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The wedge shaped Porsche that never was

In the long and occasionally bewildering history of Porsche, there are cars that defined the brand—the 356, the 911, the 917.
If I asked you to envision the quintessential sports car, which nameplate would you think about? Some will point to a classic British roadster, American patriots might picture a Chevy Corvette, and ...
Porsche is one of the most well-known car brands around the world. The Stuttgart-based maker of sports cars has a long history stretching back a century, having produced countless cars that have ...
For a lot of Porsche fans, the 911 saga can be divided into two distinct eras – the days of air cooling which ended in 1998 and the liquid-cooled epoch that followed. To say this change was ...
Not only was the 924 the first Porsche to be equipped with an automatic transmission, it was also the first with a water-cooled engine on board. Let’s take a closer look at its history, its design, ...
STUTTGART, Germany — Five decades ago, Porsche opened one of the most significant chapters of its history: it launched the original 911 Turbo. Genuinely racing-inspired, the first Turbo still ...
You’re certainly excused for not knowing who Teofilo Guiscardo Rossi di Montelera was; neither did we, actually. He admittedly had an impressive name, but it was also a bit too long, so the Italian ...
The turbocharger is, at its core, an elegant piece of engineering. Two interconnected fans: one is spun by the force of an engine’s exhaust flowing over it, a motion that is then transferred to the ...
The Porsche 911 Carrera RS 2.7 set the template for modern 911 track cars, so to celebrate its 50th anniversary this year, Porsche gathered World Rally champion Walter Röhrl, 24 Hours of Le Mans ...
The Porsche flat-six, long a symbol of precision and performance, has quietly outlasted expectations by enduring far beyond ...