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When is a Porsche 911 not a Porsche 911? When it’s a Ruf

This looks like a collection of Porsche 911s but if you checked each car’s VIN you’d find they were officially recognized as being made by Ruf. [credit: Ian Wood ] The Porsche 911 is one of the most instantly recognizable cars in the world. For decades and across multiple generations, Porsche has kept the same […]

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Here’s our first look at 2023’s electric Porsche Macan SUV

Porsche is preparing an all-electric Macan SUV for 2023. Here’s an early prototype, seen testing at Weissach in Germany. [credit: Porsche ] This morning, in an email extolling the flexibility of in silico development, Porsche sent Ars the first official images of its next Macan crossover. And this Macan, which is still a couple of […]

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Porsche and Penske: Two of racing’s most famous names join forces again

This sketch is all we’ve seen of Porsche’s forthcoming LMDh hybrid racer. But now we know that when it starts racing in 2023, it will be run by Team Penske. [credit: Porsche ] Porsche and Penske: two of the most storied names in racing. You could fill at least one library just with books about […]

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Porsche rumored to be entering F1 with Red Bull Racing

Enlarge / Red Bull is assuming control of its own engine development next year once Honda leaves the sport. But could we see Porsche badges on the cars before too long? The rumors won’t stop swirling. (credit: Lars Baron/Getty Images) Even though we’re only two races in, this year’s Formula 1 season is already shaping […]

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Porsche will start testing a lower-carbon biofuel in racing

Enlarge / Porsche is working on synthetic fuels and will begin testing them in racing as early as next year. (credit: Porsche) In the grand scheme of things, the fuel used by racing cars on track amounts to a mere rounding error compared to the carbon dioxide emitted by all the spectators driving to watch […]

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Why did the flywheel hybrid system never catch on for road cars?

Enlarge / Why did the flywheel hybrid never catch on for road cars? (credit: GKN/Jonathan Gitlin) When a Speed network television crew interviewed Margo T. Oge, then-director of the Environmental Protection Agency’s Office of Transportation and Air Quality, during the 10-hour long 2010 Petit Le Mans Series race at Road Atlanta, Porsche’s experimental 911 GT3 […]

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Four-point-whoa: The 2021 Porsche 718 Boxster GTS

The weather wasn’t great during my days with the new 2021 Porsche 718 Boxster GTS, so you’ll only be seeing Porsche’s photos here. [credit: Porsche ] Accidentally scheduling two different appointments for the same time slot is probably something all of us have done at least once or twice. In my case, that meant mistakenly […]

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Porsche boosts battery Power by 20 per Cent for 2021 Panamera Hybrid Vehicle

Porschephiles will observe the subtly distinct bumper with this Panamera automobile and determine it as a more 2021 version, brand new out of a facelift. [credit: Jonathan Gitlin ] It requires a whole lot of money and time to design and {} a new automobile, hence the more the car remains available, the longer that […]