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Update: 2013 Porsche Boxster
In our initial review of the Porsche Boxster, the press car we tested had the base 2.7-liter engine, and yet was loaded with both performance and comfort options. Porsche offers one of the richest arrays of options among all manufacturers, so Porsche PR had plenty to choose from in decking out our $49,500 base Boxster with $28,625 in options. Fans of this system, among which you can count your humble servants, point out that Porsche allows you to get your car configured pretty much exactly the way you want. And if you’ve ever said something like, “Gee, I wish you could get the Mark Levinson sound system and heated rear seats with the diesel engine,” you’ll understand the benefits of the Porsche system. It is impressively flexible. It isn’t perfect, in part because it can be costly, and also because it can be confusing.
Preview: Porsche Cayman
This is the Master Landing Page for the Porsche Cayman. From now on, as we further review this car, we will be updating this page with whatever fresh content we create. Future drive reviews, updated specifications, videos, and other relevant information will all be found right here, in one convenient spot.
First Look: 2014 Porsche Cayman
Porsche unveiled the heavily redone Cayman at yesterday’s LA Auto Show. The two-seat coupe, which shares its architecture with the new Boxster, looks much more like a 911 than the previous model did. That’s not a bad thing in our eyes.
Driven: 2013 Porsche Boxster
In our heart of hearts, when we look back on the last decade or so of sporting automobiles, only a few kinds of cars stand out. Naturally, there are the really good supercars; for us, the Ferrari 458, the Porsche 997 GT3s, the Pagani Zonda. There are also the good all-rounders; for us the E46 BMW M3, the Porsche Panamera, the Audi S4. But perhaps the warmest spot in our hearts is reserved for the driver’s cars that seem truly special and yet offer reasonable value. There could be quite a few cars on this list, including the Honda S2000, the Lotus Elise, the Mitsubishi Evos, the Mustang GT, and the Mazda MX-5. But really, one car, in our minds, has lived at the top of this list for a long time: the Porsche Boxster.
Rumors: Model News—Porsche 911 GT3 To Shed Weight, Gain Horsepower
Autocar is reporting that Porsche’s new 911 GT3 will debut at the 2013 Geneva Motor Show next March. Based on the current 991 911, it should drop 80 pounds and gain 15 horsepower over the current GT3. The extra horsepower—which should hover around 450—will come from Porsche’s 3.8-liter flat-six engine, rather than the 4.0-liter engine from the current GT3 RS 4.0. The 3.8 should motivate the 991 GT3 to 60 miles per hour in under four seconds. Top speed will also be increased to nearly 200 miles per hour.
First Look: 2013 Porsche Cayenne Turbo S
The new 2013 Cayenne Turbo S is quite simple, really. It’s the most powerful SUV Porsche has ever produced, with 550 horsepower and 553 pound-feet of torque on tap. That colossal grunt can propel the Cayenne Turbo S to 60 miles per hour in a scant 4.3 seconds and onto a top speed of 175 miles per hour. Keep in mind that those numbers aren’t from a featherweight 911, but a big, all-wheel-drive SUV that can haul more than just golf bags.
Paris 2012: Porsche Panamera Sport Turismo Concept
If you’re one of the types that isn’t exactly crazy about the looks of the Porsche Panamera, then you ought to feast your eyes upon this concept. This is the Panamera Sport Turismo Concept, or for common folk, the Panamera Wagon. We like it a lot.
Rumors: Spy Shots—Porsche 918 Spyder Leaked Brochure Images
For all the talk of rising oil prices, climate change, and collapsing economies, the supercar seems to have emerged from all the doom and gloom relatively unscathed. We continually see manufacturers creating more powerful engines, ever higher levels of performance, and loftier price tags than ever before. The newest piece of evidence that supercars are alive and well is this, the Porsche 918 Spyder.
Driven: 2012 Porsche 911 Carrera S Coupe
There is a much better way of owning a supercar, that doesn’t require quarter-million-dollar investments while still delivering thrills, and with enough comfort to be a 12,000-mile-per-year vehicle. Might it surprise you that we’re talking about a Porsche?
