Original Article Fast. Puristic. Emotive. For the past 70 years, the Porsche brand has been synonymous with sports car construction at the very highest level. The company begins its anniversary year with a New Year Reception. The first vehicle to bear the Porsche name was registered on June 8, 1948: It was the 356 “No.1”…
Original Article F. A.’s Legacy What do a watch and Porsche sports car engineering have in common? The Monobloc Actuator from Porsche Design Timepieces has the answer. A man sits alone at a workbench. Before him lies an array of tweezers and miniature screwdrivers. Gazing through a jeweler’s loupe, he assembles a watch movement and…
Original Article It doesn’t rust and produces hardly any brake dust. The Porsche Surface Coated Brake (PSCB) will debut as a standard feature of the new Cayenne Turbo. Ever hear of WIDIA? Dr. Matthias Leber flashes a knowing smile. As a mechanical engineer and brake expert at the Porsche Development Center in Weissach, he’s able…
Original Article After three years of restoration, the Porsche Museum will finally present one of the newest additions to its collection – and the oldest 911 that it holds – at the special exhibition “911 (901 No. 57) – A legend takes off” from December 14, 2017 to April 8, 2018. The red coupé was…
Original Article In this interview, Stefan Bogner speaks about his passion for spectacularly photographed curves – and how Sofia Coppola and Quentin Tarantino influenced it. What sparked your interest in taking photographs of beautiful curves and making them into your own magazine? It was actually pretty simple: I used to create travel guides with my…
Original Article Around 60 per cent of all new Panamera models that have been delivered in Europe were equipped with a hybrid drive. The new Panamera plug-in hybrid models were launched on the European market in June 2017. In some countries, the proportion of hybrid vehicles is even higher. In France, for example, the figure…
Original Article The sports car of the future: Will it drive autonomously? Will it have a steering wheel? Lutz Meschke, Vice President of the Executive Board and Member of the Executive Board, Finance and IT, reveals how Porsche envisions the future and how the company wants to remain profitable. Can you imagine a Porsche without…
Original Article In the qualifying for the six-hour race in Bahrain – the season finale of the Sports Car World Endurance Championship WEC – Richard Lietz and Frédéric Makowiecki clocked the sixth fastest time in the strongly represented GTE-Pro class. Neel Jani and Nick Tandy have achieved the Porsche 919 Hybrid’s 20th pole position in…
Original Article Yasuhisa Toyota is the most successful acoustician in the world. Andreas Henke, CEO of the high-end audio company Burmester, met up with him for an experts’ discussion about the quest for the perfect sound. Yasuhisa Toyota is in the Grand Hall of the Elbphilharmonie Hamburg. Its walls, which are made out of a…
Original Article Almost like real life Reality and the virtual world blend into one. The developers of the racing simulation game Forza Motorsport 7 have been working closely with engineers in Weissach. Gaming experts from Germany have now created the ultimate challenge. The biting, ferocious sound of the Porsche 911 GT2 RS practically knocks the…