After showing the well-received Cayenne Hybrid at the LA Auto Show, and touting the performance and mileage figures of the prototype, Porsche is having second thoughts. They feel that the hybrid market share is not large enough for them to introduce the Cayenne Hybrid anytime soon, saying “(t)he most optimistic forecast still only calls for [...]

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Penske Racing has announced that Patrick Long will be driving the #6 RS Spyder full time in 2008. Long co-drove the Penske RS Spyder to a class victory in the 2007 Petit Le Mans. Long is well-known to Porsche race fans, and has been a Porsche factory driver since 2003. He won the 2005 GT2 [...]

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Porsche CEO Wendelin Wiedeking has said that if the ALMS rules are changed in Audi’s favor, Porsche may pull out of the series. The RS Spyder, which runs in LMP2, embarrassed the LMP1 entry from Audi for much of 2007, and Audi is arguing that LMP2 has an unfair weight advantage and wants something done [...]

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Porsche has introduced a new aero kit for the 997 Turbo coupe. The new kit features a new front spoiler lip and a new engine cover with a fixed aerofoil and a revised rear spoiler. The kit is designed to improve the handling of the car, and doesn’t change the drag coefficient of 0.31. It [...]

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Porsche has announced a recall of 128 worldwide units of the 911 GT3 and GT3 RS built between September 28 and November 9, 2007. These cars have a defective control console that may cause the Traction Control or PASM system to malfunction. If you’re GT3 or GT3 RS is affected by the racall, it should [...]

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Motor Authority has a post speculating on the 2010 Cayenne, and they are saying that the next Cayenne will be based on Audi’s smaller Q5 architecture. They say the it will not only be noticeably smaller than the current Cayenne, but feature shorter overhangs and move away from any serious off-road character that the current [...]

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People who pay attention to trends have noticed matte black paint schemes popping up all over. Several production cars, like the Dodge Charger R/T and even the Porsche Cayman S Porsche Design Edition 1 sport matte black stripes, but Gemballa has fully embraced the color. At the recent Essen Motor Show, Gemballa showed off no [...]

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It’s that time of year again when car magazines put together their lists of their favorite cars for the year. And the Boxster/Cayman duo has already made not one, but two of these lists. Car and Driver named the dynamic duo to their “10 Best” list, saying they feature a “combination of pleasure and functionality [...]

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As if being the CEO of one of the best car companies in the world wasn’t good enough by itself, it turns out the gig doesn’t pay so bad either. Porsche CEO Wendelin Wiedeking’s salary is an estimated $89 million to $103 million. Wiedenking justified his salary based on Porsche’s increased profits over the past [...]

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Porsche announced the 2008 911 GTC Cup car that will be racing in the Porsche Mobil-1 Supercup and various Porsche Carrera Cups and GT3 Cup Challenges. The new model will output 420 bhp from the improved 3.6 liter engine based on the regular GT3, up 20 hp from last year’s model. It features a sequential [...]

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