First Look: 2013 Porsche 911 Carrera 4 And Carrera 4S
The latest Porsche 911 Carrera (991 if you sprechen sie Porsche) has barely been around long enough for us to get to know it, and yet, here we are with the first of inevitable variations. Rather than a 911 Turbo S Carrera GTS RS 3.8 GT3, though, this is a simple all-wheel-drive version of everyone’s favorite rear-engined sports car.
Photo Shoot: 2010 Porsche 911 GT3
If you peruse the back issues of Winding Road as frequently as we do, then you’ll probably be familiar with our last supercar issue (hint, it’s Issue 63). During that exceptionally fun month of driving and writing, we tested the then-new Ferrari 458 Italia, the Ariel Atom V-8, the Aston Martin Rapide, and a pair of very cool Porsche 911s.
Porsche 918 Spyder Enters The Prototype Stage
Porsche’s bonkers hybrid-electric supercar, the 918 Spyder, has completed a crucial stage of its production life, with full-blown prototype models hitting the roads. Unlike the stripped down mules that we’ve seen in the past, this car is a proper prototype, with near-production sheetmetal.
First Look: 2013 Porsche Cayenne GTS
Porsche is unveiling the latest member of the growing Cayenne family at Auto China 2012, the Cayenne GTS. As with the previous generation of Cayenne, the GTS is a sportified Cayenne S.
First Look: 2013 Porsche Cayenne Diesel
Porsche has unveiled the newest member of its Cayenne SUV family, the Cayenne Diesel. Using a 240-horsepower, 3.0-liter V-6, the Cayenne Diesel’s big number is torque. With 406 pound-feet available at a low 1750 rpm, it’ll scoot to 60 miles per hour in 7.2 seconds before topping out at 135 miles per hour.
Comparison: 2012 Jeep Grand Cherokee SRT8 vs. 2011 Porsche Cayenne S
It is rare that we find a road test summarized by a switch. But when we climbed into the Jeep Grand Cherokee SRT8, we looked down and sure enough, there it was: The Knob.
First Look: 2012 TechArt Porsche 911 Carrera
With subtle styling that has evolved glacially over the its 50-plus-year history, the Porsche 911, even when it is a brand new model of Porsche 911, is really designed to be the kind of performance car that walks softly and carries a big stick. Unless the 911 in question happens to be given over to tuners TechArt, in which case it’s more likely to be running, screaming bloody murder, and thrashing its big stick wildly through the air.
Rumors: Spy Shots—Porsche 991 GT3
The 991 iteration of Porsche’s iconic 911 sports car is currently in the process of making automotive journalists weak in the knees and asserting its ability to faithfully carry the torch of its predecessors. Now, spy shots of the lighter, harder 911 GT3 variant have been appeared up on Pistonspy.
Porsche Announces New “Macan” Model
Porsche purists, enemies of “crossovers,” and the sort of folks that can’t stomach a “four-door coupe” had best get those oft-raised hackles ready—the Porsche Macan is coming.
Rumors: Spy Shots—2013 Porsche Cayman Interior
The Porsche Cayman is one of the German automaker’s sweetest-handling cars and for 2013, it is receiving a few updates. Spy photographers over at Auto Evolution snagged photos of the car’s interior—Like all of the new Porsche’s, the interior is dominated by the commanding Panamera-esque center stack. While other manufacturers are moving beyond allowing drivers to row their own gears, Porsche is keeping with its heritage and has fitted this car, which may be a Cayman S, with a manual transmission.
Rumors: Spy Shots—The New Porsche 911 Turbo
New spy shots courtesy of Carscoop show that a new 911 Turbo will be arriving hot on the heels of Porsche’s unveiling of the new 991 series. The new Turbo will feature a 3.8-liter flat-six pushing north of 500 horsepower through the car’s all-wheel-drive system, and drivers will likely be able to choose between the dual clutch seven-speed PDK gearbox, or Porsche’s new seven-speed manual transmission.
First Look: 2013 Porsche Boxster
Just days after showing off its new 911 Cabriolet at the Detroit auto show, Porsche has given up the goods on its two-seater convertible, the 2013 Porsche Boxster.
