If you look beyond the headline of Porsche's most recent press release, there's some pretty interesting information buried in there. Not wanting to take away from the debut on the new 911 Cabriolet, Porsche quietly announced that the Cayenne Diesel is confirmed for the US sometime after the spring debut of the Porsche Panamera GTS and before the …
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Porsche Wins Seven of Fifteen First Place Spots as “Sportiest Car of 2011”
German magazine "Sportauto" conducted their annual readers' survey asking participants to name "The Sportiest Car of 2011" in various categories. Last year Porsche won three first places. This year, seven. From the Boxster to the Panamera the entire line-up was represented. The top models of the 911 line dominated the winners group from the …
Continue to the full articlePorsche 2010: A Year In Review
2010 proved to be a banner and busy year for Porsche. Our favorite marque introduce a record number of new models, navigated a merger, installed a new CEO, shifted focus significantly toward hybrid technology and added numerous more notches to their motorsport belt, amongst other things. With all the progress made in 2010 it makes you wonder …
Continue to the full articlePorsche Releases Revenue and Production Numbers
Today, Porsche announced preliminary numbers for their fiscal year ending July 31st, 2010. Today's release includes production numbers for each model and highlights the fact that Porsche achieved their highest turnover (revenue) in company History. Conspicuously missing from the release is any discussion on profit? Here are the highlights. The …
Continue to the full articleOne Way to Find the Porsche of your Dreams
For a lot of us, the Porsche of our "dreams" is not always a new Porsche. It might be a used Porsche. For some it's an air-cooled classic (Porsche 356, early 911, 930, 993, etc.), or a low-mileage, highly optioned late 996 or early 997, while others may be interested in something like a 928 GTS, a limited edition Boxster, or tricked out Cayman …
Continue to the full articleThe Porsche “Salute”
Those of you who are frequent visitors to the Porsche corporate website may have taken notice of the “Bloodlines” advertising campaign centered around the launch of the Cayenne GTS. The commercial, now playing on various cable channels (and posted below for the few that might not have seen it), features a Cayenne GTS owner out on a night drive. He …
Continue to the full articleIs the new Porsche 997 a $76,000 mobile phone?
I recently had the chance to drive the new 2009 Porsche 997 with PDK (courtesy of my local dealer) and was all set to write up a review for your reading pleasure. Then, out of the blue, I received an email from a long-term reader and frequent contributor (Porsche Girl) that a close friend of hers (who also happens to be the Chief PCA instructor …
Continue to the full articleThe Latest Porsche News on the Net
The last couple of weeks were filled with lots of announcements regarding Porsche and Porsche related tuners and products. Rather than posting everything individually I thought I'd give you a quick overview with links to everything that's going on. This way you can read what's of interest and maybe check out a new interesting Porsche related site …
Continue to the full articlePorsche Improves Power and Fuel Economy
The following press release from Porsche couldn't have come at a more opportune time. With yesterday's post on an electric Cayman from Porsche tuner Ruf and tomorrow's post about a Porsche that runs on air, better fuel economy and more power fits right in to this weeks theme of alternatively powered Porsches. While you're on the site, don't …
Continue to the full articleImpressive North American Delivery Figures and New Management Appointed for Porsche
On Friday of last week Porsche announced their final figures (delivered units) for the fiscal year ending July 31, 2008. Besides posting record profit numbers that actually exceeded their revenue, Porsche shipped close to 34,000 units to the North American market (31,818 to the US and 1,874 to Canada.) This represents a very small drop from last …
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