Porsche has released a 2 1/2 hour DVD showing the complete company history from the beginning up to today. Called “The Porsche Way,” the film is based on the Archives Collection which houses over 5,000 hours of footage. Much of the footage on the DVD has never been seen before, and several racing drivers and [...]

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Lots of news has been swirling around the past few weeks about Porsche’s financial status, and it is playing out like some sort of soap opera. First came the report that Porsche had ditched plans to take over VW and instead had begun merger talks with VW. After those were called off, German magazine Der [...]

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Porsche has announced that the 911 and Boxster were ranked first and second for the smallest number of defects in all age categories between four and eleven years old in the recent Autobild TÜV Report in Germany. The full press release is after the jump. [Source: Porsche]

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Porsche has officially announced the Cayenne Diesel. The new model will use the Audi 3.0L V6 turbo diesel engine which produces 240 hp and come standard with the 6-speed Tiptronic-S transmission. The Cayenne diesel will be available beginning in February 2009, but only in Europe initially. According to Porsche, “(p)reparations for market introduction in other [...]

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The new Porsche Museum is getting closer to its opening, and it took a huge step this week when the first twelve exhibition vehicles were installed. And by the end of the week, all 80 exhibits will be installed. The first exhibits to go on display include a 356 Cabriolet, an original ’11′ model, and [...]

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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 [...]

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Porsche was once again expected to show why it is the world’s most profitable automaker. Porsche was expected to post a profit of $17.05 billion on revenues of $13.3 billion for the 2007 fiscal year. Wait, what? They made more money than they took in? Well, a lot of that was due to their investment [...]

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Porsche has announced that beginning in 2012, Boxster and Cayman production will move from Valmet Automotive in Finland to Magna Steyr in Graz, Austria. Valmet has been building Boxsters since 1997, and has produced over 200,000 Boxsters and Caymans. As with Valmet, Porsche will still build the engines and transmissions in Zuffenhausen, Germany, and ship [...]

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Porsche has announced their 3.6 liter twin-turbo flat-6 has won the 2008 “Best Performance Engine Award” given by the British journal “Engine Technology International.” This is the first win for Porsche, beating competitors like BMW, Ferrari, Nissan and Audi. The Engine of the Year Awards are determined by 65 motoring journalists from more than 30 [...]

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I guess this isn’t really news, but because I love Formula 1, I thought I would post this. Porsche has an article about Force India driver Adrian Sutil’s two week test of a 911 Turbo. Sutil summed it up like this: “I have always wanted to drive a Porsche 911 Turbo. And the car has [...]

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