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Porsche To Expand Range With 911 Off-Roader

So far, the 911 lineup is quite extensive indeed. There is the Carrera, the Carrera S (+cabriolets), the Carrera 4 and 4S (+cabriolets), the Turbo and Turbo S (+cabriolets), the 50th Anniversary edition, and the GT3. All-in-all that is 14 911 variants, more than enough right? Well, Porsche doesn’t think so.

According to German publication, Motor Revue, Porsche will launch a 911 Crossover concept at the Beijing auto show in April.

The concept will possibly be called the 911 Safari and will be based on the all-wheel-drive Carrera 4. It’ll feature larger tyres, higher ground clearance, skid plates, and an off-road-capable suspension.

If the concept follows into production, it could hit the market around 2016 with a mid-cycle facelift.

So, what’s the point? Porsche wants to take advantage of the Chinese and Middle Eastern market where roads aren’t as smooth as Europe or US.

What are your thoughts on the 911 Safari?

Porsche 911 Targa (991) Sketches Leak

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HISTORY

In 1967, Porsche introduced a convertible variant of the 911. However, they feared the NHTSA would ban convertibles in a place where demand was high, the US. The clever chums at Porsche took it seriously which resulted in the engineers having to think of a new way to go about things. Porsche engineers decided to create a roof which offered a removable center and rear window but retained the steel cover over a roll bar in the center. This idea would soon to be called the 911 ‘Targa’.

Porsche has decided to give the 991 Porsche Targa a greenlight for 2014, but this time, it won’t be dropped at last minute as Porsche has promised to its purists that it’s coming back, for good. The Targa top will be somewhat reminiscent of the 67′ Targa, this will include a brushed aluminium finish for the roll bar and black fabric-covered removable panels.

PERFORMANCE

The 991 Porsche 911 Targa will be offered with a 3.4-liter flat-six engine which produces 350hp and a 3.8-liter flat-6 which produces about 400hp in the 4S variant of the Targa, somewhat similar to the 991 Carrera 4 and 4S powertrains. These engines will be bolted directly to a 7-speed PDK transmission which will drive all four wheels.

TARGA 4

2014 release

3.4-liter flat-six engine

390 Nm, 350 hp

283 km/h (175 mph)

0-62 4.7 sec

7-speed double clutch transmission (Porsche Doppelkupplung - PDK)

TARGA 4S

2014 release

3.8-liter flat-six engine

440 Nm, 400 hp

297 km/h (184 mph)

0-62 4.3 sec

7-speed double clutch transmission (Porsche Doppelkupplung - PDK)

TECHNOLOGY

Obviously, in this day and age, which human in this world has the time to pull over, remove the panels and stow them somewhere, hmm? Well, Porsche are definitely aware of that as the technical patents reveal that the Targa will electronically operate at a touch of a button, a bit like a conventional cabriolet.

It appears that the rear upper panel and the windshield will move upwards and backwards while the center of the rollover bar lifts vertically out of the way. The rest will be levered backwards and contained in a space under the windshield.

RELEASE INFO

The 991 Porsche 911 Targa is expected to debut at the 2014 Detroit Auto Show. Prices are unconfirmed as of now, but expected to be around the £85,000 mark.

Launch Control: 991 GT3

Climb aboard the insane 991 GT3 for a flat six, 475 horsepower, 9000RPM dobbelkupplungsgetriebe 0 to 200 km/h launch. Engine sounds strong, capable and awesome! What a machine!

Video by Magazine Motorsport

991 Saga Continues: GT2 Spied

Photographers have caught Porsche testing the all new 991 GT2 at the Nurburgring. It’s obviously no secret as the GT2 is a one-step-up from the GT3 which was revealed this year at the 2013 Geneva Motor Show. The new 991 GT2 will be a much more hardcore and hunkered down version of the GT3, or the lovechild of a GT3 and a Turbo, so to say. The GT2 will feature a RWD platform, a 3.8l twin turbo flat six engine that will produce around 560 hp, which evidently will be able to catapult the GT2 to 60 mph in just under 3 seconds! Push hard enough and the GT2 will hit 200 mph. That’s absolutely mind boggling, but as much as this sounds like the ultimate widowmaker, modern technohow might just sort things out a bit.

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Porsche 991 Targa Spied

The Targa Is Coming…

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We’ve seen this car drive around before disguised as a convertible, but it is now spied with the roof .. open. We know Porsche is ditching that full glass roof for this Targa! They’re going oldskool! Great news to Porsche enthusiasts who have been sending Porsche requests after requests to build a new Targa. It seems they listened and grabbed a convertible 991 and put a shackle on it. It’s no secret anymore! check out the video above to see it with the roof opened up.

Expect the 991 Targa for a late 2013/early 2014 release!

Porsche 991 GT3 Cup Action!

This is the brand new 2014 Porsche 991 GT3 CUP in action at Monza racetrack, just listen to that sound and shifting! Watch how fast it can go even in bad track conditions!
Truth is though , behind the wheel of car number 88 is the most successful driver in WRC history, having won the world championship a record nine times in a row, the famous and French driver; Sebastien Loeb!

