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  • Porsche prepares for this year edition of the Transyberian Rally

    Porsche prepares for this year edition of the Transyberian RallyThe Transsyberia Rally is really the toughest marathon rally for the near-standard offroad cars taking place from the Red Square placed in Moscow, Russia to the Mongolian capital of Ulaanbaatar. These 7,000 km of the rally take all the participants via the subartic forests, up to Altai Mountains and Gobi Desert. “My father gave me several tips of course. These first-hand suggestions can only help us. Navigation will be all decisive. This is where you lose or gain time. Aside from this we hope to have as clean a rally as possible without any serious mishaps. We know it’s a long way to Ulaanbaatar and ...

    Tags: porsche, transyberian, rally

  • 9ff breaks the record for road-going autos

    9ff breaks the record for road-going autosAnother world record being smashed: the 9ff GT9 reached an incredible 409 km/h speed becoming the fastest auto (road-going) in the world. The 9ff GT9 model accelerates to 100 km/h in just 3.4 seconds, to 200km/h in 8.2 seconds plus the digital display of that instrument panel presents the 300 km/h in amazing 16.4 seconds. The power source for this super power is a changed motor from the Porsche 996 Turbo.The 6-cylinder water-cooled horizontally opposed engine having 4 liters cubic capacity plus dry sump that's equipped with 2 exhaust twin turbo chargers, some titanium connecting rods, forged pistons plus a 24 carat gold plated induction ...

    Tags: 9ff, world, record, road-going

  • Porsche to Move Boxster & Cayman Production Out of Finland

    Porsche to Move Boxster & Cayman Production Out of FinlandThe Breathing Factory Model Will Continue in FuturePorsche to cooperate with Valmet until 2012 – Magna Steyr will be new partnerStuttgart. Dr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche AG, Stuttgart, will be continuing the successful cooperation on the production of the mid-engine models Boxster and Cayman with the Finnish manufacturing partner Valmet Automotive until the year 2012, thus fulfilling it contractual obligations. In a call for tenders, Porsche has chosen Magna Steyr Fahrzeugtechnik AG & Co KG, Graz, as future contract manufacturer. The Austrian enterprise secured the contract because it submitted the most financially attractive offer, and because it is in a position to take on development ...

    Tags: boxter, cayman, production, finland, manufacturer

  • Audi Wins the 24 Hours of Le Mans

    Audi Wins the 24 Hours of Le MansDespite Peugeot dominance for the first half of the race, the #2 Audi R10 TDI of Dindo Capello (Italy), Tom Kristensen (Denmark) and Allan McNish (Scotland) managed to win the 76th running of the 24 hours of Le Mans 2008. Never falling behind the pace-setting #7 Peugeot of Gene-Minassian-Villeneuve for more than one lap, the turning point occurred with the arrival of the rain in early morning with Capello, Kristensen and McNish taking the lead at 05:17 and holding it until the finish at 15:00 hours.Strategy played the deciding factor as Audi Sport Team Joest chose a set-up for their #2 Audi R10 TDI that ...

    Tags: audi-sport, 24h, lemans, le-mans, le-mans-24, r10, tdi, audi-r10, r10tdi

  • Porsche meeting with VW to discuss partnership

    Porsche meeting with VW to discuss partnershipThe CEO of Porsche, Wendelin Wiedeking, intends to discuss the partnership with Volkswagen which would work once the sports plus luxury car automaker now becomes a majority shareholder in Volkswagen, Germany's greatest auto manufacturer.Porsche currently has almost 31 percent stake in Volkswagen — the greatest held by some single party — but it's still a minority holding, this thanks mainly to the controversial "VW Law"."We are interested in the success of Volkswagen and also in the success of all brands within the company," affirmed the CEO in the Handelsblatt interview. "Once we have the majority, we will have the appropriate discussions on it."

    Tags: porsche, vw, volkswagen, partnership

  • Porsche vehicles and the CAFE regulations

    Porsche vehicles and the CAFE regulationsDespite recently passed CAFE regulations, Porsche affirms the standards will really not force it to change the brand image or car lineup. The German carmaker is widely regarded like one of the best sports auto makers in the world, a reputation it plans on keeping even with impending economy of fuel regulations."We will make our cars more fuel efficient, but we will not change our nature," Detlev von Platen, the CEO of Porsche Cars North America, told the Automotive News. "Our customers expect a certain characteristic to our cars."However, despite all the recent trend for European carmakers to introduce the diesel-powered units in America, don't ...

