Porsche News

Being the maker of some of the most desirable cars on the road today carries a heavy price - and Porsche is finding out just how costly a high-performance lineup can be. Porsche's own manager for energy and the environment has tactfully stated that the European Union's emissions target ...    Read more

The automotive world as we know it must be coming to end. Why you say? Who would have ever though that Porsche would ever offer an oil burner.Succumbing to the need to offer more fuel efficient vehicle in the current automotive climate, Porsche is looking to take advantage of its ...    Read more

With the Porsche Cayenne having doubled the company's annual sales, it is no wonder that Porsche wants to expand its SUV offerings into other segments.According to Auto Week , plans for a smaller SUV apparently had been in limbo since the costs to develop new models are so high ...    Read more

Porsche's very first 550 Spyder, winner of the 1955 Le Mans 24 Hour (1100cc Class), has just been put on the market by the very same collector who kept it out of the public eye for the past twenty years.Those of you old enough to remember a movie star by ...    Read more

Victoria Beckham – Posh Spice for those of us that remember the pop music fever of the 90s – recently bought a custom Porsche Carerra for £100,000 (roughly $200,000 US) to match superstar husband David Beckham's navy blue ride.Exotic cars lose a little of their luster in Los Angeles with ...    Read more

Rumors have been persistent for the last several months that Porsche is out to acquire majority interest of Volkswagen. The question has not been if it will do so, but just how much. Some have said the exclusive luxury sport car automaker is considering just a little over half of ...    Read more

From Porsche taking on the city of London to manufacturing fuel from carbon dioxide, here’s a sampling of the latest news from the autosphere: ...    Read more

Nearly one hundred years ago in Wiener Neustadt, Austria, Ferdinand Porsche was born. Mr. Ferdinand Porsche (the father) planted the seed of designing automobiles into Ferdinand "Ferry" Porsche (the son) because he exhibited intrinsic aptitude with cars. The senior Porsche was one of the early designers for Daimler-Benz and designed ...    Read more

We recently reported that Porsche would be sending a letter to London's Mayor Ken Livingston with regards to the upcoming congestion charge increases. Claiming that the charge was unjust and disproportionate, Porsche threatened to bring the charge under judicial review.The mayoral spokesperson quickly responded with the ...    Read more

Recent Porsche design items have included phones and pens. Now its eye for design has taken a big (literally) step. You may now purchase a Porsche design kitchen.The £20,000 kitchen (nearly $40,000!) sports minimalist styling, clean detailing, and modular versatility. Though it may look bare, it is not lacking for ...    Read more

Financial Times reports that the city of London has announced a plan to increase its congestion charge for those whose cars are the heaviest polluters.Under the latest change, Londoners whose cars meet the outlined criteria, namely a CO2 output exceeding 225g/km (around 30 mpg)will see their daily charges ...    Read more

The Cevennes Turbo CNG goes a long way to breaking the stigmas associated with what a “green” car has to be.Styled as a reinterpretation of the classic Porsche 356, the car holds true to the classic outside of differences to the front and rear fascias and other little details.Powered by ...    Read more

Everywhere in the world people are subjected to falling victim to the crime of carjacking. Moscow's thieves, apparently more than other cities in other countries, seems to have a penchant for the Porsche. Last year, 50 Porsches were stolen and twelve of those were taken last month alone. Of those ...    Read more

Porsche Design has now stretched its product portfolio to include pens. Much like its cellphone, the pens consist of aluminum intensive structures and unique detailing. The pens range in style from woven steel, to ergonomic gripped, to a unique pen/pencil pairing in which the shaft of the pen ...    Read more

The saga of Porsche’s attempts to take over Volkswagen continues. When last reported, a European court had basically given permission to the luxury marqueto go on with its takeover of VW. Workers at Volkswagen, of course,are fighting the move, fearing that their power within the company would be drastically curtailed. ...    Read more

Did you know that German auto makers Volkswagen and Porsche have family ties that go back to the establishment of VW?It was Ferdinand Porsche who designed the forerunner of the Volkswagen Beetle close to six decades ago. Now, Wolfgang Porsche, grandson of Ferdinand and owner of Porsche, is now trying ...    Read more

Ladies! Start your engines! Sound too far fetched? It shouldn’t. There are lady race car drivers. And more appear to be interested in the sport. Word out of Porsche is that it is so sure that women favor auto racing as more than just spectators that it is offering a ...    Read more

Put a Porsche 911 Turbo into a pencil sharpener and you get the Porsche 911 GT2. Put a Porsche 911 Turbo into a pencil sharpener and you get the Porsche 911 GT2. This metaphorical statement is supported by Automobile Magazine's recent write-up of the newest hyper 911. ...    Read more

We guess you can say it is deja vu all over again for Porsche. The 'deja vu' element is that Porsche was selling electric cars as far back as 1900! The company showcased one of its first electric cars at the recent Los Angeles Auto Show. Originally released in 1900, ...    Read more

You may think that horses are the only racers who have lineage but luxury cars -- especially sports luxury -- cars do, too. The latest to experience this tie to exotic racing pedigree is Porsche’s 2008 Boxster RS 60 Spyder. According to Auto Week , the car has been ...    Read more

It’s funny but it appears that the saga between Porsche and its possible take over of Volkswagen is turning into a Charles Dickens novel like The Christmas Carol.It seems that Porsche wants to buy majority interest in Volkswagen, but the workers of Volkswagen are aggressively against the takeover because of ...    Read more

Porsche had chosen the Los Angeles Auto Show this month as its venue for showcasing a hybrid version of its Cayenne SUV. Though not a production ready model, it foreshadows Porsche’s commitment to performance hybrid technology.Unlike "soft hybrid" systems such as powering the (now defunct) Honda Accord hybrid and the ...    Read more

If the thought of yet another Porsche coffee table book or lawn chair made from rusted Honda CR-X wheels nestled under your Christmas tree brings on the nausea, be advised there are holiday gift alternatives for the discerning car junkie. BusinessWeek takes the gearhead's peculiar interests to heart and ...    Read more

How far back do you think people were dreaming of the car? Porsche? Benz? Would you be surprised that Leonardo Da Vinci (yes, that Da Vinci) had sketches of a car?It was called the “Clockwork Car” because its mechanics made it look like a clock. The sketch does not include ...    Read more

Did Porsche just blink concerning its expected takeover of Volkswagen? Everything seemed to be going Porsche’s way as it marched towards the final majority acquisition of German rival Volkswagen. Unfortunately for the sports car maker, the process was getting kind of nasty. Workers at Volkswagen feared the coming takeover as ...    Read more