In a surprise move today, Porsche announced a return to their agricultural roots with the debut of the Mission E Tractor. Typical of Porsche, expect the Mission E Tractor to be the fastest accelerating agricultural vehicle in the world. Power output is said to be north of 700 hp, all of it available instantly. Farmers are already placing …
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Porsche Invites You To #SportsCarTogether In Celebration Of The Company’s 70th Anniversary
Porsche is turning seventy years old. Sure, the design consulting firm existed before that, but as an automotive manufacturer, their roots first sprouted in 1948 with the Gmund-built 356s. It's amazing how far the company has come in the ensuing years, moving from building just a few hundred cars per year to nearly a quarter million units last …
Continue to the full articleFeels Familiar: A Turbocharged 911SC Made for Mulholland
Derek Whitacre and I seem to have similar priorities. Not all fun performance cars need to be set up for the track. Give up a little bit of spring rate, retain a bit of carpet, and suddenly the usability factor goes way, way up. That's not to say Mr. Whitacre's 1982 911SC is a mild or modest machine. This Porsche was built to attack Mulholland …
Continue to the full articleBad Track Etiquette: McLaren Blocks Cayman GT4
There are occasional track days when some people don't give way to those who clearly deserve to run ahead. The governing bodies try to filter the fast from the slow, but introducing lots of horsepower, conceit, and a narrow track can complicate things further. In these cases, a quick lap can easily be ruined by an oblivious driver in a faster …
Continue to the full articleDriving 180 MPH On The Autobahn Is The Proof In The Porsche
Is there a better experience for a Porsche sports car than to take the unrestricted Autobahn to the Nürburgring, and then take the unrestricted Autobahn back home again when you're done? That's exactly what Everyday Driver European Correspondent Tom used this gorgeous 991.2 Carrera 4S to accomplish. Where I live, in Nevada, we have 85 mile per hour …
Continue to the full articlePorsche’s EV Network Will Charge You For A Charge
Tesla rose to notoriety, at least in part, by building a huge cross-country network of super-fast charging stations, and offering their customers free use of those stations for a limited time. It was partially a marketing exercise to draw in clients with inexpensive operating costs. Even now that Tesla has saddled their entry-level Model 3 …
Continue to the full articleIntroducing the GT3 RS with Weissach Package
Porsche's recent weight loss kick has been a game of inches. The current crop of 911s are already very light, as I've noted a few times many current 911s and their equivalents from the 964 generation are pushing around the same amount of weight. When the 911 Carrera T debuted, it showed just how far this weight-loss game has come thanks to its …
Continue to the full articleA Brief History of Porsche AWD
At the risk of sounding trite, Porsches might be some of the most usable, real world-friendly machines thanks in large part to their sophisticated all-wheel drive systems. With all four wheels intelligently propelling their cars up the road, astronomical amounts of power and torque can be harnessed by the least experienced drivers in the most …
Continue to the full articleHow Does The Turbocharger In Your Porsche Work?
If you're a Porsche fanatic, chances are pretty great that some of your favorite cars from the brand's history are turbocharged. A lot of their greatest hits are powered by engines with exhaust-driven forced induction. Not only was Porsche a pioneer in turbocharged race cars, but they were among the first companies to sell a turbocharged street car …
Continue to the full articleInside the Boxer Engine with Hans Mezger
Hans Mezger is 88 years old, and his career designing engines spans decades. Mezger's hands were in everything from the 1960's Porsche Formula 1 racers to the 911 GT1. His engines remained in 911s through the 997 GT3 4.0 and 997.1 Turbo. It really feels as though everything Porsche produced since is compared to the Mezger flat-sixes. This family of …
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