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  • 60 anniversary for Porsche

    60 anniversary for Porsche60 years ago, in 1948 on June 8, the first Porsche prototype having the auto identification number 356-001 now received the official approval and the homologation for the road service. "Today, Porsche is stronger than ever. We have the broadest and most appealing auto-mobile model range in the history of our company. We have our costs and our processes under control and thus ensured our independence for the long term. We have always seen ourselves as David who must stand up to the Goliaths in this industry. This self-image has shaped us throughout the years - but it has also made us successful", explains Dr. ...

    Tags: porsche, 60, anniversary

  • Porsche denies Panamera Coupe and baby Cayenne

    Porsche denies Panamera Coupe and baby CayenneIn the recent Auto Motor Und Sport interview, Klaus Berning - Porsche marketing exec denied the baby Cayenne and Coupe variant of the upcoming Panamera. Speculation over Porsche making a fifth series in the more popular 4 x 4 range form, following on from Cayenne unit, dismissed by Berning who affirmed: "That issue has not once been discussed at a managerial level. We are not counting the capacity of our models, and a new 4 x 4 model is not on the agenda. It’s not the way Porsche wants to go right now.""There is as of yet no concrete plans: it also doesn’t make much ...

    Tags: porsche, panamera, coupe, baby, cayenne, motor, sport

  • Official details leaked about the 2009 Porsche 911

    Official details leaked about the 2009 Porsche 911The first official 2009 Porsche 911 details leaked on the network. This line-up includes: 911 Carrera Coupé / Cabriolet, 911 Carrera 4 Coupé / Cabriolet, 911 Carrera 4S Coupé / Cabriolet, 911 Carrera S Coupé / Cabriolet, 911 Targa 4, 911 Targa 4S.The market debut dates are: C2 (S) Coupé / Cabrio EU, C2 (S) Coupé / Cabrio USA / Canada, 20.09.2008, RoW LHD/RHD, LHD / RHD 05.07.2008, C4 (S) Coupé / Cabrio, Targa 4 (S) Worldwide 25.10.2008 .The line-up in 2009 will run with two all-new engines: 3.6-l boxer engine having 345 hp and 3.8-l boxer engine at 385 hp.Increased performance presenting important reduction ...

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  • Porsche thinks Panamera will help the German sales

    Porsche thinks Panamera will help the German salesAuto motor und sport magazine says Porsche expects its sales on the German territory to cross 20,000 cars a year in the upcoming years with the introduction in 2009 of the new unit Panamera."I expect the next really substantial volume surge with the introduction of the Panamera," Porsche’s Germany chief Bernhard Maier stated for the magazine. "We have carried out detailed market studies and concluded that we can sell at least 20,000 Panamera cars annually worldwide".In Germany, Porsche is selling up to 5,000 Cayenne autos annually and the market for Panamera is greater, Maier affirmed, adding that the conservative forecast for Panamera would be 5,000 ...

    Tags: porsche, panamera, germany, sale
  • may 2008 Porsche 911 Coupe
  • 5-doors, mpv - Fuel: diesel
    Topspeed: 186 km/h
  • may 2008 Porsche 911 Cabriolet
  • 5-doors, mpv - Fuel: petrol
    Topspeed: 180 km/h
  • may 2008 Porsche Boxster
  • 5-doors, mpv - Fuel: petrol
    Topspeed: 218 km/h
  • may 2008 Porsche Cayenne
  • 5-doors, mpv - Fuel: diesel
    Topspeed: 178 km/h
  • january 2009 Porsche Cayman
  • 4-doors, sedan - Fuel: petrol
    Topspeed: 230 km/h
  • june 1988 Porsche 911
  • 5-doors, hatchback - Fuel: petrol
    Topspeed: 178 km/h
  • june 1988 Porsche 911 Targa
  • 5-doors, hatchback - Fuel: petrol
    Topspeed: 178 km/h
  • january 1992 Porsche 924
  • 5-doors, hatchback - Fuel: diesel
    Topspeed: 160 km/h
  • january 1992 Porsche 928
  • 5-doors, hatchback - Fuel: diesel
    Topspeed: 175 km/h
  • april 1993 Porsche 944
  • 5-doors, hatchback - Fuel: petrol
    Topspeed: 170 km/h
  • april 1993 Porsche 944 Cabriolet
  • 5-doors, hatchback - Fuel: diesel
    Topspeed: 150 km/h
  • april 1993 Porsche 968 Coupe
  • 5-doors, hatchback - Fuel: diesel
    Topspeed: 160 km/h
  • october 1996 Porsche 968 Cabriolet
  • 5-doors, mpv - Fuel: petrol
    Topspeed: 165 km/h
  • october 1994 Porsche Carrera GT
  • 5-doors, mpv - Fuel: petrol
    Topspeed: 177 km/h