Sale
Comedian Jerry Seinfeld made a fortune from a show that was about nothing, and he spent a portion of that fortune buying and collecting cars. He is widely known for having one of the largest privately owned Porsche collection in the world, but it seems the collection is about to shrink by one. Seinfeld’s black…
Porsche to Debut New Hybrid at Geneva Auto Show, Panamera Hybrid Expected
Porsche has announced it will debut an all new hybrid model at the Geneva Auto Show on March 1st. No details have been provided beyond that, but the vehicle is believed to be a hybrid version of the Panamera sedan. Likely to wear the Panamera S Hybrid badge, it will use the same powertrain found…
