Last Wednesday night I was at the Preview Event of the new Porsche 911 (992) at Porsche Centre Solihull. This is the first time that I had a real snoop around a right hand drive version (all the new 911’s at the Geneva Motor Show 2019 were all left hand drive). The interior finish and [...]
This is the new Cayenne Coupé . There has been a lot of rumours about this vehicle on social media and now Porsche has confirmed its launch. So, the main difference from the normal Cayenne is itssloping roof line which has been lowered by around 20 mm. As standard, it has a panoramic fixed glass [...]
Porsche used the Autosport International Show 2019 for its European debut of the Porsche 935 racing car. It takes its inspiration from the famous 1970's Porsche 935/78 "Moby Dick" race car. There will only be 77 units made. A 3.8 litre, twin-turbo, flat 6 cylinder "boxer" engine powers the race car. The engine produces 700 [...]
Porsche have added the T model to the 718 Boxster and 718 Cayman. The “T” stands for “Touring” and as standard this new model comes with 20 inch alloy wheels, PASM sports chassis (which is lowered by 20 mm and was only previously available on the S models), 6 speed manual gearbox, Porsche Torque Vectoring [...]
So, with the launch of the all new Porsche 911 (model code 992) last week.... I thought I would briefly run through the highlights on this new car. The range now starts with the Carrera S. The Carrera S is powered by the next generation 3.0 litre flat 6 turbocharged engine. This engine now [...]
Advertisement feature. This year, the Lancaster Insurance Classic Motor Show, with Discovery, is on at the Birmingham’s NEC from the 9th - 11th of November and it will feature 2 special displays from Porsche. Porsche Cars Great Britain will have on display some special edition models that were created to celebrate Porsche’s 70th anniversary. [...]
Porsche has added (my personal, favourite models) the GTS range to the Panamera, and Panamera Sports Turismo. The GTS models will use a petrol 4.0 litre V8 twin turbo engine which produces 460 hp. It has an 8 speed PDK dual clutch gearbox and all the power is transmitted to the Porsche Traction Management [...]
Great news! Porsche have confirmed that they will produce a new 911 Speedster next year. They will only build 1,948. Why 1,948? Well....this number refers back to the first 356 "number 1" which received its operating license back in 1948. Hence 1,948! So, here is the latest concept study, in Guards Red paint, looking [...]
The 70 year celebrations are in full swing at Porsche.... and the very talented engineers are also in the party mood. The Porsche designers and engineers have given themselves a birthday present. The birthday present is the 911 Speedster Concept. It is a road ready open top concept car that reflects Porsche's emphasis on [...]
At the "Porsche 70 years of sports cars" ceremony, Porsche announced the name of its fully electric vehicle. The Mission E pictured here by We Blog Any Car, will be known as the Taycan. The name Taycan can be loosely translated as "lively young horse" This is refers to the Porsche crest which features [...]
