Category: Porsche

The Techno Classica Essen show is about to get underway. Organisers describe the event as the “World show for vintage, classic and prestige automobiles, motorsport, motorcycles, spare parts and restoration”.

Porsche will be on hand at Techno Classica once again with a suite of classic parts, but more importantly, with two of their most important models. The 911 Carrera RS 2.7 (pictured above), celebrating its 40th anniversary, will be joined by the equally classic 1973 911 RSR (pictured below). Complete in Martini Racing livery the RSR looks fantastic.

Holy Moses!

That’s Brian Taylor, upside down, in what was his 1977 Porsche 911. The accident happened a couple of weeks ago at the Phillip Island Classic. This image is one of a spectacular sequence brought to us by the excellent Motorsport Retro website.

Although he was quite badly bruised Taylor emerged from the wreckage with no serious injuries.

If you have the stomach for it there’s a couple of amateur videos of the crash after the break.

[Source: Motorsport Retro]

Fresh from its public debut at the 2012 Geneva Motor Show we bring you a series of videos showcasing the new Porsche Boxster. We start above with an official clip featuring Achim Stejskal, Director of the Porsche Museum, who explains a bit about the history of Porsche roadsters and its relevance to the 981 Boxster.

After the break there’s another promo clip before adding two videos from the Geneva stand. We’re big fans of the new Boxster here at AUSmotive, we reckon it looks great, it’s a bit lighter, has a wider track and can lap the Nürburgring in less than 8 minutes. We reckon those facts and these videos will help you get on board too.

Porsche Boxster

• Engine: 2.7l flat six
• Peak power: 195kW
• 0–100km/h: 5.7 seconds (PDK)

Porsche Boxster S

• Engine: 3.4l flat six
• Peak power: 232kW
• 0–100: 5.0 seconds (PDK)*

Following an understated worldwide RHD debut of the new Porsche 911 at a special display-only event in Melbourne last November, the 991 is now in Australia ready for local deliveries.

Initially the 3.4 litre Carerra and 3.8 litre Carrera S will start proceedings, with corresponding 911 Cabriolet models to follow in April. Exact dates for the all-wheel drive Carrera 4 models are yet to be announced, but it’s expected they’ll be on sale in Australia late this year or early next.

Interestingly the 997 Carrera 4, Cabriolet and Turbo models will continue to be sold in Australia until their 991 replacements arrive.

Reported in Go Auto, Porsche Cars Australia Managing Director, Michael Winkler, expects the Carrera S will continue to roughly double the sales of the cheaper model. “Australians tend to go for the best that is available,” said Winkler.

Porsche has made improvement across the board for what is just the third completely all-new 911 since its launch almost 50 years ago. As a result the overall length of the car has grown by 56mm, while the wheel base has extended by 100mm. These changes are partly aimed at reducing front-end lift, a common 911 characteristic. Width remains the same as the 997 and there’s a minor reduction in height as well.

Engine enhancements have yielded modest power gains compared to the 997 and the 3.4 litre in the Carerra has 257kW (+3kW from the old 3.6 litre), the 3.8 litre in Carrera S offers 294kW (+11kW from 997). Fuel consumption has dropped across the board and the official figures surprisingly economical (8.2l/100km for the Carrera and 8.7l/100km for the S). Real world consumption may be higher, of course, but a great starting point nonetheless.

A quick reference table showing Australian pricing is available below. If you really want to sink your teeth in the details of the 991 911 then you can download this comprehensive document The new 911 Australian Edition (2.6mb PDF) which has managed to find its way to AUSmotive’s inbox.

Porsche has released this video teaser for its recently announced Macan SUV. It’s an audio visual mood board to give you an idea of the active types that Porsche thinks will be buying the car.

I’ll tell you who has felt it: The Porsche marketing department.

The yet to be born baby SUV from Porsche has been given a new name: Macan. Porsche inform Macan is the Indonesian word for tiger and “combines suppleness, power, fascination and dynamics”.

Previously referred to by Porsche as the Cajun the new SUV will be built in Leipzig and is scheduled to hit the market in 2014. Already you can hear the cries of “Couldn’t afford a Cayenne mate!”

Stuttgart has also passed on this sketch of its new Macan, which will be based on the Audi Q5 platform. It shows how used to the Cayenne we’ve become when we look at the drawing and think it doesn’t look too bad.