Back in in the mid-2000s Porsche was riding high on several years of massive profits. Since the 1997 introduction of the Porsche Boxster, the company had been cleaning house. The 986/996 sports cars were Porsche's most successful cost-cutting measures all time, and they sold like hot cakes. Then came massive successes with expansion of the model …
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How Does A Vintage Porsche’s Performance Compare To A New Compact Crossover?
A lot can change in 33 years. Porsche's 911 Carrera 3.2 was the top dog back then. It had just gotten a fresh G50 gearbox with hydraulic clutch actuation and smoother shifts, but not much had changed, mostly because it wasn't broke and Porsche didn't have to fix it. The car was brilliant to drive in its day, and frankly still is. Today, however, …
Continue to the full articleLearn the History of Porsche’s GT Range With These Legends
Building upon Henry Catchpole's recent trip to this dream garage, Mr. Chris Harris, a man with an unrivaled fondness for the GT range of Porsche products, takes us on a detailed tour of all the hottest 911s Porsche has released over the last two decades. As Harris acknowledges early in this clip, discussing the subtle improvements along the …
Continue to the full articlePorsche Found Extra Horsepower With 3D-Printed Pistons
Additive manufacturing is the fancy scientific way of saying 3D-printed, and it's the future of automotive engineering. Porsche can design in a lot more tech to a simple piece like a piston by using this crazy new technology. And in the case of the GT2 RS (and 935), it is claimed to be responsible for 30 additional horses. Considering the GT2 RS is …
Continue to the full articleDid You Know That Porsche Helped Develop These Six Cars?
Porsche has always been an engineering firm first, working diligently to craft automotive designs for other companies on contract. Sometimes, like in the early 1990s when Porsche was in a rough place, these engineering contracts helped keep the lights on. This means there are a handful of cars running around on the road with just a smidgen of …
Continue to the full articleThe Mercedes-Benz 500E Was Porsche’s First Super Sedan
Decades before Porsche built the first Panamera, it was assembling a different kind of sedan for Mercedes-Benz. Back in the early 1990s Porsche was running low on cash and it was happy to secure a contract to assemble a very fast muscle-sedan for cross-town rival Mercedes. The car was made possible by stuffing Merc's 5-liter from the SL into its …
Continue to the full articleThe Porsche Taycan Is Quicker Than A Tesla Model S And Science Proves It!
Based purely on the numbers, Tesla claims that the Model S Performance will sprint from 0-60 in 2.4 seconds, while Porsche claims a 2.6 second 0-60 for the Taycan Turbo S. But Top Gear recently put the two cars up head to head, and found the Taycan was quicker in real-world testing by just a few fractions of a second. Since then people have been …
Continue to the full articleHere’s Why The 987 Cayman R Is The Best Porsche Of The Decade
The decade which began in 2010 comes to a close next week, and it's got me feeling a little nostalgic for the good times. When were the good times you ask? Why 2012 of course! When you consider the lineup of incredible new models that Porsche has built across the last ten years, there is only one that stands out to me as the best. Better than …
Continue to the full articlePorsche’s Top 5 Fastest Road-Legal Cars
When a car as fearsome and fast as the latest 911 Turbo S is bringing up the rear, you know you're in for a spectacular list of supercars. Though each these five were approached in different ways, in different times, with distinct aims, but the through-line with all these is their outrageous speed. The 991 Turbo S is one of the fastest off the …
Continue to the full articleA Brief History of the Weissach Axle: Stabilizing the 911
Toward the end of the seventies, it seemed the 911's days were numbered. Due to legal embroilments and a largely unjustified reputation, the rear-engined marvel was becoming feared by many, and the company was turning their attentions to a front-engined successor with a sweeter disposition. The technologically advanced 928 arrived in 1977 with …
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