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Porsche Patents a Clutch Pedal and H-Gate for Its PDK, and the Shifter Is the Clever Part

Six-speed manual shifter with walnut knob in the Porsche 911 Carrera S with MT Package

Porsche Patents a Clutch Pedal and H-Gate for Its PDK, and the Shifter Is the Clever Part

John Lloyd September 27, 2026

A new German patent filing shows Porsche giving a dual-clutch gearbox a third pedal and a lever...

Silver Porsche 918 Spyder, the hybrid V8 flagship built at Weissach, on display at the 2013 IAA

Porsche’s Rumored Flat-Eight Flagship Would End a 64-Year Streak at Weissach

Shawn Henry September 27, 2026

Porsche built its first eight-cylinder boxer engine in 1962, bolted it into a Formula 1 car, and...

TECHART GTclassic, a restomod built on the Porsche 911 (964)

TechArt’s First Air-Cooled Build Is a 380-PS 964 That Raids Porsche’s Own Parts Bin

Shawn Henry September 26, 2026

TechArt’s first classic-based build pairs a 380-PS air-cooled 3.8 with 993 Turbo brakes. Price and build count...

Rothmans-liveried factory Porsche 962 chassis 962C-005 restored by Porsche Motorsport North America

A Factory Rothmans Porsche 962 Is Running Again, and the Rarest Part Wasn’t a Part

John Lloyd September 24, 2026

One of just nine factory Porsche 962s is back on track after a six-month PMNA revival, original...

Ferrari’s 296 GT Modificata Proves Exactly How Much Horsepower the GT3 Rulebook Was Hiding

Shawn Henry September 21, 2026

Every GT3 car on the planet is holding back. Balance of Performance rules exist to keep grids...

A full-size Porsche 550 Spyder parked beside the 80-percent-scale Porsche 550 J by Hedley Studios

Porsche Licensed an 80-Percent 550 Spyder That Runs on 48 Volts — and Can’t Legally Touch a Road

EL Puckett September 21, 2026

Porsche signed off on a 250-unit, carbon-bodied, 48-volt 550 Spyder at 80 percent scale. The engineering, the...

Tangent Design Group Turned a 911 Into a Safari Rig, and Its Lift Kit Trick Is the Real Story

Shawn Henry September 12, 2026

Tangent Design Group spends most of its billable hours designing things that have nothing to do with...

Porsche Cashes Out of Bugatti Rimac for $1.2 Billion, and Most of It Isn’t Going Where You’d Guess

John Lloyd September 10, 2026

Porsche just got paid to let go of Bugatti. On September 9, the German sports car maker...

a blue car being loaded onto a flatbed truck

Watch A Panamera Owner Ripped His Own Bumper Off Fighting a Glendale Tow Truck — And Still Lost the Car

Shawn Henry September 2, 2026

A video out of Glendale, California this week shows exactly how a “quick escape” from a tow...

Lando Norris Keeps Driving His Porsche 911 GT3 RS Through Monaco Instead Of a Track Where It Belongs

John Lloyd September 2, 2026

Lando Norris didn’t need to be behind the wheel of a McLaren to get noticed in Monte...

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Porsche Just Outsourced Its Own Brain to an Indian IT Giant. Here’s Why That’s Actually Smart

John Lloyd August 28, 2026

Porsche has spent decades cultivating a reputation for fussing over things like crankshaft counterweights and the exact...

Porsche 911 Flachbau RS one-off in Grand Prix White showing its slant-nose front end and stacked LED headlight units

Porsche Built One 911 Flachbau RS, Then Homologated It Like a Production Car

EL Puckett August 17, 2026

Porsche turned a 2018 911 GT2 RS into a one-off slant-nose Flachbau RS - and put it...

Porsche Built 100 Nürburgring Tribute GT3s, And Americans Can’t Legally Own One Until 2052

John Lloyd August 15, 2026

Porsche just pulled the covers off a 911 GT3 built to mark 100 years of the Nürburgring,...

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Porsche Driver Allegedly Backs Into CHP Cruiser During Traffic Stop, Blows Four Times the Legal Limit

John Lloyd August 15, 2026

California Highway Patrol’s Monterey office says a Porsche driver managed to get pulled over for triple-digit speed,...

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Report of Porsche Acquiring RUF Was False, Company Says

EL Puckett August 14, 2026

Correction (August 15, 2026): This article previously reported claims of a potential Porsche acquisition of RUF Automobile....

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Porsche Patents a Clutch Pedal and H-Gate for Its PDK, and the Shifter Is the Clever Part

Porsche’s Rumored Flat-Eight Flagship Would End a 64-Year Streak at Weissach

TechArt’s First Air-Cooled Build Is a 380-PS 964 That Raids Porsche’s Own Parts Bin

A Factory Rothmans Porsche 962 Is Running Again, and the Rarest Part Wasn’t a Part

Ferrari’s 296 GT Modificata Proves Exactly How Much Horsepower the GT3 Rulebook Was Hiding

Porsche Licensed an 80-Percent 550 Spyder That Runs on 48 Volts — and Can’t Legally Touch a Road

Tangent Design Group Turned a 911 Into a Safari Rig, and Its Lift Kit Trick Is the Real Story

Porsche Cashes Out of Bugatti Rimac for $1.2 Billion, and Most of It Isn’t Going Where You’d Guess

Watch A Panamera Owner Ripped His Own Bumper Off Fighting a Glendale Tow Truck — And Still Lost the Car

Lando Norris Keeps Driving His Porsche 911 GT3 RS Through Monaco Instead Of a Track Where It Belongs

Porsche Just Outsourced Its Own Brain to an Indian IT Giant. Here’s Why That’s Actually Smart

Porsche Built One 911 Flachbau RS, Then Homologated It Like a Production Car

Porsche Built 100 Nürburgring Tribute GT3s, And Americans Can’t Legally Own One Until 2052

Porsche Driver Allegedly Backs Into CHP Cruiser During Traffic Stop, Blows Four Times the Legal Limit

Report of Porsche Acquiring RUF Was False, Company Says

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