Porsche has taken to the 2016 Paris Motor Show to unveil its latest iteration of the world’s best-selling race car; the 911 GT3 Cup. Now powered by a direct-injected 4.0-litre flat-six powertrain producing 357kW, up from the previous generation’s 338kW 3.8-litre flat-six. Power is transferred to the rear wheels via […]
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Found: McLaren Porsche 911 with TAG F1 V6 engine
Here’s a car we bet you didn’t know existed. We didn’t. It’s a 930-era Porsche 911 with a McLaren Formula One engine. Yes, you did read that correctly. Sitting in the back of this otherwise neat-looking 911 is a 1.5-litre TAG turbocharged V6 like what was seen in McLaren F1 […]
Porsche Australia supports Northern Territory’s unrestricted speed zones
Porsche has entered the discourse surrounding the Northern Territory’s hotly-debated open speed limits, accusing the NT government of taking a “nanny state approach”, according to the company’s local public relations boss. The comments came following a proposal to reintroduce a 130km/h speed limit on a 320km stretch of the Stuart […]
Porsche Exclusive reveals 911 Targa 4S ‘Design Edition’
The Porsche 911 Targa is regarded as the modern classic of the sports car range, and to amplify its theme Porsche Exclusive has come up with the Design Edition. Based on the latest Targa 4S with its iconic B-pillar/roll-over bar, the Design Edition is painted in etna blue solid. This […]
SEMA-bound Porsche 911 getting Bisimotor Hyundai V6
Automotive purists are very particular about originality and what they do and don’t want to happen to their most beloved cars. LS1-swapped XY Falcons have provoked threats and arguments at car shows, for example. But if everyone listened to them, the automotive world would not be as weird and wacky […]
Porsche sales up 6% for 2016 first half, China biggest market
Porsche sales are up 3.0 per cent, globally, for the first half of 2016, reporting 117,963 vehicle sales in the first six months of the year. The most popular market regions were the USA and America, both of which saw a 6.0 per cent rise in sales, followed by Europe […]
2016 International Engine of the Year Award winners announced
Cue the drumroll, the annual 2016 International Engine of the Year award winners have been revealed, with Ferrari snatching the crown from BMW and dominating the awards. That’s right, despite environmental and regulatory pressures, the overall engine of the year award went to our Italian friends at Ferrari, for its […]
Australian 2016 Porsche Rennsport Festival highlights (mega gallery)
If you love your classic Porsches, or any Porsche vehicle for that matter, you should have been at the 2016 Rennsport Festival at Sydney Motorsport Park over the weekend. It was a Porsche aficionados’ delight. The Rennsport Festival is all about celebrating the Porsche brand and all of its vehicles, […]