Archive for the ‘Porsche’ Category

Porsche Announces New Panamera Personalization Program

In September Porsche will begin offering a Panamera Turbo Powerkit that increases engine output to 540 horsepower (standard is 500 horsepower). Other personalization upgrades include a Sport Design Package and the new 20-inch Panamera Sport wheels for the Panamera Turbo and the other Porsche V6- and...

August 19th, 2010 | Porsche | Read More

Porsche Builds 25,000th Panamera Gran Turismo

Porsche’s approximately 640 employees at the company’s state-of-the-art assembly plant in Leipzig, Germany, recently built the 25,000th Panamera Gran Turismo. The employees are not only proud to be a significant part of the successful launch of Porsche’s fourth model line, they have reached this...

August 3rd, 2010 | Porsche | Read More

Porsche 918 Spyder gets the Green Light for Production

The Supervisory Board of Dr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche AG, Stuttgart, gave the green light to series development of the Porsche 918 Spyder. Reflecting the overwhelming response from the public and customers to the Concept Study, the Supervisory Board gave Porsche’s board of Management the mission to develop...

August 3rd, 2010 | Porsche | Read More

Porsche posts higher sales and strong profits

German luxury sports car maker Porsche, which is being taken over by Volkswagen, reported on Friday an 11.8-percent jump in nine-month sales and retained its status as a leading profit-machine in the global auto industry. Porsche said operating profit came to 600 million euros (744 million dollars)...

June 20th, 2010 | Porsche | Read More

Porsche Panamera gets a V6 with 300 HP

Porsche officially unveils its 300-horsepower V6 Panamera and Panamera 4 on April 23rd at Beijing Motor Show, just 600 miles away and one year after Porsche's historic Panamera S, 4S and Turbo debut in Shanghai in 2009. The Panamera and Panamera 4 will be available in U.S. Porsche dealerships in June...

April 22nd, 2010 | Beijing Motor Show, Porsche | Read More

Porsche Marks 60 Years of Selling Performance in America

This year marks the 60th anniversary of one of the most fateful and successful decisions in the annals of automotive history – Porsche’s decision to market cars in the United States. But the story of Porsche in America is really the story of the common vision of three men – Ferry Porsche, Max...

March 26th, 2010 | Porsche | Read More

Homes of former Porsche executives searched

Anti-corruption officers have searched the homes and offices of two former Porsche chiefs and not only the German automaker's headquarters, news magazine Der Spiegel reported. The company had said Thursday prosecutors with search warrants raided the headquarters of the luxury carmaker and opened a probe...

August 22nd, 2009 | Porsche | Read More

Volkswagen pursues global goal after Porsche coup

Volkswagen has bolstered its bid to become the world's biggest automaker by 2018 after it won a bruising battle with its biggest shareholder, Porsche. VW, the biggest European car maker, wants to overtake Toyota as number one, but a boardroom struggle with the sportscar icon, which was resolved Thursday,...

July 24th, 2009 | Porsche, VolksWagen | Read More

Porsche, VW to hold side-by-side board meetings

Volkswagen, the biggest European carmaker, said on Wednesday it would hold a special board meeting next week coinciding with one by its main shareholder, Porsche, in a context of restructuring talk. The meetings will both be held in the southwestern city of Stuttgart. "A meeting of the supervisory board...

July 15th, 2009 | Porsche, VolksWagen | Read More

Volkswagen, Porsche talks suspended amid spat

Merger talks between Europe's biggest carmaker Volkswagen and luxury sportscar manufacturer Porsche were suspended Sunday, amid a rift between the two German auto giants. There is currently "no clear constructive attitude" on the part of Porsche, a Volkswagen spokesman told AFP. "Therefore there is...

May 17th, 2009 | Porsche, VolksWagen | Read More