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A brief history of the Porsche 911 Turbo

With its all-new 911 Turbo enjoying the limelight at the 2013 Frankfurt Motor Show Porsche has taken the opportunity to bring us up to speed on the history of its iconic Turbo range. The first 911 Turbo was released in 1974 under the watch of Ernst Fuhrmann (Porsche chairman 1972–80). In the press release below […]

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Frankfurt 2013: Porsche 918 Spyder

At last the wraps have come off the production version of the Porsche 918 Spyder. The petrol electric hybrid sportscar has had a long gestation, first gracing the floor of the Geneva Motor Show in early 2010. It then trasnformed into the 918 RSR for the Detroit Auto Show in 2011, with the order book […]

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Evo at the top of its game in the 911 GT3

Jethro Bovingdon from Evo takes us on a wonderful ride in the new 911 GT3. On both circuit and mountain road he shares the GT3 experience: The all-new 991-generation Porsche 911 GT3 faces its toughest challengers on road and track. We compare the GT3 with the McLaren 12C on track and the mighty Nissan GT-R […]

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Porsche 911 GT3: A feast for the senses?

I’m not sure about anybody else reading this, but there’s nothing I’d love more than to have the ability to spec a 911 GT3 to my liking, place the order and wait with increasing anticipation for the day I was able to drive it off the showroom floor. My own GT3. It would be a […]

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This is one angry sounding 911

It’s rare that we highlight aftermarket goodies here on AUSmotive, not because we don’t love a bit of post-factory indulgence, mainly because there’s just so much out there we simply don’t have the time to keep up to date. However, this video we could not let slip. The car is a Porsche 991 911 Cabriolet […]

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Porsche 911 Carrera 4S built by Facebook fans

If you’re one of the 5 million plus fans of Porsche on Facebook you’ll know all about this car. That’s because it’s been made by you, according to the special badging inside the car that is. When Porsche reached 5 million likes on Facebook they began a process to build a one-off car to celebrate […]

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VIDEO: Autocar gets a turn in the new 911 GT3

Autocar is the latest mag to get its hands on the all-new 991 911 GT3. And we’re going to spoil the outcome for you by saying that Steve Sutcliffe concludes his review with the words: “I think this is the best sportscar I’ve ever driven.” As if telling you that is going to stop you […]

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Porsche has class

Porsche has released a short highlights package from their winning effort at the 24 Hours of Le Mans. They’re a company that has achieved great things at La Sarthe. There’s the 16 outright wins, of course, but by winning the GTE Pro and Am categories this year they racked up the 99th and 100th wins […]

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VIDEO: Chris Harris drives the 991 GT3

“The steering is superb… I just feel more connected.” “Comfortably the best PDK that Porsche has ever made.” They’re two comments worth taking away from Chris Harris’ exclusive review of the new Porsche 911 GT3. It’s worth noting that this is not a final production-spec car, but with almost 20,000km showing on the dials it […]

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Porsche 911 50th Anniversary Edition revealed

Porsche has said happy birthday to its iconic 911 with this special 50th Anniversary Edition. Based on the 911 Carrera S it’s powered by a 294kW 3.8 litre flat six (increased to 320kW for the US market) and adorned with model specific 911 50 badging. It will be presented to the public for the first […]

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New Porsche 911 GT2 to continue PDK-only trend

The next Porsche 911 GT2 will continue the company’s shift towards PDK-only transmissions, Autocar reports. Based on the 991 Turbo S, the new GT2 will use the same 412kW 3.8 litre twin turbo flat six engine. As usual the GT2 “widow-maker” will be rear wheel drive, rather than all-wheel drive as in the Turbo S. […]

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2013 Porsche 911 Turbo revealed

Porsche has revealed preliminary information for its new 911 Turbo and Turbo S models. While we greet this news with much excitement it is tempered by the fact the car is only available with 7-speed PDK transmission. To help ease those fears Porsche has stuffed 383kW into the 3.8 litre biturbo flat-six lurking inside the […]