From June 2012

More power for the 911 Carrera S and new personalisation products

New Porsche Exclusive Programme

Stuttgart. For its exceptionally performance-oriented customers, Porsche Exclusive now offers a new power enhancement kit developed for the 911 Carrera S. It focuses specifically on the dynamic properties of the sports car. It boosts the power of the 3.8-litre boxer engine from 400 hp (294 kW) to 430 hp (316 kW), producing even better driving performance. Thanks to this Powerkit, the 911 Carrera S Coupé only needs 4.0 seconds to sprint from zero to 100 km/h with PDK in Sport Plus mode. The kit also increases the top speed by four km/h: to 306 km/h with PDK and to 308 km/h with a seven-speed manual gearbox. However, the enhanced power has not affected fuel economy: fuel consumption values in the NEDC are unchanged despite a power increase of over seven per cent. Read more

New car buyers put the Porsche 911 in first place

Market researcher J.D. Power did a survey on the satisfaction of American customers.

Stuttgart. In its latest survey, J.D Power and Associates, the American market research institute, has issued a solid-gold certificate again to
Dr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche AG: In its “Initial Quality Study” on customer satisfaction, the Porsche 911 – the icon of the Stuttgart-based sports car manufacturer – won first place. With it, the 911 model has received the J.D. Power Award as the vehicle with the highest level of customer satisfaction in the luxury sports car segment. At the same time, the sports car is the best vehicle of the entire survey owing to the extremely low number of complaints. Read more

FIA World Endurance Championship, Round 3, Le Mans 24 Hours, Race report

Porsche claims podium spot at the Le Mans 24 hour race

Less than four minutes were missing for Porsche to clinch its 99th class win at the Le Mans 24 Hours. With the Porsche 911 GT3 RSR fielded by the IMSA Performance Matmut team, Frenchman Nicolas Armindo, Raymond Narac and Anthony Pons had led the field just a few laps before the flag dropped on the 80th running of the long distance classic in the Sarthe. But in the final minutes, tyre damage robbed the 2011-spec 911 of all hopes for victory. Nevertheless, the joy over second place was huge for the French Porsche customer team. Read more

Porsche is main sponsor of the Hesse House in Tübingen

To mark the anniversary of “60 years of Baden-Württemberg”

Stuttgart. Dr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche AG, Stuttgart, is the main sponsor of the new Hesse House in Tübingen. The sports car manufacturer took the “60 years of Baden-Württemberg” anniversary as an opportunity to support the setting up of a literature museum in honour of Hermann Hesse with a total of 100,000 euro. In so doing, Porsche would like to help showcase the poet’s formative early years in the virtually unchanged original rooms, where he worked. Read more