TECHNOLOGY AND CONCEPT
The new Porsche 911 GT3 Cup is based on the 911 series production model – a pure-bred sports car that offers an exceptional level of power and yet our engineers were able to raise it even further. How? By fighting hard for every kilogramme saved and every kilowatt added. Thanks to the weight-optimised modular racing exhaust system, the 3.8-litre flat-six engine of the new 911 GT3 Cup now produces 338 kW (460 hp). The power of the engine is transmitted to the rear axle by a racing clutch and a newly developed Porsche six-speed sequential gearbox with mechanical slip differential. The electropneumatic paddle shift system makes gear changes even faster and more efficient.

The 911 GT3 Cup is also quicker to decelerate. Fit for endurance the newly developed race brake system performs impressively and will impress rival drivers, who can now be overtaken under braking even more frequently. The stability needed is provided by the extended wheelbase – 100 mm longer than that of the predecessor – as well as the optimised chassis. [source]

Porsche 991 Turbo Unleashed

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The Porsche 911 has been with us for decades now, but just rewind 40 years back when Porsche unveiled the first 911 Turbo at the Frankfurt Auto Show. Did the Porsche superiors ever wonder what the 911 Turbo would be like 7 generations later?

With the new 991 model, the Turbo evolves into a wider more muscular car. Slighly raised and curved hips give the new Turbo a sexy look while in the back we see a clean design with with big airvents, hinting at the 918 concept design. For loyal Wild Speed followers and readers however, the 991 Turbo’s looks shouldn’t have been too much of a suprise.

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More Powerful, yet more fuel efficient…

The all-new 911 Turbo boasts outrageously insane performance numbers. We’re talking 514 bhp for the Turbo and 552 bhp for the Turbo S, all from a new twin-turbocharged 3.8-litre flat-six petrol engine that’s more powerful, yet more fuel-efficient, than the 997’s engine.

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So, you must be wondering what handles all of that fearful power, well what else but Porsche’s very own seven-speed PDK transmission. Porsche has opted for the PDK to be available in the 911 Turbo simply because it increases fuel efficiency and boosts performance by seamless gear changes. On the note of seamless gear shifts, the 911 Turbo’s acceleration is sublime, Porsche say the 911 Turbo can hit 62mph from naught in just 3.2 seconds and 3.1 seconds for the Turbo S. Keep your foot down enough and you’ll be hitting 197 mph.

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The handling will be the golden question. Porsche has developed a four-wheel-drive system that features an electronically controlled and activated multi-plate clutch. The rear wheels can steer too for extra handling capabilities. The Turbo S will also feature an active suspension system, active engine mounts and carbon-ceramic brakes, pushing the 911 Turbo to its extreme.

However, something very new has arrived on the 911 Turbo; Start/Stop. Yes, we all know what you’re thinking, ‘why?’. Well, a system like this seems awkward in a Porsche, but every manufacturer has to keep to very strict new emmission rules, meaning the Stuttgart engineers had to scour through a plethora of ways to increase fuel efficiency. And since you can turn the start/stop function off, it’s just a way to slightly get around the strict rules. The upside from all of this is that the 911 Turbo, unlike its predecessor, can achieve up to an EU combined fuel of 29.1 MPG, an improvement of about 16%.

The new Porsche 911 Turbo costs £118,349 for the standard model and £140,852 for the Turbo S. First customer deliveries will be in September.

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2015 Porsche Cayenne Facelift Spied In Disguise

Porsche has been going all-out with releasing new models over the past 2 years including the all-new Boxster, Cayman and 911. Even though Porsche have been busy ensuring these new cars have hit the production line, they’re focusing reinvigorating models such as the Panamera which will make its debut at the Shanghai Auto Show later this month. In the hopes of the Macan and 918 Spyder nearing production, the Cayenne is left for the Porsche engineers to concentrate on.

Since 2002, when the first Cayenne was put into production, the Sports Utility Vehicle market has expanded rapidly forcing Porsche to keep up with fast growing demands and rivals from marque’s including Audi, Mercedes and BMW.

Having already released the second generation Porsche Cayenne in 2010, Porsche has decided it requires a facelift.

The facelift appears to feature a revamped front bumper with integrated LED’s behind the grilles, new headlights which appear to be cornered off and taillights which will most probably feature a new LED layout giving the updated Cayenne a neat finish.

A 3.0-liter V6 that develops 413 bhp and 385 lb-ft of torque could possibly find a home in the 2015 Porsche Cayenne S. An E-Hybrid variant is also a possibility which could feature a 316 bhp 3.0-liter V6 engine and a 94 bhp electric motor.

Expect the 2015 Cayenne to debut sometime next year.

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991 Saga continues: Porsche 991 GT3R Testing

A new Porsche 991, most likely the fattest, but also one of the lightest to be available in somewhere in 2013, is one for the trackday purist, it is the 911 GT3R!
The 991 model range started production last year with the Carrera models, as usual. The Carrera 4(S) models followed just months ago. In the meanwhile Porsche was doing multiple testrides with the coming 991 GT3 that will be making it’s debut somewhere at the end of this year or beginning of 2013. With the arrival of the new GT3 in sight, it is time for Porsche to unleash the stripped out racing version 991 GT3 R on the testtrack.

The previous version of the GT3R, the 997, weights about 1200kg and has a power figure of 500HP. So what can we expect from this new beast? Hard to say, but there’s little doubt it will shed some weight and have some more power then previous models. What we can see from these photo’s are some interesting aeroparts on the fenders and bumpers. Sure most of you would agree, it looks menacing! I’m sure it will be a thrill to race with as well! Enjoy the photo’s.