Articles about Porsche

That’s more like it

Ever since the Boxster and the Cayman traded their flat-sixes for four-pots, roughly everyone with functioning ears has clamored for a return to the proper cylinder count. Here in TG Towers, we've been particularly clamorous, even using phrases like "

Did Toyota build a better sports car?

Something unusual happened on the launch of the Toyota Supra in Spain a few weeks back. Tetsuya Tada, the Supra's chief engineer, openly expressed his admiration for Porsche. This doesn't happen. Representatives from one company scrupulously avoid talking about another'

It comes with a five-speed manual gearbox

We met Emory Motorsports a few months ago, and immediately fell slightly in love with the idea of restomod Porsches that aren't 911s.With its new 356 RSR, we're head over heels. It's a much more serious piece of

It’s a ‘very complete machine’

This is the grandchild of the original Cayenne, which famously transformed Porsche's fortunes when it elbowed into showrooms in 2002.It's taken some people many of the years since to get used to the idea of a Porsche SUV, but

A prototype built in 2015 that never made it to production

Car companies are always building stuff we never see. Concepts don't get signed off, and experimental engineering prototypes get sent to the crusher or are lost forever in dusty warehouses, never to be seen again. So it's a wondrous, joyous

Than by its stablemate, the LaFerrari

Six years. That's how long it took for Ferrari to equal, and even beat, the mighty LaFerrari's numbers.The new SF90 Stradale has equal total horsepower to the LaFerrari (986hp), but because it uses turbochargers and has more e-motors

Is this the Porsche you've been waiting for?

A totally pointless addition to the automotive landscape. Or the Porsche you've been waiting years for. Which way you swing-and we hardly suspect you dwell in the middle-will depend on how you view the modern phenomenon of the SUV

These retro liveries celebrate Porsche’s motorsports legacy

We have good news if you're one of the lucky 77 people who have their name down for the new, second-generation 935. Porsche has just announced that you can slather the £750k (Around P50.4 million) track-only uber 911

The 991’s last hurrah

Very well spotted. The new 992-generation Porsche 911 may currently be melting our expectations of how well-rounded a sports car can be, but the outgoing 991-gen hasn't quite retired yet. This 911 Speedster is its spectacular send-off-

Completed in 1939, this Type 64 will sell for millions

This, people of the Internet, is genesis. What's considered by many to be the very first and 'most historically significant' Porsche-the third of three and sole surviving Type 64. It's going up for auction in August in Monterey, where

The ‘John Wick’ star loves driving

Picture the scene. It's late. A crime lord is on the phone to his trusted mechanic. "I heard you struck my son," the crime lord says."Yes, sir, I did," comes the reply."And may I ask why?" the crime lord

The engineers found a way

Porsche launched the 911 Speedster this week, effectively a swan song for the old-gen 911 and with the 991.2 GT3's howling 4.0-liter flat-six sitting pride of place in its rump.It's a stupendous engine, revving

These chopped-down, open-air Porsches have existed for over 60 years

It all came about when Porsche's American importer convinced the Germans there was a market for an open, stripped-out model costing less than $3,000. And so in 1954, the 356 Speedster was born. It had the same body as

The asking price: £211,599, or around P14.4 million before taxes

After months of concepts and teasers, the Porsche 911 Speedster is finally here. And it costs £211,599 (around P14.4 million). A whole £100,000 (around P6.78 million) more than the 911 GT3 upon which it's based.And the

To be sold at Sotheby's Villa Erba auction

The Sport Classic is one of the most desirable 911s of modern times. When it was announced in 2010, all 250 build slots were sold in under 48 hours. The ducktail spoiler, Fuchs-style alloys and short-shift manual gearbox gave the

California-based firm Vonnen has beaten Porsche to an electrified 911

If Ferry Porsche's quote of "the last car built on earth will surely be a sports car," then the rear-engined icon is going to have to evolve just like everything else on the road. Porsche itself is readying a hybrid

Only 1,948 roofless GT3s will be built

The 991 generation Porsche 911's last hurrah, the Speedster, has finally been revealed in production-ready form. And in news that should surprise precisely no one, it looks exactly like the 'concept', save for the substitution of those superb retro door

Half a century ago, these technological marvels reset the boundaries of speed

Fifty years ago, the technological needle was moved somewhere it had never been before. On April 9, 1969, the first British-made Concorde began its maiden flight and opened the door to the world of supersonic commercial travel. Back on the ground

Cebu has a vibrant car community

Good news for car fans in the south: PGA Cars recently opened its Service Center in the Queen City of the South in order to support and accommodate its growing Porsche, Audi, Lamborghini, and Bentley customers in Cebu, as well as the

Featuring more aggressive styling and aero than the regular Cayenne

Spoiler alert: The new Porsche Cayenne Coupe has two of the things. In addition to the adaptive roof spoiler that's a standout feature on the current Cayenne Turbo-the first SUV to feature active aero-the Coupe gets another one, which