The 2021 Los Angeles Auto Show will be busy for Porsche as it is scheduled to reveal several new models. First, is the 718 Cayman GT4 RS, the most track-focused member of the 718 family to date. It features more downforce than the standard Cayman GT4 while weighing less. The high-revving 4.0-liter flat-six is also more powerful according to …
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Paint to Sample, more tech gadgets now offered on the 2022 Porsche Taycan
If you’re looking for a piece of Porsche heritage in the Taycan, you’re about to get it because the 2022 sedan and Cross Turismo wagon is now available with exterior colors from the 964-generation 911. You’ll get access to these hues via Porsche Exclusive Manufaktur and the new Paint-to-Sample and Paint-to-Sample Plus programs. Both give …
Continue to the full articlePorsche issues Taycan recall for faulty software causing sudden power loss
Forty-three thousand Taycans, that's every Taycan built and sold up to now, have been issued an official global recall. The problem stems from a faulty software issue that causes the Taycan to shut off without warning. Every single Taycan will receive a software update to fix the issue. Porsche exec Klaus Rechberger told Reuters that the random …
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 articlePorsche Taycan Cross Turismo EPA range goes official
U.S.-bound Porsche Taycan Cross Turismo models are about to arrive and head to customers, so we now know the EPA-estimated range that owners will get on their new models. It's right in the ballpark of what we would expect from a car like this, with this utility, but it does come with a caveat that might make it more enticing. All Taycan Cross …
Continue to the full articlePorsche Taycan GTS and New Sport Turismo GTS Coming: Report
The Porsche Taycan range continues to grow with the addition of the Cross Turismo. Now it appears the lineup is about to grow again with evidence of a GTS variant coming for the sedan. That’s not all, it appears the Taycan GTS wagon will be a Sport Turismo instead of a Cross Turismo according to InsideEVs, citing a since-deleted post on …
Continue to the full articleWorried About Charging Your Taycan? It’s Getting Easier Everyday
One of the objections to buying an electric car, such as the Porsche Taycan, I rear regularly is the lack of public DC fast charging. While it's only ever really critical for longer road trips, the North American EV buyer still wants to know that they can take a road trip and not get stranded. Thanks to efforts from Electrify America and others …
Continue to the full articlePorsche Taps Science Guy To Explain The Taycan Electric Sports Sedan
The charismatic bow tie enthusiast, Bill Nye (science guy), has been inspiring younger generations since, well, since my generation was a younger generation. His interesting delivery style and an uncanny ability to make the science seem both palatable and interesting at the same time is the key to his success. If you need something high tech and …
Continue to the full articlePorsche Taycans Set Multiple New Distance Records For EVs At Brands Hatch
Porsche and Autocar magazine recently set a massive collection of new distance records for electric vehicles with a pair of Taycans, one Turbo S and one 4S. A crew of drivers and engineers set upon the legendary Brands Hatch circuit with a methodical pace to work toward thirteen new records! Basically running from sun up to sundown at the British …
Continue to the full articleA Porsche Taycan Took The EV Cannonball Record Across The Country In Just 44 hours and 26 minutes
The Cannonball Run isn't quite what it used to be. There are so many more people on the roads these days than there were back in the Car & Driver underground hot rodder times that it just isn't safe. And some people have gotten the number so low that to beat it you need to average over 90 miles per hour, which just isn't tenable. Someone is …
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