In the August issue of Classic Porsche, we reported on the appearance of 917 chassis 026 as a star lot in the RM Sotheby’s Monterey Sale. Offered with a lower estimate of $16m, the car failed to sell, but it wasn’t the only 917 causing a stir at the show
Porsche rarely, if ever, follows any other automaker’s lead, but Colin Chapman’s maxim of “add lightness” was taken to heart by Zuffenhausen’s former motorsport director, Ferdinand Piëch.
Porsche design chief Michael Mauer has hinted that he has already conceived how the design of a future electric 911 could work, but insisted such a model is unlikely to appear before 2030
Two-seater sports cars are among the tightest-packaged vehicles, so it makes sense that Porsche is thinking about supplanting the weight and bulk of a combustion engine with a drive battery pack for its electrified 718.
This just looks like a blacked-out 911, right? The stickers in the window tell a different, electrified story. Porsche has been open about developing a hybrid 911, and we’ll see it when the 992.2 midlife refresh arrives in a couple of years
With a production run of no more than thirty cars, Porsche Motorsport is celebrating twenty-five years of Manthey-Racing with an extraordinary new GT2 RS Clubsport designed exclusively for track days and circuit racing.
Historics Auctioneers contactedus with details of a star-studded line-up of classicPorsches due to go under the hammer at thefirm’s Ascot Racecourse auction on Saturday 25th September
As regular readers of DrivesToday will know, we’re big fans of the 914. Though seemingly unlike anything else in the Porsche product portfolio, the two-seater, mid-engined, rear-driven roadster set the template for the all-conquering Boxster
This MoTeC M130 ECU tuning package from air-cooled Porsche engine specialist, Rasant, allows modifiers with air-cooled 911s loaded with individual throttle bodies (ITB) to tune their engines based off the throttle position sensor
Porsche continues to tease enthusiasts with public rollouts of a possible safari-specification 992, with a mule riding with significant ground clearance seen at the Nürburgring Nordschleife.
From the beginning, Porsche and motorsports have been inseparable. It’s almost impossible to imagine a time when Porsches did not compete in — and win — every race, from top-level endurance events to amateur sprints all across the globe
The new Cayenne Turbo GT has equipped the most powerful V8 engine currently offered by Porsche. The 8-speed Tiptronic S automatic transmission has been modified to offer quicker shift times. Its 4.0-liter twin-turbo V8 engine develops 631bhp
