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 [...]

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In a recent Business Week article, Bruce Nussbaum, sparked by a comment and blog entry of a reader named Ben Terrett, proposes that Porsche is the king of sustainability. According to Nussbaum, 60% of all Porsches ever made are still on the road today. From Ben’s blog: What they’re saying is that 60% of the [...]

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Britains Car magazine has a first drive of the new 911 GT2. They loved the power and performance, the noise, and the sheer experience of driving the GT2. From the review: 911 Turbo not hard enough? Then how about removing the four-wheel drive, sir? Want to smash the magical 200mph barrier? Soak in the GT2′s [...]

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German rental car company Sixt announced they are no longer going to rent Porsches. Sixt cites numerous high-speed accidents sustained by less-than-experienced customers for the new policy, and they believe the average car-renting public just can’t handle such a powerful car. Recently, a customer took one of the rental Porsches to the Nurburgring and drove [...]

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Britain has caught its faster speeder ever after clocking a 911 at 172 mph. Timothy Brady, 33, was clocked driving more than 100 mph over the speed limit in a 911 he was driving that belonged to the courtesy car firm where he worked as a delivery driver. Apparently, this makes him the fastest speeder [...]

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