Porsche and Piech families bury the hatchet, will probably be dug up again...
Dr. Wolfgang Porsche, the head of Porsche Holding, and Porsche's group works council chairman Uwe Huck took time to answer Porsche staff questions about the impending takeover of VW. It appeared to go well enough: Wolfgang said the Porsche and Piech families met, and Ferdinand Piech, the head of VW, "clearly stated that he unreservedly supports the course of Porsche Automobil Holding SE in all points and is fully and entirely behind the chairmen." It was also said that Piech did not support the...

LA AUTO SHOW:2009 Porsche Cayman
An option package includes bi-xenon headlights, cornering lights and led daytime in hand lights. It's aided over a lately seven-speed dual-clutch automated manual transmission, called doppelkupplungsgetriebe pdk, which improves efficiency on stilts the conventional tiptronic S it replaces. The while a car's fixity of purpose and efficiency pair increase, it many times means groundling thing: steady injection, and that's the technical skill that's been added. Porsche's most-affordable car, the cayman...

2009 Porsche Cayman and Boxster facelift unveiled in Los Angeles
Scheduled for sale as 2010 models next year, the latest Cayman and Boxster can be pointed out from the other models by their slightly modified headlights, air intakes, and LED tail lights. This is the first time that both versions are offered with Lights Package highlighting bi-xenon headlights, active curve lights and LED daytime driving lights. The fog lights are replaced with LED lights; on the Boxster four LEDs are placed side by side, while on the Cayman they are arranged in a circle.The prominent...

LA 2008: Porsche reveals improved Boxster and Cayman
Even as the industry swirls in turmoil, Porsche continues to offer hope to enthusiasts as they relentlessly increase performance without sacrificing efficiency. For 2009, Porsche has given the Boxster and Cayman a mild facelift, along with updating the interior and accessories. More importantly, and following in the footsteps of the 911 Carrera PDK, all 2009 Cayman and Boxster models are also offered with the Porsche-Doppelkupplungsgetriebe transmission aka PDK. Mated to the new transmission are two...

9ff gives Porsche 911 GT2 670-hp, working on 910-hp
530 horsepower; 0 to 60 in 3.6 seconds; top speed of 204 mph. All that sounds pretty satisfying to us. But if you’re 9ff and you see the Porsche 911 GT2 on the track, all you can think is how much more power you can extract from under the hood.Now it’s not like 9ff improved the 0 to 60 time because their 9ff GT2 still takes 3.6 seconds to reach 60 mph like the standard Porsche 911 GT2. However, the tuner made extensive engine modifications extracting a total of...[source]

Porsche Design offering a “Golden Christmas” to its clients
To blend in with the Christmas celebrations, Porsche Design has added a golden highlight and now offers gift ideas whose designs take the precious metal as their theme. The assortment of classic men’s accessories consists of automatic wristwatches, cufflinks and sunglasses. The products are offered currently from Porsche Design Stores.Three timepieces from the Dashboard series and the Worldtimer P’6750 have been voted for Christmas. At no other time have two models from the Porsche Design Dashboard...

Porsche and Piech families bury the hatchet, will probably be dug up again...
Dr. Wolfgang Porsche, the head of Porsche Holding, and Porsche's group works council chairman Uwe Huck took time to answer Porsche staff questions about the impending takeover of VW. It appeared to go well enough: Wolfgang said the Porsche and Piech families met, and Ferdinand Piech, the head of VW, "clearly stated that he unreservedly supports the course of Porsche Automobil Holding SE in all points and is fully and entirely behind the chairmen." It was also said that Piech did not support the...

Porsche No. 1 sets out for Pebble Beach
Click above to view Porsche No. 1 in hi-res If you're a regular Autoblog reader, you'll be familiar with the saga of Porsche's take-over of Volkswagen. But back in the late '40s when Germany lay in post-war shambles with its industry crippled, VW had been re-commissioned by the allies and Porsche was just getting started. Based on the mechanics designed by his father, Dr. Ferdinand Porsche led a team that crafted the very first Porsche, the original 356. That first prototype is still around, known to...

2009 Porsche 911
 Consider the 2009 911 a brand-new car, even though the basic structure remains essentially the same as the outgoing model's. Two entirely new and more powerful engines and a new twin-clutch automatic transmission are the major refinements to Porsche's 45-year-old model, but there's much more to the transformation than the powertrains.Suspension, brakes, lighting, interior and exterior styling all were massaged for the Carrera and Carrera S, and the process has resulted in the best 911 yet. We...

001 Brings You The Best Boxster and Cayman Models Porsche Has To Offer, Which Is Your Favorite?
Despite their many distinct differences, the Porsche Boxster and Boxster S roadsters, and the Cayman and Cayman S coupes share a critical and core characteristic: All are mid-engine. Engineers and designers of the world's highest-echelon open-wheel race cars agree that a mid-engine configuration is unsurpassed for an optimally balanced chassis. Porsche's engineers and designers wholeheartedly concur.[source]