Porsche has been threatening to build an all-electric two-seat sports car for years, building electrified Boxster and Cayman prototypes on 987 and 981 platforms, but never quite making it to production. After 25 years of the entry-level mid-engine platform, it's possible Porsche is about to tear up the script and rewrite it completely for the next …
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Spied: Updated 2023 Porsche Cayenne Spotted with Aggressive Updates
Porsche doesn’t usually do extensive design changes for its vehicles’ mid-cycle refresh. In most cases, you need to look hard or get a magnifying glass to even see what’s been tweaked. This doesn’t seem to be the case for the updated 2023 Porsche Cayenne because there’s a lot more going on. Spy photographers caught the refreshed 2023 Cayenne …
Continue to the full articleWhat Is This High-Riding Porsche 911 Prototype Spied In Testing?
Here's a weird one. Earlier this week the Porsche shown here was spied testing at the Nurburgring. It looks pretty much like a regular 992 Carrera 4S but it's sitting much higher on its suspension and has weird fender flare wheel arches. In the spy video below from StateSideSuperCars, this oddball 992 is powersliding all over the place, jumping …
Continue to the full articleWhy Does F1 Ace And Le Mans Champ Nico Hulkenberg Drive a Porsche GT2 RS MR?
I mean, why not? After spending your entire life racing very quick, lightweight, and unbelievably agile vehicles, your standards rise to stratospheric levels. For that reason, it grows harder and harder to enjoy a capable road car—even a very quick one—as it usually feels incredibly lethargic in comparison to that incisive single seater or …
Continue to the full articlePorsche’s Top Five Secret Prototypes
Few people get a sense of how groundbreaking Porsche's cars are, as they so often blend into the background in a chic location. Nonetheless, the thought and innovation present in every one of their varied designs make Porsche a special marque. Even more so—some of their incredible cars didn't quite make the cut, and here are a few of those special …
Continue to the full articleNew Porsche 718 Boxster Spied In Stuttgart
I love the Boxster Spyder in all its iterations. The 987 Spyder was a very focused and lovely lightweight machine with very few compromises. The 981 Spyder we drove back in 2015 was sublime, certainly ranked among the best Porsche road-going sports cars ever made. Thanks to this series of photographs taken near the Porsche factory gates in …
Continue to the full articlePorsche Expects to Sell 20,000 Mission E Cars In First Year of Production
Porsche first introduced the world to the Mission E Concept Study back in September of 2015. Then, less than 3-months after its introduction we learned that it received a green light for production and the first 100% electrically powered Porsche would be coming to market sometime before the end of this decade. Now, as we're getting closer …
Continue to the full articleThe Last Turn – We Wanted to See The LMP2000
The expectation of the return of Porsche to prototype racing at Le Mans in 2000 was reason enough to schedule our own return to the Sarthe, and long-term plans were made that could not easily be changed before we found that the ephemeral, unicorn-rare prototype 9R3 (also known as the LMP2000) was going to be a no-show. Not only that, Porsche would …
Continue to the full articlePorsche Mission E: How It Was Designed
By now most of you are familiar with Michael Mauer and his work with Porsche's design DNA. The work that he, and his team of more than 100 designers, model builders and CAD-specialists, engage in defines Porsche's identity. His designs are both polarizing (the Panamera) and elegant (the 991). Mauer became head of Porsche's design department in …
Continue to the full articlePorsche Hints, Again, At 7th Model
Back in March, during the Geneva Motor Show, Porsche confirmed a 7th model was in the works, but didn't really elaborate on when we would see it. Chairman of Porsche, Matthias Müller, made the following remarks during his speech at the brand's press conference. "For example, in the not too distant future we will present a seventh model series. But …
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