Following the arrest last month of Porsche's head of powertrain development Joerg Kerner, Porsche faces an astronomical $598 million fine as punishment for the company's role in the diesel emissions cheating scandal that has played out over the last few years. Prosecutors in Stuttgart on Tuesday argued that the company had neglected legal …
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Tractor Racing Action with the Pink Pig
The drivers line up across the track from their mounts. Patrick Long. Patrick Pilet. Cooper MacNeil. John Oates. No less than seventeen Porsches sat across from them; vibrant, hardworking, diesel-powered machines. No, Porsche isn't looking to threaten Audi's diesel-powered endurance racing heritage; these racers are Porsche tractors. While tickover …
Continue to the full articlePorsche Replaces Cayenne’s V-8 With Twin Turbo V-6: Announces Redesigned 2015 Cayenne; More Powerful Engines, A Proper Plug-In Hybrid, And Still No PDK
In following with the redesign Porsche introduced last fall on the Panamera, the 2015 Cayenne is also getting a facelift, along with a scad of new features. The Macan's big-brother is continuing to grow up with sharper exterior lines, some new pretty headlamps, a pair of "3D tail lamps", and an injection of that "familial DNA" that Porsche seems to …
Continue to the full articlePorsche Has Produced 500,000 Cayennes in Leipzig
When the first Porsche Cayenne rolled off the assembly line at the Leipzig plant in 2002, nobody could foresee how very successful the sports-car SUV would be. It took seven years to reach 250,000 units. “We started with around 70 units a day. Today we produce five times as much owing to the high market demand. In the past year alone, over …
Continue to the full articleIs The Panamera Diesel Fast Enough to Wear a Porsche Badge?
Drive's Chris Harris takes the Porsche Panamera to the Millbrook Proving Ground north of London to investigate claims that the Panamera Diesel isn't fast enough to wear a Porsche badge. Harris uses objective data and hard figures to compare the Panamera to other Turbo diesels and the numbers and results just might surprise you. If you can't see …
Continue to the full articleForget about the Cabriolet, the Cayenne Diesel is Confirmed for the US
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 …
Continue to the full articlePorsche Chooses a Diesel to Mark Production of the 250,000th Cayenne
Say what you want about the Cayenne, but the numbers don't lie! Today marks the 250,000th Cayenne produced in their Leipzig, Germany plant since its introduction in 2002. Porsche chose a white, 6 cylinder, DIESEL PORSCHE CAYENNE (yes, that's right diesel) - that will be delivered to a customer in Austria - as the vehicle to mark the milestone. …
Continue to the full articleNumbered Bank Accounts and Neutrality
The Swiss are most famously known for their banking and neutrality, so it's fitting that Porsche chose the Geneva Motor Show as the location to premier the Cayenne Diesel and new 911 GT3. Why you ask? Simple, the Cayenne Diesel is probably the most controversial Porsche since..... well, the original Cayenne (forgetting about the Panamera for a …
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