The rumors swirling around VW’s plans for Porsche are flying around fast and furious. One day they are saying they will be adding more Panamera variants to the lineup, and the next they are saying they are going to kill the Panamera. Now, there is another rumor involving the Panamera: platform sharing.
This latest rumor says [...]

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This report caught me off guard: according to an article in Britain’s Car magazine, the VW group is planning to kill off the Cayenne and Panamera after their product life cycles end in about seven years.
Despite the fact that the Cayenne has been a huge sales success, and millions of dollars have been [...]

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Those earlier rumors about the Boxster getting a 4-cylinder engine are heating up. Auto Motor & Sport is reporting that Porsche is looking at shoving the Audi TTS engine into a cheaper Boxster.
The engine is a 2.0-liter turbocharged 4-cylinder that makes 272 hp and 258 lb-ft of torque. That’s actually 17 hp and 45 lb-ft [...]

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Back in September we reported that Porsche and VW were thinking about teaming up again to work on an entry-level roadster in the spirit of the 914. The talk was that it would be built on the (then yet-to-be-revealed) VW Bluesport roadster platform. Eventually, those rumors were put to rest, and Porsche said they were [...]

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We’ve already told you that Porsche is planning a Panamera Hybrid, but now comes word that they are also working on a diesel and a targa.
The diesel is not surprising, since the Cayenne is also getting a diesel, but the targa is an interesting development. But with the shape of the Panamera, it seems pretty [...]

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Motor Authority got their hands on some spy shots of the interior of the upcoming 2011 Cayenne. It looks heavily influenced by the Panamera interior to me, with the center air vents moved to the sides of the center stack and a ton of buttons on the center console.
The 2011 Cayenne is reportedly going to [...]

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It sounds like the “entry-level” mid-engined roadster VW was going to unveil at the LA Auto Show will neither be at that show nor will it be an entry-level car.
A VW spokesman said the concept will now debut in January at the Detroit Auto Show. He also gave some more details about the car.
He said [...]

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Rumors have been swirling about a new 4-cylinder entry-level Porsche, but now rumors are suggesting the Boxster itself will lose two cylinders from its current flat-6.
The upcoming European emissions standards mean even Porsche’s most efficient engine (the Boxster/Cayman 2.7L flat-6) doesn’t come close to complying, so Porsche needs to do something to offset the rest [...]

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There has been lots of speculation over the past year or so on what Porsche will build next, and after the news we posted in September about VW’s mid-engine concept car set to debut at the L.A. Auto Show in November, the speculation has reached a fever pitch. So let’s jump in and see where [...]

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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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