Porsche may be readying the all-electric Taycan sports sedan and an electric Macan crossover too, but its core sports car range won't be forgotten when it comes to electrification. Having already experimented with a prototype electric Porsche Cayman coupe, the automaker has confirmed another experiment is in the pipeline.
Porsche has added a new SUV variant to its lineup, with the 2020 Cayenne Coupe taking the full-sized model and giving it a rakish new roofline. Building on the third-generation Cayenne, the new Cayenne Coupe will not only feature a more aggressive design but come with more performance and luxury kit as standard.
Porsche is celebrating the birthday of one of its most iconic racing cars ever made - the 917. The Porsche 917 racing car debuted at the Geneva Motor Show on March 12, 1969. To celebrate the Porsche Museum is restoring the first 917 ever built to original condition.
Porsche will increase its production of the upcoming Taycan all-electric sports sedan, after early reservations for the EV blew through the automaker's predictions. Production version of the Porsche Mission E concept, the Taycan was officially named back in mid-2018; however, plenty of details are still a mystery.
Porsche's next-generation Macan crossover will be fully electric, the automaker has announced today, with the upcoming compact SUV bypassing gas and diesel engines altogether. The new Macan will be produced at Porsche's Leipzig site, the same location that the company will manufacturer the upcoming Taycan sports EV sedan.
Porsche Taycan buyers will get three years of free charging with their new sports EV sedan, as the German automaker ramps up to take on Tesla. While Porsche may not have a self-branded Supercharger-style network of its own to offer Taycan drivers, it does have access to Electrify America, and it's making full use of that.
Not for nothing did the Porsche 911 earn a reputation for being frisky on wet roads, and though all-wheel drive has helped there, the automaker has something even cleverer for the 2020 911. Porsche Wet Mode is a brand new technology on the eight-generation 911, an assistance system which helps with wet road traction without sacrificing power in the process.
The new Porsche 911 has shed its roof, with the 2020 911 Carrera S and 4S Cabriolet bringing open-top motoring to the eight-generation icon. Coming just a few weeks after Porsche revealed this latest 911 in coupe form at the LA Auto Show 2018, the 911 Cabriolet keeps the styling but replaces the roof with a power-folding soft top.
Porsche has debuted the new 718 Cayman GT4, and for the first time, the racing car comes in two versions. One version is a pure competition version explicitly designed for national and international motor racing. The second version is aimed at the "ambitious amateur" racing driver and is a "Trackday" model.
Porsche is upfront about its EV plans: it wants to make the Taycan electric sedan a family, not just a one-off. The lingering question has been, just how much will that family cost, and how will it fit into the performance automakers' existing range.
Porsche's SUV may have triggered outrage among purists back in 2002, but by the time this third-generation, 2019 Cayenne arrives it's an unarguable mainstay of the range. Lighter, faster, and more tech-savvy than its predecessors, this may be the entry-level Cayenne but it's still no slouch. Indeed, even with Cayenne S, Turbo, and Turbo S models to choose from, there's a good argument that this $66k SUV is the sweet spot.
There are still significant downsides to EVs on the market today that mean most auto buyers aren't interested in the vehicles. Two of the most significant issues that the average car shopper has with EVs are the time it takes to recharge an EV and the range it can go on a charge. More car buyers would go for EVs if those two issues can be addressed.