[nggallery id=2168 template=customlinks] Porsche has unveiled a facelift for the 911, but the facelifted 911 also gets a downsized engine with a new 3.0 litre twin-turbo flat-six with up to 414bhp. We revealed back in July that Porsche would be downsizing the engines in the 911 Carrera and Carrera S when it came to facelift […]
2016 Porsche 911 will get 3.0 litre Turbo engine in the Carrera and Carrera S
[nggallery id=2141 template=customlinks] The 2016 Porsche 911 facelift – which arrives at the Frankfurt Motor Show – will use a 3.0 litre turbo version of Porsche’s six-cylinder engine. A few days ago, the 2016 Porsche 911 facelift was all but revealed in a series of official photos of the 2016 911 testing in South Africa, […]
2016 Porsche 911 Facelift revealed in official prototype photos
[nggallery id=2141 template=customlinks] The 2016 facelift for the Porsche 911 has been previewed with a raft of photos from Porsche of prototype 2016 911s testing in South Africa, Debuts Frankfurt 2015. The 2016 Porsche 911 will debut at the Frankfurt Motor Show in September, with a cosmetic facelift – inside and out – and, we’re […]
Stirling Moss’s own Porsche RS-61 Spyder up for auction at Goodwood
Stirling Moss’s own Porsche RS-61 Spyder – the last car he drove on track – is up for auction at Goodwood later this month with an estimate of £1.7 to £2 million. There are lots of cars that like to claim they’ve been driven by the legend (and we don’t use that word lightly) that is Sir Stirling Moss. But […]
Porsche 918 Spyder recalled again
The Porsche 918 Spyder – Porsche’s hypercar – is being recalled yet again, this time for correction of a wiring harness that could be damaged by a carbon fibre component. The technology that has gone in to the creation of the current trio of hypercars – Porsche 918 Spyder, LaFerrari and McLaren P1 – is […]
Porsche Sports Cars getting 4-cylinder turbo engines
Porsche has confirmed that 4-cylinder turbocharged flat four boxer engines will arrive in its sports cars in 2016, initially in the Cayman and Boxster. Porsche hasn’t really flirted with four-cylinder engines for a generation, but with every car maker looking to downsize cylinders and bring in forced induction to cut emissions and improve economy, Porsche […]
Porsche 911 Carrera and Boxster Black Editions launch. Not for the first time.
Porsche has revealed 911 Carrera 2, Carrera 4 and Boxster Black Editions with cosmetic enhancements and equipment upgrades. Prices from £46,164. Yes, even Porsche resort to special editions from time to time to get footfall in showrooms, and sales, and have revealed new Black Edition models for both the 911 and Boxster. It’s not exactly […]
Porsche 918 Spyder hits 217mph on public roads (video)
The Porsche 918 Spyder – Porsche’s hybrid hypercar – has hit 350kph (217mph) on Australia’s Stuart Highway, taking just 40 seconds from 60-350kph. As far as we can work out, there are currently just three places you can take a road car and drive as fast as you want: the German Autobahn, the Isle of […]
New Porsche Boxster Spyder – the Spyder returns with 370 bhp. Costs £60,459
A new Porsche Boxster Spyder has been revealed at the 2015 New York Motor Show as the lightest, most powerful Boxster so far – with 370 bhp. Costs from £60,459. [nggallery id=2087 template=customlinks] It’s getting on for six years since the Porsche Boxster Spyder arrived sporting less weight and more power – and the iconic bulges behind […]
Porsche 911 GT3 RS blasts in to Geneva. Costs £131,296
The new Porsche 911 GT3 RS has debuted at the Geneva Motor Show with 493bhp from its 4.0 litre flat-six, good for 0-62mph in 3.3 seconds. Costs £131,296. [nggallery id=2071 template=customlinks] Owners of the latest Porsche 911 GT3 are probably wishing today that they’d waited a little longer for their car, not had to have a […]