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The 700-unit limited series Porsche Cayman S Sport makes its debut with a 3.4 liter flat-6 engine tuned to produce 303hp, and comes standard in the two colours of the 911 GT3 RS - orange or green. Other colour options available at extra cost include Black, Guards Red, Speed Yellow and Carrara White, and Arctic Silver Metallic.

The “junior GT3 RS” Cayman S Sport features Porsche Active Suspension Management (PASM) as standard., lowering the car by 10mm. The black-painted 19 inch SportDesign wheels are pushed out further than the Cayman S via the use of 5mm spacers. Other standard equipment include the Porsche Sports Chrono Package, sports seats in leather, twin tailpipes and bi-xenon headlamps.

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Porsche has added the Targa variant to its new line-up of facelifted Type 997 cars. Like the rest of the facelifted 997 cars, the new Porsche 911 Targa will get the new Direct Fuel Injection engines and have its Tiptronic S automatic replaced by the Porsche Doppelkupplungsgetriebe 7-speed double clutch gearbox.

The Targa top is a large 1.54 square meter glass sliding roof made out of two components: the glass sliding roof itself and the top-hinted tailgate. The roof will slide beneath the tailgate within 7 seconds to give the passenger compartment an open roof. The glass roof and tailgate’s glass are made of specially-treated glass designed to effectively deflect the sun’s glate and repel UV radiation and excessive heat.

The Targa models are only available in all-wheel drive. The 911 Targa 4 features a 3.6 liter 6 cylinder boxer engine producing 345 horsepower. The manual transmission model takes it from 0 to 100km/h in 5.2 seconds, but when equipped with the 7-speed twin clutch PDK gearbox, this time is cut down to 5.0 seconds. The 911 Targa 4S is powered by a 3.8 liter unit producing 385 horsepower and with a manual transmission its 0 to 100km/h sprint time is 4.9 seconds, with the PDK gearbox bringing it down to 4.7 seconds. The fuel injection system injects fuel into the combustion chamber at a 120 bar pressure.

The Porsche 911 Targa4 is priced from £72,980 while the Targa 4S goes for a minimum of £80,270. PDK is part of the various options available and is priced at an additional £2,338 over the base prices.

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This is a promotional video of the V8-powered Porsche Cayenne GTS featuring a rock climber, a glider, and a Porsche Cayenne GTS, with no apparent connection between the three at first… but you’ll see in the end.

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This video from Porsche takes us inside the new Porsche PDK twin clutch gearbox to see how it works, and is a must watch for those who can’t quite imagine how all the gear pre-selection and two clutches inside a twin clutch gearbox gel together and work to result in ultra fast and near-gapless torque transmission from the engine to the wheels.

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Porsche unveiled the facelifed Carrera earlier this month, but now it has facelifted another variant of the 911 family, the Porsche 911 Carrera 4 and Carrera 4S.

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German car magazine AutoBild reported this month that Porsche was planning to make a new compact hot hatch based on the next generation Volkswagen Golf Mk6 platform. The magazine claims that this new Porsche Golf will make it to the production lines in 2012, with concept versions likely to be shown in a year or two before that. Shown above is Theophilus Chin’s artist impression of the new Golf-based Porsche.

I can see why Porsche is doing this though - the same reason why you’ll see more and more premium manufacturers introducing smaller yet premium models into their line-up. The answer is the USA’s Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) standards, which requires car manufacturers to have certain fuel economy standards according to the footprint of the vehicle, which is measured by track multiplied by wheelbase.

Porsches which have large engines but very small wheelbases are hit badly by CAFE standards, but because CAFE is calculated by considering the average fuel economy of all cars the manufacturer is producing, adding a small compact car to its line-up with great fuel economy due to the smaller engine needed is a smart way to comply.

The new Golf-based Porsche will go against the likes of the BMW 135i, the Volkswagen Golf R32, and the Audi S3. It could be powered by the same engine as the R32, or the 3.6 liter direct injection V6 from the baseline Cayenne.

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Porsche has just unveiled the facelifted Porsche 911 with a new 7-speed twin clutch gearbox replacing the old 6 speed Tiptronic automatic. We already knew this was coming, as Porsche had patented the Porsche Doppelkupplung (PDK) gearbox back in the second half of 2006.

All 911 models will get the PDK gearbox. The facelift initially introduces the new Carrera and Carrera S models. The 911 Carrera’s 3.6 liter boxer-6 gets its power upped to 345 horsepower, an increase of 20 horses. The Carrera S also gets a power boost, with its 3.8 liter boxer-6 engine now making 385 horsepower, an increase of 30 horses. These power increases can be attributed to various improvements including the introduction of direct fuel injection.

The Carrera retails for Euro 69,600, and the Carrera Cabriolet goes for Euro 78,000. The Carrera S and Carrera S Cabriolet retails for Euro 78,000 and Euro 88,000 respectively.

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Porsche is allegedly slowly increasing its stake in Volkswagen from the current 31% to a supposed figure of more than 50%, and the two companies have released a joint special edition version of the Volkswagen Caddy called the Volkswagen Caddy Carrera Cup Edition 2.0 TDI R, but the relationship between the two groups isn’t exactly a bed of roses, if German magazine Der Spiegel is right about what they just reported.

According to Der Spiegel, Volkswagen CEO Martin Winterkorn has threatened to resign if Porsche interferes with Volkswagen Group operations, something which might happen as Audi and Audi-owned Lamborghini’s products are seen as direct competitors to Porsche products.

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The Porsche Cayenne Turbo S has been revived for this new facelifted model and puts out 550 horsepower from its 4.8 liter twin turbocharged V8 gasoline engine, compared to the 520 horsepower of the pre-facelift Turbo S and the 450 horsepower of the regular Cayenne Turbo. Torque is up to 750Nm now, and the speedometer needle passes the 100km/h mark in 4.8 seconds.

Other unique Turbo S equipment include 21 inch SportPlus alloy wheels, and an exclusive “lava gray metallic” paint. Also, Porsche is offering for the first time ceramic composite brakes on the Cayenne model.

This could prompt the appearance of a new Mercedes-Benz ML65 AMG soon. The ML SUV range is currently topped by the ML63 AMG, powered by a normally aspirated 6.2 liter V8. Like other ?65 AMG models, the ML65 AMG will be powered by a twin turbocharged 6.0 liter SOHC V12 with 612 horsepower and 1000Nm of torque.

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According to Reuters, the worker councils of Porsche and Volkswagen have reached an agreement on representation on the new Porsche Automobilholding board, but offered no details as to what the final agreement is. This post will be updated should any more details surface. - Source

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