Porsche wants to own a huge chunk of Croatian electric supercar manufacturer Rimac, and it is willing to go to some pretty great lengths to make that happen. For one thing, Rimac is scheduled to go public next year with a valuation of $6.06 billion. According to a report from Germany's Manager Magazin, the deal won't be straight cash, but a joint …
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BBI is bringing the turbocharged Porsche heat to Pikes Peak International Hill Climb
To truly understand how big an undertaking this year's Pikes Peak effort is from BBi Autosport, you have to go back a few years. BBi and team boss Betim Berisha first got hooked on the hill when the SoCal Porsche speed shop helped develop a wild turbocharged 997 GT3 Cup car for PPIHC legend Jeff Zwart back in 2014 and 2015. Fast forward a handful …
Continue to the full articleDo Cayenne buyers really care about Nürburgring Nordschleife lap records?
Porsche's as-yet-unnamed Ultra-Cayenne is the upcoming German competitor to Lamborghini's Urus and Aston Martin's DBX, not to mention Ferrari's soon-to-be-unveiled Purosangue SUV. On Wednesday Porsche announced that the superfast Cayenne has already set a new Nürburgring Nordschleife lap record for SUVs with an impressive, if not super relevant, …
Continue to the full articleTechart GTstreet R turns the Porsche 911 Turbo S up to 20
The 992 generation Porsche 911 Turbo S is a powerful beast. Its 3.8-liter twin-turbocharged flat-six makes 640 hp and 590 lb-ft of torque, allowing it to hit 60 mph in 2.5 seconds, putting it squarely in supercar territory. But what if you want more? Well, here’s your solution: the Techart GTstreet R, a 911 Turbo S turned up to 20. Although the …
Continue to the full articleThis is why you can’t order a Porsche 911 GT3 with a manual in California
On Tuesday Porsche announced the new 992-generation GT3 Touring, the 500-horsepower sans-wing way to go really fast in a Porsche. For the first time the Touring pack will come standard with a 7-speed PDK gearbox, and a no-cost optional manual gearbox. Unfortunately for Porsche enthusiasts who like to row their own, that manual gearbox is not an …
Continue to the full articleAll of the Porsches in the Forza Horizon 5 official announcement trailer
https://youtu.be/FYH9n37B7Yw Despite the pandemic, the team behind Forza has been hard at work at a new version of the Horizon game. This time Forza Horizon 5 heads to Mexico in one of the most expansive driving worlds ever created for a video game system. Porsche is featured several times in the official launch trailer, so we expect the company …
Continue to the full articleThe 992 GT3 Touring is a more subtle way to go really fast for the Porsche enthusiast
To know the GT3 Touring, you have to know a bit of history. Recall the 991 generation when Porsche introduced the GT3 as a PDK-only track machine and the purists called foul? Porsche sent out a small batch of 911R models to appease those who wanted to row their own, and quickly found out that there were way more people who wanted a stick than they …
Continue to the full articleIs Porsche finally going to build an electric Boxster?
Porsche has been threatening to build an all-electric two-seat sports car for years, building electrified Boxster and Cayman prototypes on 987 and 981 platforms, but never quite making it to production. After 25 years of the entry-level mid-engine platform, it's possible Porsche is about to tear up the script and rewrite it completely for the next …
Continue to the full articleThis week’s Porsche cartoon: I have a guy for that
Porsche’s gasoline cars under investigation for incorrect fuel economy numbers
German car authority KBA has begun probing Porsche over suspected incorrect fuel consumption data for the company's gasoline-powered cars, according to a report from Business Insider. A Porsche spokesperson told Reuters in an email that "The current procedure has already been able to find no conformity deviations in the large majority of vehicles," …
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