Back in 2018 Porsche bought a ten percent share of Mate Rimac's Croatian electric bike company Greyp. At the same time Porsche purchased a 25% stake in Rimac Automobili, maker of boutique electric hypercars. Since then the world has turned upside down, and now Rimac has merged with Bugatti and Porsche is 45% owner of that collaborative …
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Porsche gives the world an early Christmas gift with the Cayman GT4 RS and GT4 RS Clubsport
For years Porsche enthusiasts have been begging for the next big thing in mid-engine speed from Porsche. Ever since the GT4 launched customers have been asking for a GT4 RS. Not only is there one, but now Porsche has launched a second. There is a road-going GT4 RS and the track-only GT4 RS Clubsport. Both models will get the 4-liter naturally …
Continue to the full articlePorsche pulls the cover off of a very special Panamera Platinum
Porsche offers a ton of special edition models of its normal lineup. I'm talking about more than just GT3s and GTS models. Now you can add a new one to the list with this Panamera Platinum Edition sedan. Available for the Panamera 4 and Panamera 4 E-Hybrid models, the Platinum Edition adds a few special luxury features at a surprisingly attractive …
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2021 Porsche Cayenne E-Hybrid review: The Swiss Army knife of Porsches
When the Porsche Cayenne first appeared in the early 2000s, it ruffled so many feathers because a crossover wearing a Porsche crest was supposedly blasphemous. Three generations in, the Cayenne is still here and it’s one of the brand’s bestselling models alongside the Panamera and the Macan. This crossover expanded Porsche’s appeal to a broader …
Continue to the full articlePorsche to reveal 718 Cayman GT4 RS and two new Taycan models at Los Angeles Auto Show
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 …
Continue to the full articlePorsche dominates final IMSA GTLM race with stunning 1-2 finish at Road Atlanta
It is the end of an era. IMSA's once highly successful GTLM class built around international GTE specification grand touring race cars is now dead. As the checkered flag fell on the 24th running of the Petit Le Mans race in Georgia this weekend, with it fell a giant of international motorsport. As the class which once saw competition from Porsche, …
Continue to the full articlePatrick Long set to retire from racing after 19 seasons as a factory Porsche driver
It says perhaps more about me than it does Patrick Long that I still refer to him as a "young gun" in motorsport. He joined the Porsche factory squad in his twenties, and I've kind of always thought of him as being youthful and exuberant. Time marches on for all of us, including the incredibly talented Patrick Long, who is now in his forties. After …
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There won’t be a 992-generation 911 RSR
Is Porsche even Porsche without a top-flight 911 race car? I guess we'll find out soon, because the current mid-engine 911 RSR will be the last of its kind for the foreseeable future. Because Porsche is shifting its focus to the LMDh prototype program, which will make its debut in 2023, it won't be developing another version of such a car. As the …
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