With an incredible end-of-year rally in the fourth quarter, Porsche Cars North America managed to set a new all-time record for new car deliveries, shipping an incredible forty more cars to U.S. market customers than it did in the previous record-setting year in 2021. Forty! That's all it came down to. Talk about winning by a hair's breadth. That …
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Porsche let Mercedes hold a Nordschleife lap record for a few months
Porsche has been playing games with other manufacturers at the Nurburgring for years, continually upping the ante within months of competitors "beating" them. It all started back in November of 2017 when Porsche set a scarcely believable time of 6:47.30 in a then-new 991 GT2 RS. That next summer Lamborghini took to the 'Ring with its incredibly …
Continue to the full articleThis Sixteen-Year-Old Driving Ace Set A World Record For Fastest Vehicle Slalom In A Porsche 718 Spyder
Chloe Chambers is a 16-year-old precision driving ace who just recently set a new Guinness World Records™ achievement for the Fastest Vehicle Slalom. And naturally, she was driving a Porsche when she did it. By weaving through 50 cones in just 47.45 seconds this completely stock 718 Spyder and racer pairing absolutely dominated the record. She's …
Continue to the full articlePorsche Sets A New Nurburgring Lap Record For Production EV Sedans
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8m31EgQkswg Okay, so we should clarify a few things here. First, as you all know, the outright Nurburgring lap record is owned by Porsche's hybrid 919 Evo with a 5:19.55 lap. Volkswagen recently set the fastest electric lap of the track with a 6:05.33. The fastest electric "production" car is the NIO EP9 hypercar, …
Continue to the full articlePorsche Cars North America Sales By Model: December 2018
Porsche Cars North America has marked nine straight years of sales growth by ending 2018 with a 3.2% increase in sales over 2017. With an increase in sales for December year-over-year, Porsche ended the year on a high note, selling a massive 4,086 cars and SUVs total. Much of that was carried by a huge increase in Macan sales, up 9.7% over last …
Continue to the full articleWatch the new Porsche GT2 RS Lap the Nurburgring Faster Than Any Production Car Before It.
Six minutes and forty seven point three seconds (6:47.3). That's the record crushing time Porsche's new GT2 RS recorded as it lapped the Nurburing Nordschleife. For those counting, that's nearly five (5) full seconds faster than the previous record held by Lamborghini's Huracán Performante (not to mention more than 5-seconds faster than the 918). …
Continue to the full articleWatch a Porsche Cayenne Tow an Airbus A380 To Set Guinness World Record
The Cayenne is a capable platform for many different pursuits. Depending on the model in question, and your appetite for adventure, the Cayenne performs well off-road and on the track. What's even more surprising to some is the Cayenne's ability to haul or tow. Even the "lowly" V-6 model has a tow rating of 7700 lbs. That's more than sufficient …
Continue to the full articleThis Is What It Takes To Set A Record Across The Crown Range Pass In The Targa New Zealand
What you're about to see isn't your standard balls to the wall, all out race to the top like many other hill climb events. Instead, in this particular Targa, the run up the Crown Range Pass - a public road that climbs to 1,100 meters above sea level by the way of fast twisty corners and steep uphill hairpins - the rules operate more like a stage …
Continue to the full articlePorsche 911 Parade Sets New World Record
A glittering parade of more than 1200 Porsche 911s took to the Silverstone Grand Prix circuit earlier today (28 July) – a world record number of the machines – as the Silverstone Classic celebrated the 50th anniversary of the world’s most iconic sportscar. In the spirit of being the biggest and best classic motor racing event in the world, …
Continue to the full articlePCNA Sold More Than 4000 Porsches in April. A New Record!
Porsche Cars North America, Inc. today announced the highest sales month in the history of the company with sales of 4,032 vehicles in the month of April. This compares to 3,437 vehicles sold in April 2012, or an increase of 17 percent. Year to date, PCNA has delivered 13,681 vehicles in the U.S., up 29 percent over last year’s total …
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