Porsche Cayenne

The Porsche Cayenne is a five-seat mid-size luxury sport utility vehicle. It is the first V8 engined vehicle built by Porsche since 1995. Porsche intended the Cayenne to be the new benchmark for SUVs. The Porsche Cayenne’s frame and doors are sourced from Volkswagen, who also use the frames and doors for the Volkswagen Touareg [...]

Porsche Carrera GT

The Porsche Carrera GT is powered by an all-new 5.7 liter V10 engine producing 612 DIN (605 SAE) horsepower (450 kW) whereas the original concept car featured a 5.5 liter version rated at 558 hp (416 kW). Porsche claims it will accelerate from 0 to 100 km/h (62.5 mph) in 3.9 seconds and has a [...]

Porsche 911 GT1

The Porsche 911 GT1 was a racing car designed for competition in the GT1 class at the 24 Hours of Le Mans and sold as a road car for homologation purposes. The street-legal version was labeled the 911 GT1. Porsche debuted the 911 GT1 in 1995, announcing that it would compete at the 1996 24 [...]

Porsche 959

The Porsche 959 is a sports car manufactured by Porsche AG from 1986 to 1989, first as a Group B rally car and later as a legal production car designed to satisfy FIA homologation regulations requiring that a minimum number of street legal units be built. During its production run, it was hailed as being [...]

Porsche Panamera

The Porsche Panamera is a four-door, four-seat sedan, currently still in concept stages, set to be launched in 2009. It will be front engined and rear wheel drive and powered by a modified version of the 4.5 L V-8. The Panamera’s name is derived, like the Porsche Carrera line, from the Carrera Panamericana race. Earlier [...]

Porsche 928

The Porsche 928 featured a large, front-mounted and water-cooled V8 engine driving the rear wheels. Originally displacing 4.5 L and featuring a single overhead camshaft design, it produced 219 hp (163 kW/222 PS) for the North American market and 240 PS (176 kW/237 hp) in other markets. Porsche upgraded the engine from mechanical to electronic [...]