Porsche was not the first company to offer disc brakes. That honor goes to the lowly Crosley Hotshot back in 1948! Indeed, Porsche began offering disc brakes in 1962, the same year that Studebaker introduced a Bendix system on the Avanti. Porsche had been using rotors and calipers on racing cars for a few years by the time it introduced them for …
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Porsche’s Self-Parking Tech: Autonomous Future Or Convenient Tech?
Porsche first announced this new self-parking technology earlier this year, and it will begin to roll out across Europe in the next few months with further market availability after. They're billing this Remote Park Assist tech as a boon for city dwellers and suburbanites alike, as you can reverse into a parking spot that is super tight without …
Continue to the full articleGPS-Based Anti-Theft Protection Is Coming For Porsche Classic Vehicles
How many classic Porsches have you seen with a seemingly extraneous lock cylinder aft of the driver's door? It's a common sight on 944s and 924s, and occasionally crops up on other models. These archaic anti-theft systems are often broken, and are easily defeated. Indeed, the 944 system can be defeated without tools. Thankfully, Porsche is …
Continue to the full articlePorsche Adds A New Acronym: NVA. Here’s What Night Vision Assist Does
As headlight technology has advanced, so has our ability to see greater distances ahead into the dark of night. However, even the best LED lights, like Porsche's matrix headlights found on the new Panamera, illuminate the night only so far (200 meters in this case). But at highway speeds, and above, 200 meters is traveled in mere seconds …
Continue to the full articleIs Porsche Sports Exhaust Option Worth the Money?
When you buy a new Porsche it's pretty easy to quickly add on additional expenses in options, lots of them. Should you get the bigger wheels? Do you need leather wrapped air condition vents? What about deviated stitching on your seats? Seriously, the options can seem literally limitless. However, there are certain performance and visual options …
Continue to the full article6 Reasons PDK is Better Than a Manual Transmission
If that's not a title to incite a flame war, than I don't know what is. However, from a completely objective standpoint it's hard to argue. Stay with us for a minute and we'll explain. By now, most of you know all about Porsche's PDK transmission. Hopefully, you've even had a chance to try it at some point. If you haven't, I would encourage …
Continue to the full articlePorsche Patent Shows Active Rear Diffuser Invention
Active aerodynamics are nothing new to Porsche. They started testing such technology at least as early as the 906 program and really moved things forward with the 908 (cars like the 908LH Flunder were a study in active aero). Fast forward to today and almost every Porsche sports car or sedan you can think of has some type of "active aero". …
Continue to the full articlePorsche Introduces New Colors, Improved Porsche Connect, and Porsche Tequipment Power Kit For 911 S Models
Porsche is launching numerous extras and new colors for 2018 models, plus a power pack which can be specified as an ex-works extra for new cars or retrofitted to older 911S variants. Most of the options center around improving Porsche Connect, and enhancing the range of services available using that service. Several new interior and exterior colors …
Continue to the full articleThe Evolution of Porsche Disk Brakes
There are a number of qualities and features that instantly identify a Porsche to those in the know. That solid thunk you get when you close the driver's side door, the evolutionary yet still iconic design of a 911s rear-end and the ability to reverse the spin of the earth when you step hard enough on the brakes. It's a feeling that never fades …
Continue to the full articleThis is Porsche’s Updated Rear Seat Entertainment Option
Back in August, during Car Week on the Monterey Peninunsula we gave you one of the first looks at Porsche's new PCM system in the 2017 Panamera. Now, with word that Porsche plans to unveil a bevy of new Panamera models during next week's LA Auto Show, we have even more details on the updated Porsche Rear Seat Entertainment (PRSE) option that was …
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