First Drive: 2008 Porsche RS 60 Spyder
Click above for high-res gallery of the 2008 Porsche Boxster RS 60 SpyderOn paper, the Boxster RS 60 Spyder might seem nothing more than a limited-edition Boxster with some interior upgrades, a slight horsepower bump over the S model and a name picked from the company's rich racing history. Let's first take a look at the car's historic name. In 1960, Porsche's mid-engined 718 RS 60 won both the 12 Hours of Sebring and the Targa Florio. Historic pictures show it as a silver car with a red leather...

Update: 2009 Porsche 911 facelift
Updated with official video. Porsche has continued its tradition of only implementing minimal changes to the styling of its iconic 911 range for the latest 2009 model year facelift, but the changes taking place under the new sheet metal are quite the opposite. This is because the new 911 Carrera is available for the first time with direct injection and dual clutch technologies. The first cars to receive the updates are the Carrera and Carrera S models, both of which are now available with...

First Look: New Porsche's Riding The Double Dutch Clutch (PDK)
Although we have yet to drive the 2009 Porsche 911 with the company's new twin-clutch automated manual gearbox, we are already fans of the name the company selected: Porsche Doppelkupplung PDK. All it means is "double clutch" in German, but to our American ears, it sounds cooler than that. The Porsche 962 racing car of the 1980s introduced this technology at the end of its life, but Porsche abandoned the concept because of weight and complication. And while it's hard to imagine a day when we...

Good to be King: Lewis Hamilton borrows TechArt Porsche for LA trip
Lewis Hamilton caught a plane headed west after dominating in Monaco, and when you're a rising F1 star in Los Angeles, you're certainly not going to hit up Avis to rent a Ford Focus – you want your vents to be functional. So Claus Ettensberger, owner of the So. Cal. tuning shop CEC, was kind enough to provide Hamilton with a fully-kitted Techart Porsche 997 911 during his stay in L.A. Granted, anything is kind of a demotion from his McLaren Formula One car, but we could think of worse ways for...

Stink Fast! - Porsche Design cologne
One thing some luxury-goods makers are missing out on are male-centric fragrances. Yankee Candle should come out with an entire "Garage Line" of scents like "Winter Ether," "Hydrocarbon Bliss," or the more subtle "Mustang Interior," and "Exhaust." There's a veritable treasure trove of olfactory delight just waiting to be mined by a master nose. Porsche Design isn't waiting for someone else to cash in on this brilliant plan, and the company is releasing its own line of products called "The Essence."...

From 356 to Panamera: sixty years of Porsche
June 8th marks the 60th anniversary of the homologation and road-approval of the German maker’s first sports car, and the first true Porsche prototype, a 356 known internally as 356-001. The culmination of Ferry Porsche’s search for the perfect car, the 356 began what would become one of the most impressive sports car dynasties ever, though it wasn’t always so clear that the company would end up a success. The company spent most of the 1950s and 1960s working to develop its motor...

Lake find of the day: Porsche 356
Over on the Jalopy Journal's HAMB that's Hokey-Ass Message Board, BTW you can usually find tales of barn finds, re-purchased first cars and from-the-verge-of-death restoration projects. But every now and then there's a heartbreaking account of a car just too far gone for Bondo. If we're lucky, there's pictures. And in the case of board member Mobile Chicane, there's several pictures of a Porsche 356 left to rust for 30 years in a Wisconsin farm pond. Chicane says the owner of the land only recently...

Porsche testing Cayenne diesel ahead of 2009 launch
Porsche has stated in the past it would not fit any diesel powerplants to its cars but with toughening fuel economy and emissions regulations looming in both the U.S. and Europe the sports carmaker may not have a choice. Industry experts are predicting Porsche will use an upgraded Audi V6 turbodiesel in its Cayenne SUV next year. According to new reports from Germany’s AutoSTR, power from the Audi V6 will be boosted to around 320hp 238kW from the current 240hp 179kW levels. More powerful V8 diesels...

Porsche Panamera to start production in April 2009
Whether you love it or loathe it, Porsche’s new Panamera sedan is due to hit the streets in 2009 and is expected to change the performance sedan market forever. Buoyed by the success of the Cayenne SUV, Porsche’s managers have seen fit to put their famous badge on a four door saloon and according to latest reports the wait on the car could be less than a year. According to AutoTelegraaf, the Panamera will officially start production in April next year and will make its world debut one month earlier...

Aftermarket recreates Targa roof for Porsche
It's been more than four decades since Porsche created the Targa roof for its 911 sports car. The Targa top provided an open-air driving experience but with the protection of a built-in rollover bar and a huge, wrap-around rear window. Instead of the top folding down, the solid roof panel over the car's seats could be removed and stored in the trunk. The Targa was a creative response to early 1960s governmental safety regulations that many thought would make it impossible for automakers to continue to...