Almost a year ago, we told you about Fanatec’s Porsche 911 Turbo wheel and pedals for all you sim racing Porsche fans. Now, Fanatec has just unveiled a sweet set of high-end pedals to go along with the wheel.
The new Clubsport Pedals are made of aluminum and are fully adjustable. And from the video above, [...]

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UK’s Car magazine has an interview with Porsche R&D chief Wolfgang Dürheimer. In the interview, Dürheimer dishes on some details on the next Boxster/Cayman (981) and the next 911 (991).
Dürheimer says the 981 Boxster/Cayman will (as expected) share many parts with the 991 911, and goes into more details about the 911 itself. The design [...]

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Round 10 of the American Le Mans Series will feature one additional RS Spyder when the Petit Le Mans takes place on October 4th at Road Atlanta.
Penske Racing will run three Spyders: the #7 car driven by Timo Bernhard and Romain Dumas; the #6 car driven by Sascha Maassen and Patrick Long; and the #5 [...]

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Porsche announced they have increased their stake in Volkswagen to 35.41%, which gives them “de facto control of the Wolfsburg-based group.” Porsche has also announced their intent to increase their stake to more than 50%.
By law, Porsche is also required to submit a formal offer for VW subsidiary Audi. However, Porsche stated they have no [...]

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Porsche has released the first official photo of the Panamera… although all you can see is the nose.
They have also launched a new Panamera microsite on Porsche.com, and a Panamera Online Magazine.
The hype has begun. Will the Panamera live up to it?
Another picture after the jump.
[source: Porsche via Autoblog]

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Motor Trend is talking about a Porsche-badged version of the previously announced VW sports car that will be revealed in Los Angeles in a couple of months. The VW sports car is supposed to be targeted at the Lotus Elise, weighing in around 2200 lbs and producing about 170 hp.
Speculation about a Porsche version is [...]

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The Porsche 911 has always been associated with its iconic flat-six engine.
However, times are changing, and Porsche may be forced to follow along. At the Australian launch of the new 911, a Porsche engineer stated that Porsche is not against using a four-cylinder engine, should the need arise. And Thomas Krickelberg, Porsche’s head of powertrain [...]

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Man, it is getting hard to keep track of all the special edition Porsches coming out. Ahead of the Paris Auto Show, Porsche has announced the Cayenne S Transsyberia special edition.
This model is a nod to Porsche winning the Transsyberia Rally for the past few years with special factory-prepared Cayennes. The Cayenne S Transsyberia [...]

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Recent spy shots of a Boxster and Cayman suggest Porsche is working on RS variants of each car.
The spy shots of the Boxster reveal a ceramic brake package, an oversized rear wing, and a full roll cage. In addition, the tester is sporting a hard top with what appears to be a plastic rear window, [...]

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Autobild reported that Porsche CEO Wendelin Wiedeking confirmed that the Cayenne will receive a version of Volkswagen’s 3.0 liter V6 TDI engine in 2009. The diesel engine is rated at 240 hp and 406 lb-ft of torque in the VW, and is expected to be the same in the Cayenne. It also gets 24.5 mpg [...]

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