Porsche Announces Rennsport Reunion IV to be held in OctoberMarch 8th, 2011World’s Largest Gathering of Porsche Race Cars and Drivers Seeks New Frontiers, Makes First Ever West Coast Appearance ATLANTA – March 8, 2011 — Porsche Cars North America (PCNA) and Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca today announced Porsche Rennsport Reunion IV will take place at the famed California racetrack the weekend of October 14 – 16, 2011. Read the rest of this entry » Better than expected result at Porsche SEOctober 13th, 2010Return to profit expected for 2011, Very good development of operating business at Porsche AG and in the Volkswagen group Stuttgart, Germany. In the past fiscal year 2009/10 (ended 31th July) Porsche Automobil Holding SE, Stuttgart (Porsche SE) achieved earnings after tax of minus 454 million euro. This is an improvement on the figure expected when Porsche SE published its six-monthly financial report. At that time, the company forecast a low single-digit billion-euro loss. In the prior year, the group’s loss after tax was 3.563 billion euro. Read the rest of this entry » Matthias Müller appointed to the executive board of Porsche SEOctober 13th, 2010Stuttgart, Germany, At its meeting today, the supervisory board of Porsche Automobil Holding SE concordantly appointed Matthias Müller (57) to the executive board of Porsche SE (member with responsibility for general technical product issues) with immediate effect. Müller, who has been CEO of Dr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche AG since 1 October 2010, succeeds Michael Macht on the Porsche SE executive board. Macht was appointed to the board of management of Volkswagen AG on 1 October 2010 where he is responsible for group production. Read the rest of this entry » Porsche pondering return to F1October 11th, 2010Porsche is considering returning to Formula 1 as an engine supplier after an absence of two decades. The German company’s motorsport reputation is mainly founded in sportscar racing, but its new chairman Matthias Mueller does not want Porsche to go head to head with Audi in Le Mans’ premier LMP1 class. Read the rest of this entry » Porsche with record turnoverSeptember 29th, 2010Panamera and new Cayenne drive growth forward Stuttgart. The Dr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche AG, Stuttgart, has again achieved outstanding results in the business year 2009/10 (July 31). According to the preliminary figures, with a growth of 17.9 percent to 7.79 billion euros, Porsche achieved the highest turnover in company history. Sales also rose by 8.8 percent to 81,850 (previous year: 75,238) vehicles. Read the rest of this entry » Fourth Edition of a Sports Car Legend: The New Porsche 911 SpeedsterSeptember 29th, 2010
New Porsche SUV could be called CajunSeptember 27th, 2010Volkswagen AG CEO Martin Winterkorn said a new Porsche small SUV will be brought to market soon as part of plans to expand the sports car brand’s lineup to boost sales. Winterkorn said Porsche will get “a new SUV, a smaller brother to the Cayenne which might be named Cajun.” He was speaking in an interview with German magazine Der Spiegel that was published Monday. Volkswagen is taking over Porsche Automobil Holding SE’s carmaking operations as the companies build on a partnership that includes sharing vehicle platforms. Read the rest of this entry » 911 GT3 R hybrid leads Porsche contingent for Petit LeMansSeptember 24th, 2010
A gripping finale in the American Le Mans Series event at Road Atlanta combines the drama of Porsche customers battling for three of the four class championships, and a special treat – the first race in the USA for the Porsche 911 GT3 R Hybrid racing laboratory. Read the rest of this entry » New President & CEO of Porsche Motorsport North AmericaSeptember 24th, 2010Jens Walther follows outgoing Paul Ritchie Atlanta Porsche Cars North America announced today that the Supervisory Board of Porsche Motorsport North America, Inc (PMNA) has appointed Jens Walther as the new President & CEO of PMNA, effective immediately. He succeeds Paul Ritchie who has decided to retire from the motorsports business. Walther (41) has been responsible for the management of Porsche’s One-Make Cup Program, which is made up of 19 national and international championships including its premium championship, the Porsche Mobil 1 Supercup. In addition, he coordinated all Formula One related issues for Porsche and its subsidiaries. Walther who joined Porsche in 2001 worked the first four years at Porsche Engineering Group GmbH as Manager, Marketing, Communications and Business Development. Read the rest of this entry » Bergmeister and Long compete with Porsche 911 GT3 R Hybrid in ChinaSeptember 17th, 2010Motorsport News, Intercontinental Le Mans Cup, News Porsche works drivers Joerg Bergmeister (Germany) and Patrick Long (USA) will tackle the 1,000 kilometre race in Zhuhai/China on 7 November with the Porsche 911 GT3 R Hybrid. This marks the first event in China for the innovative sports car from Weissach, which features two electric motors at the front axle each developing 60 kilowatts to supplement the 480 horsepower combustion rear-engine. The race on the Zhuhai International Circuit, in which the 911 GT3 R Hybrid is not eligible for points, is the third and final round of the newly-inaugurated Intercontinental Le Mans Cup after Silverstone and Road Atlanta. Read the rest of this entry » |
