Porsche boosts power for Cayenne Turbo S
Porsche has updated its Cayenne range with the addition of the most powerful model yet, the 2009 model Turbo S powered by a 550hp 404kW forced induction 4.8L V8 engine. The Turbo S’s enhanced performance relative to that of the regular Turbo model is due to its modified exhaust system and improvements in engine control. In addition to the added power, there has also been an increase in maximum torque by 50Nm to 750Nm within an engine speed range of 2,250rpm to 4,500rpm. This is enough to see the car...

Porsche’s Wiedeking is auto industry’s highest paid CEO
Being the CEO of a major car manufacturer is not traditionally considered a job that will net you paychecks on par with Formula 1 drivers. For Porsche CEO Wendelin Wiedeking, however, his salary for last year will leave you thinking otherwise. Wiedeking is thought to have earned more than €60 million $89 million, which puts him ahead of fellow top dogs Carlos Ghosn of Renault-Nissan, Alan Mullaly from Ford, Dieter Zietsche of Daimler and Sergio Marchionne of Fiat. By comparison, Ghosn’s salary...

2010 Porsche Panamera Spied In Vegas
Porsche engineers were out in full gear, with a parade of at least 5 prototypes,giving photographers more chances to take pictures of the Panamera. The entry-level powerplant will be Volkswagen's 3.5-liter six-cylinder engine with 300 bhp, while Porsche's own drivetrain will be a direct-injection eight-cylinder petrol engine, available in naturally-aspirated guise 350 bhp and with twin-turbo 560 bhp. In addition – we’re also expecting the Panamera S version. The interior — although apparently...

Did you know? Porsche built a VW T3 Vanagon-based B32
var digg_url = 'http://digg.com/autos/The_super_rare_Porsche_B32_Vanagon'; While there are countless aftermarket engine, transmission, and brake upgrades for the Volkswagen Vanagon, what could be better than a factory conversion... from Porsche? The Porsche-branded B32 van you see above occurred back in the mid-1980's, when the automaker from Stuttgart was racing its awesome Group B 959 in the Paris to Dakar Rally and the factory found itself in need of a support vehicle. Using a Volkswagen Type 2...

Porsche GT2: Hard, fast and dangerous
You may recall from psychology classes the name Harry Harlow, a controversial researcher known for his wire monkey-surrogate mother experiments. One group of baby rhesus monkeys was taken away from its mothers and given a maternal figure made of terry cloth; another group was given a figure made of just bare wire. These experiments demonstrated the famous Harry-Harlow-was-a-toolbag principle. In Porsche's laboratory, the relatively luxe 911 Turbo padded seats and all is the terry-cloth monkey and the...

2008 speedART BTR-XS 650 based on Porsche 997 GT2
The latest innovation of Porsche Tuner speedART is called BTR – XS 650. BTR – XS 650 stands for Bi Turbo Racer – Xtra Speed with 650 hp and impressive 860 Nm torque. This car is based on the Porsche 997 GT2.Power:The power increase of 120 hp and 180 Nm is possible due to modified VTG turbo chargers, a sport exhaust with twin tail pipes, sport cats, headers, bigger intercoolers and an optimized motronic update. The acceleration from 0 – 62mph takes 3.2 sec and the top speed is 216mph. The price...

Activists angered by Porsche’s judicial review of London c-charge
Environmental groups have criticized Porsche’s decision to challenge London’s new congestion charge, claiming the carmaker should drop its judicial review and focus on building cleaner cars. Leading the charge is activist group Friends of the Earth FoE, who claim the majority of Londoners support an increased congestion charge for the most polluting vehicles. FoE’s Executive Director Tony Juniper said in recent statement that “people are recognizing the urgency of cutting carbon dioxide...

Activists angered by Porsche’s judicial review of London c-charge
Environmental groups have criticized Porsche’s decision to challenge London’s new congestion charge, claiming the carmaker should drop its judicial review and focus on building cleaner cars. Leading the charge is activist group Friends of the Earth FoE, who claim the majority of Londoners support an increased congestion charge for the most polluting vehicles. FoE’s Executive Director Tony Juniper said in recent statement that “people are recognizing the urgency of cutting carbon dioxide...

Porsche prepares for 2008 Transsyberia Rally
Porsche has announced plans to enter this year’s Transsyberia Rally, an epic journey that sees competitors travel more than 6,200km through the roughs of Siberia. Last year, Porsche took the top three places in the event and to make sure it remains on top the sports carmaker has developed a number of modifications for its Cayenne S Transsyberia rally-SUV. Engineers focused on improving the suspension set-up of the previous model, and added a number of reinforced parts including a newly-formed...

Porsche updates Cayenne S Transsyberia for '08 rally
Click above for a gallery of the updated Cayenne S Transsyberia Last year, Porsche built a series of race-ready Cayenne S Transsyberia SUVs for use in the rally event bearing the same name. Lessons were learned, and so for the 2008 running of the Transsyberia, Porsche is offering the teams who bought the trucks last year a conversion package that features a number of upgrades. These include a new sump guard, a beefier tire package, tweaked air suspension, a shorter final drive ratio same as the new...