In a dark and rainy part of the world this Saturday, Porsche customer team Dempsey-Proton Racing found victory in the GTE-AM class of the FIA World Endurance Championship six-hour race at Spa-Francorchamps. The Belgian race was quite eventful for all involved, but when the checkered flag fell it was Christian Ried, Sebastian Priaulx, and Harry …
Continue to the full articlePorsche doesn’t have enough materials to make any more electric cars in 2022: Report
Porsche's all-electric Taycan has been selling like proverbial hotcakes. It's one of the biggest bright points of Porsche's growth strategy, both here in the U.S. as well as Europe and China. They're in such high demand, in fact, that Porsche is already sold out of them until at least 2023! In a recent Financial Times report, Volkswagen Group CEO …
Continue to the full articlePorsche is officially joining Formula One, says VW CEO
First it was a rumor, then a maybe, then it was a no way, then a maybe again, and now it's finally officially confirmed news that Porsche will be re-joining the Formula One grid for the 2026 season. The official statement from Volkswagen Group was that the move for Porsche and sister brand Audi would come when the 2026 engine regulations were …
Continue to the full articlePorsche suffers more Formula E bad luck with a double DNF in Monaco
The Porsche Formula E team was within a sniff of its second official victory in the series this weekend in Monaco when it all went pear shaped. After qualifying second and fighting at the front for the opening stages of the race in Monaco on Saturday, Pascal Wehrlein was forced to retire from the lead of the E-Prix with some kind of technical fault …
Continue to the full articlePorsche sweeps GTD class victories in Laguna Seca IMSA round
Porsche customer racing squads absolutely had the right car, drivers, crew, and strategy for the fourth round of the IMSA WeatherTech Championship this weekend at Laguna Seca. In both the GTD Pro and GTD categories, it was a 911 GT3 R that came home with the victory, sweeping everything there was to sweep, marking Porsche's 30th and 31st …
Continue to the full articleHere’s your first look at the next-generation Porsche Formula E racer
The first teaser images of the Gen 3 Formula E car have been released, and it's definitely the weirdest open-wheel racer we've ever seen. This futuristic racer looks like a 1970s concept car drawn by Giorgetto Giugiaro after a long weekend spent rolling around in a closet with something from Roberto Pannuzi's stash. The series runs a spec chassis …
Continue to the full articleHere is the new 911 Sport Classic before you’re supposed to see it
The Sport Classic formula is a pretty great one for Porsche. Back in 2009 we saw this applied to the 997 generation 911, and it was awesome then. The gist of it is a 911 with a ducktail spoiler, Fuchs-redux wheel designs, a throwback "double bubble" roof, and vintage touches like a houndstooth interior. All of that is applied to a …
Continue to the full articleHere’s how much faster the 992 Turbo S is than every other 911 Turbo
Ranging from 300 to 650 horsepower, the 911 Turbo lineup has been in production for decades, and has progressed through the years into a proper everyday hypercar. Each subsequent generation has introduced more technology and more power in the pursuit of ultimate speed. Thankfully for us Porsche enthusiasts, the right-hand-drive enthusiasts over at …
Continue to the full articleWas this Porsche 911 crash a result of street racing?
Listen, street racing is bad. It's always a dumb idea and you should never do it. Especially in your Porsche. Just don't, okay? Now that we've gotten that out of the way we can all gather around and have a hearty laugh about this dork smoking the heck out of his 911 while (allegedly) trying to race a Honda Civic. This seems like a …
Continue to the full articlePorsche celebrates 40 years of 956 with a record-breaking gathering at Goodwood
Back in the 1980s Porsche set the world of sports car racing on its ear. Group C rules had just come into effect, and Porsche was ready to bring the fight to all comers with the new 956. Built to a regulation set dependent on fuel economy and ground effect aerodynamic performance, the 956 was the apex of speed and efficiency, and it (along with its …
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