For the Porsche Brand Ambassadors, Angelique Kerber, Julia Görges and Maria Sharapova, the Australian Open, which begins in Melbourne today, is the first highlight of the 2020 tennis season.
Developers are creating a virtual world in which to test, train, and validate driver assistance systems and autonomous driving functions. At the Porsche Engineering Virtual ADAS Testing Center (PEVATeC), computer-generated environments with physically realistic effects are being created that cannot be distinguished from tests in real traffic.
All five Porsche 911 GT3 R entries in the 2020 Bathurst 12 Hour have now confirmed their driver line-ups for this year’s Mount Panorama endurance classic.
Porsche is adding two distinctly sporty and high specification models to its mid-engine sports car range: the 718 Cayman GTS 4.0 and the 718 Boxster GTS 4.0.
Multiple Bathurst 1000 winner Craig Lowndes will line up with Porsche factory team-mates Earl Bamber and Laurens Vanthoor in a Meguiar’s liveried 911 GT3 R for the 2020 Bathurst 12 Hour event.
As Vice President Porsche Motorsport and Group Motorsport Volkswagen AG, Fritz Enzinger oversees thousands upon thousands of horsepower—and increasingly, kilowatts as well. The energy to do so comes from four special horses. A conversation about quiet, efficiency, and Formula E.
A film team spent several months accompanying the TAG Heuer Porsche Formula E Team on its road to the first fully-electric racing series in the world. The fascinating documentary “Road to Formula E” is available now here.
Whether playing the piano, painting or constructing a racing engine – Hans Mezger's repertoire is wide-ranging, resulting in brilliant technical compositions.
Lutz Meschke, Deputy Chairman of the Executive Board and Member of the Executive Board—Finance and IT of Porsche AG, and Dirk Lappe, Managing Director Porsche Engineering, met to talk about how digitalization and new technologies such as artificial intelligence (AI) affect Porsche and the automotive industry.
The Porsche racing simulator is one of the most up to date in the world. A hungry high-tech monster that feeds on data. That’s where factory driver Neel Jani practices the energy management so critical in Formula E.
They lost their heads, and it didn’t hurt: high above Zuffenhausen on the roof of the Porsche Museum are two Porsche 911 Speedsters, one with a great history, one ready to continue this history.
Colourful stickers and paintwork are as much a part of Porsche Motorsport as the boxer engine. In the latest episode of the Porsche Top 5 series, the company looks back on five historical colour combinations of the various 917 models.
Pioneer, millionaire, bestseller: the 991 series has been the most comprehensively-developed generation of the 911 to date – and the most successful too, with 233,540 units produced. The final specimen has now rolled off the production line: a 911 Speedster.
The 5G wireless network enables secure and instantaneous data transmission between machines. This also benefits fully automated driving functions, which place high demands on the flow of information with the infrastructure and other vehicles.
Thanks to a close fight for the championship title, the Porsche Mobil 1 Supercup again offered gripping motor racing in its 27th season. Michael Ammermüller had to wait until the final round of the international one-make cup in Mexico City to clinch his third championship title in a row.
Flowing energy: As part of the “Inspired by Porsche” series, Bernhard “Lumenman” Rauscher shows off the design, precision and dynamics of the Porsche Taycan using light.
Ayhancan Güven from Turkey will contest the international Porsche Mobil 1 Supercup in 2020 as a Porsche Junior. At the three-day selection process in Portimão in Portugal, the 21-year-old beat eleven other candidates from Carrera Cup series around the world, including Australia’s Jordan Love.
2018 Porsche PAYCE Carrera Cup Australia champion Jaxon Evans, has again been selected as one of only two Porsche Junior supported drivers to contend the Porsche Mobil 1 Supercup Championship next year.
For the 2020 season, the Porsche Mobil 1 Supercup will again support the premier class of motorsport: the calendar of the one-make cup, in which Porsche 911 GT3 Cup vehicles are fielded, is made up of eight rounds run as part of the Formula One support programme for the upcoming season.
This 911 should never have existed. Engine, year of manufacture, rear wing – nothing matched. But it was ahead of its time, just like its first owner: Prof. Dr.-Ing. Ernst Fuhrmann.
Pioneer, millionaire, bestseller: the 991 series has been the most comprehensively-developed generation of the 911 to date – and the most successful too, with 233,540 units produced. The final specimen has now rolled off the production line: a 911 Speedster.
Porsche and Star Wars joined forces at the Asia Pacific premiere of the new all-electric Porsche, the Taycan, in Singapore, ahead of its regional market launch in 2020.
Planning a five-star vacation? Want in on the latest in fitness and style? Or perhaps you are looking for inspiration from women at the peak of their lives. Whatever you seek in the world of luxury, woman with drive will show you the way.
More than 30,000 people work for Porsche, all from different backgrounds and each with a different job to do. No matter what the role – engineer, HR specialist, programmer – each member of the team has the same goal: to continue the path that company founder Ferry Porsche took decades ago, with passion and pioneering spirit. Here, the men and women of Porsche give a behind-the-scenes glimpse of their work, from their own unique perspective, as well as the lowdown on current developments.
To celebrate the Belgian maestro's 75th birthday, and his invaluable contribution to Porsche's sporting success through the Seventies and Eighties, the decision was taken to create a limited edition 911 in Jacky Ickx's honour.
Flowing energy: As part of the “Inspired by Porsche” series, Bernhard “Lumenman” Rauscher shows off the design, precision and dynamics of the Porsche Taycan using light.
The Porsche racing simulator is one of the most up to date in the world. A hungry high-tech monster that feeds on data. That’s where factory driver Neel Jani practices the energy management so critical in Formula E.
