The first Porsche Club was started in 1952 in Westphalia, Germany by just seven men. 60 years later, Porsche club members number just over 181,000 people spread over 75 countries. That is an astounding number, and yet another example of just how strong a following Porsche has maintained over the years. To help celebrate the [...]
It seems that even this early into the new year no one is safe from the recall bug. The latest car maker to be hit this year is Porsche. The problem being reported by the NHTSA is a possible fuel leak on the 911 Carrera S. The recall affects 1232 2012 Porsche 911 Carrera [...]
So you’ve got a Porsche and it happens to spew its internals all over the highway and the cost to get it fixed is a big wad of cash. Instead of selling it to someone who can use the seemingly straight body for parts or a project car, why not donate it to a group, [...]
So Mini had their event on June 21st where they challenege Porsche. Porsche never responded after initially turning the automaker down, so Mini brought their own Porsche Carrera 911 S and raced it against one of their own on an autocross course at Road Atlanta. The word is, from Mini’s Facebook page that the Porsche [...]
The evening of June 21st, Mini will be going forth, with or without Porsche, and staging an event at Road Atlanta. In recent days they’ve posted an ad on their Facebook page looking for an experienced driver to wheel a race prepped Porsche 911 Carrera S. Mini has also posted the race course and while [...]
Mini continues to assert their advertising brilliance by poking fun at the situation where they have challenged Porsche to a race but Porsche has declined. This time they do so in a Rocky IV spoof. So it is more than obvious that Mini will continue the onslaught until Porsche finally throws in the towel and [...]
So you may or may not have heard, Mini challenged Porsche to a race at Road Atlanta. Porsche declined saying that they didn’t participate in silly publicity stunts, in no uncertain words. So now Mini has fired back with a new video asking Porsche to reconsider. Mini is waging all out war against Porsche on [...]
If no other commercial thrills you to the point where you wish you were cruising down some backroad, no LEOs in sight and had a capable car, this is the one you’ve been waiting for. It made us wish we had a GT2 to go flog. [AutoBlog] Tweet
3,176 2010 Panamera’s have been recalled by Porsche and the NHTSA due to a potential seat belt failure issue. Apparently the front belt attachment mounts can fail when the front seats are adjusted in a particular way. Porsche will fix the problem by way of an additional tethering mechanism that will take approximately 15 minutes [...]
Offering a tamer version of their Panamera. Porsche announced the inclusion of a v6 model with a rather lackluster 300hp and 295 ft-lbs of torque. The V6 will start at $74,400 and be rated at 100hp deficit over the V8 model and lose 74 ft-lbs of torque. The V6 Panamera will include a 7-speed dual-clutch [...]
