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Taycan Artcar – Art for a good cause
Swiss nature is the template for a mobile work of art: American artist Richard Phillips, renowned for his hyperrealistic works, has designed a fascinating second skin for a Porsche Taycan 4S. To do so, he transferred his large-format painting Queen of the Night—a 2010 homage to the work of the Swiss landscape painter Adolf Dietrich—and created new perspectives in vinyl. The Taycan is already Phillips’s second Porsche art car: together with then factory driver Jörg Bergmeister, he designed a Porsche 911 RSR in 2019, which crossed the finish line as class victor at Le Mans.
Phillips, whose works grace the collections of New York’s Museum of Modern Art and London’s Tate Gallery, among others, waived his fee, as did everyone else involved. Porsche Switzerland is auctioning the unique piece online for the benefit of the non-profit association Suisseculture Sociale. The proceeds will aid Swiss creative professionals who have been hard-hit by the coronavirus pandemic.
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Porsche E-Mobility with two new bikes
Pure brawn and an electric motor—hybrid drives are now in vogue for two-wheelers, too. Just in time for spring in the Northern Hemisphere, Porsche is launching two new bicycles: the eBike Sport is a roadworthy everyday companion; the eBike Cross, on the other hand, is made for enjoying time off-road. Both bikes carry Porsche Taycan genes—the shape of the full-suspension carbon frames is inspired by the roof line of the fully electric sports car. From a technical point of view, the bikes reflect Porsche’s performance aspirations. This applies, for instance, both to the latest generation of the Shimano motor—which is as compact as it is powerful—and to the Magura high-performance brakes, which are integrated into the handlebars of the sports model. The flat design developed by Studio F. A. Porsche ensures optimal light reflections. In short: powerful dynamics with comfort and style.
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Playful staging – Lego in the desert
Tomek Mąkolski (30) loves Lego, Porsche, and faraway destinations. He is able to unite his passions in pictures. First he photographs the scenery while it reflects the mood he wants, then he puts the Lego model in the studio to capture it. On the computer, the toy car then grows towards life-size so it can start its fantasy journey. In his latest production, the renowned photographer sent a Porsche 911 RSR to the United Arab Emirates. Mąkolski, who studied at the Neue Schule für Fotografie (New School of Photography) in Berlin, now lives and works in the Polish capital of Warsaw. Automobiles are an important part of his work, while people and fashion are some of his other favorite motifs.
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The Porsche Podcast
“Video killed the radio star,” as The Buggles sang at the end of the 1970s. For a long time, it seemed as if many people could hardly be reached without the aid of moving images. But now audio books and podcasts are booming. In 2020, Porsche launched a particularly interesting format—the 9:11 podcast. Here, Porsche Head of Communications Sebastian Rudolph regularly meets two protagonists who look at the same topic from different perspectives. The first was an exchange between CEO Oliver Blume and Kai Diekmann, the former editor-in-chief of Germany’s Bild newspaper. Their topic was the coronavirus and its aftermath. In another episode, former Porsche factory driver Timo Bernhard and racing engineering legend Norbert Singer gave their deep insights into the myth of Le Mans. A talk between Formula E driver André Lotterer and amateur race-car driver Smudo, rapper of German cult band Die Fantastischen Vier, dealt with topics such as eRacing and sustainability. Porsche chief designer Michael Mauer and photographer Stefan Bogner talked about what constitutes good design.
An English-language format is published at irregular intervals under the title The Porsche Podcast. In its premiere episode, Rudolph welcomed tennis star Maria Sharapova and Detlev von Platen, Porsche Board Member for Sales and Marketing, for a conversation about brands and branding. All episodes, including transcripts in German and English, are available at newsroom.porsche.de/podcasts (the English-language recordings are available at newsroom.porsche.com). The episodes are available without transcriptions on all podcast platforms.
New work of art:
The Porsche Museum is offering a high-quality art print derived from the podcast's logo and limited to ninety-nine copies. The numbered prints, which are behind glass in a 120 × 80-centimeter format can be ordered from shop.museum@porsche.de.“Back 2 tape” as a book – The cultural guide to hip-hop
The youth culture that emerged in the mid-1970s in the Bronx borough of New York City has long since gone on to leave its mark on the European scene. Music, chanting, graffiti—hip-hop is multifaceted. Together with Niko Hüls, aka Niko Backspin, Porsche created a two-part video documentary. Back 2 Tape put the expert at the wheel of a Porsche Cayenne S Coupé for a 5,000-kilometer tour through Europe. A cultural guide in handy paperback format is now being published to accompany the book. Porsche is donating all proceeds to the organization Viva con Agua, which campaigns for clean drinking water. Hip Hop Culture—A Roadtrip Across Europe is available in German and English from delius-klasing.de.
Consumption data
Taycan 4S (2023)
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24.1 – 19.8 kWh/100 km
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0 g/km
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A Class