Thanks to a close fight for the championship title, the Porsche Mobil 1 Supercup again offered gripping motor racing in its 27th season. Michael Ammermüller had to wait until the final round of the international one-make cup in Mexico City to clinch his third championship title in a row.
Whether playing the piano, painting or constructing a racing engine – Hans Mezger's repertoire is wide-ranging, resulting in brilliant technical compositions.
They lost their heads, and it didn’t hurt: high above Zuffenhausen on the roof of the Porsche Museum are two Porsche 911 Speedsters, one with a great history, one ready to continue this history.
Colourful stickers and paintwork are as much a part of Porsche Motorsport as the boxer engine. In the latest episode of the Porsche Top 5 series, the company looks back on five historical colour combinations of the various 917 models.
If you are the type of person who likes catching your mates off guard, then Porsche's latest head turner could be just the ticket to a night (or two} of
entertainment.
Lutz Meschke, Deputy Chairman of the Executive Board and Member of the Executive Board—Finance and IT of Porsche AG, and Dirk Lappe, Managing Director Porsche Engineering, met to talk about how digitalization and new technologies such as artificial intelligence (AI) affect Porsche and the automotive industry.
The 5G wireless network enables secure and instantaneous data transmission between machines. This also benefits fully automated driving functions, which place high demands on the flow of information with the infrastructure and other vehicles.
The 718 Spyder and the Cayman GT4 are ready for Dario and Marino Franchitti, a vision way back: the Porsche for four, Development of the Panamera, 356/2 Gmünd Cabriolet, Cruising the Blue Zone in the new 911 Speedster - in 9:11 Magazine.
The 718 Spyder and Cayman GT4 are ready for Dario and Mario Franchitti. They have had a close association with Porsche and motor racing since their childhood. They now go back to their roots at the Knockhill Racing Circuit in Scotland.
Four people in a Porsche – this vision already existed in the 1950s. A highly promising development in this direction: the Type 989 from 1988. A thoroughbred sports car with the DNA of the 911.
Flowing energy: As part of the “Inspired by Porsche” series, Bernhard “Lumenman” Rauscher shows off the design, precision and dynamics of the Porsche Taycan using light.
The Taycan is recognizable as a Porsche at first glance. It consistently transfers the brand’s design language into the world of electric cars—and will shape that world.
The head of the Taycan model range knows every centimeter of the first fully electric sports car of the Porsche brand. Here he explains his love for the Taycan.
With the new 911 Speedster, Porsche is presenting a Heritage Design package—the first in a series of iconic design options for the sports cars of today and of the future.
Fifty years ago Porsche brought the mid-engine from the racetrack to series production with the 914. The latest incarnations: the Porsche 718 Cayman GT4 and the 718 Boxster Spyder.
All words to describe the new generation of the classic sports car from Zuffenhausen. What are the special features of the new 911? Porsche designers Peter Varga (exterior) and Ivo van Hulten (interior) explain.
It’s 6:36 p.m. Time for a quick stop at Porsche Digital in Ludwigsburg. The lights are still on, because the team headed by CEO Thilo Koslowski is envisioning the future. The world premiere of the new Porsche 911 heralds three digital developments that reveal how the Porsche company is expanding beyond the car itself into new horizons.
A tennis star meets a world champion endurance racer. They don’t sit down and chat about performance and success, but instead go out and practice serving and driving. A fast-paced encounter between Angelique Kerber and Mark Webber.
To win the Targa Florio you need an extremely sensitive foot on the accelerator. Many drivers swear by the creations of shoemaker Francesco “Ciccio” Liberto, who has been making footwear for race-car drivers for more than fifty years. We drop in on the master—together with Gijs van Lennep, winner of the last great Targa Florio.
Particulate matter doesn’t stand a chance: as of September 1 of this year, all new Porsche models with gasoline engines will be successively outfitted with particulate filters, with six- and eight-cylinder models receiving two filters, one for each cylinder block.
The Porsche 919 Hybrid and the 917 dominated the races of their time. The final incarnation of each model was utterly dominant in its class before being retired. A meeting of these two ultimate driving machines—which, despite their age difference, have a lot in common.
Breaking new ground and promptly taking the lead. Doing everything differently yet still decisively stamping classic Porsche virtues on the electric era. The world expects no more and no less of the first purely electric Porsche when it makes its debut in 2019. A dossier on the subject of electromobility.
Annie Bousquet loved speed and stimulation. Her world-record drive in a Porsche 550 Spyder fascinated her contemporaries in 1955. But tragedy followed on the heels of triumph.
A natural paradise for Heck cattle, wild ponies, and deer is also where Porsche customers can navigate their Cayenne and Macan. This off-road terrain at Porsche’s Leipzig site is a remarkable natural habitat. For Bertram Schultze it’s simply his preserve.
From the track to the road—this is reality for Porsche. We look at the ability to combine everyday usability and recreation with the possibilities of modern mobility.
It’s better to implement ideas than to dream of them. And that’s how the developers of Porsche proceed: the seemingly impossible becomes tangible technology.
Car races are decided on the track. That will continue to be the case in the future. But virtual contests are on the rise. Welcome to the world of eSports.
Limit: the point at which it’s not possible to go farther. The natural habitat of race-car drivers and their crews. Scenes from previous years of Porsche Motorsports.
Style Porsche is shaping how digital elements will be incorporated into sports cars in the years to come. A visit to the future-oriented architects in Weissach.
Spring of 1977: Porsche fans are shaken to the core when the brand comes out with its new top model, the 928. The car defies—and exceeds—all expectations.
Conceived for kids, built for adults: Bernd Pennewitz makes iconic Porsche replicas—in miniature form with electric drives.
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