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Showing posts with label Porsche 911. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Porsche 911. Show all posts

October 28, 2025

The Porsche 911 Turbo S Is The Supreme All-Rounder


If there’s one car that’s been resistant to change, stubborn even, it’s the Porsche 911. Throughout its more than 60-year history, its basic formula hasn’t changed. Throughout the generations, it’s a careful evolution of the same basic formula—the engine is mounted at the back and power being sent to the ground (typically) through the rear wheels. However, every so often, the formula is tweaked a bit more be through the introduction of all-wheel drive, turbocharging, and the water-cooled engine. With the latest 992.2 generation, electrification can now be added into the formula. Read on to read our impressions, or watch our drive.

October 17, 2025

Porsche 911 GT3 R Takes DTM Championship


Porsche clinches the 2025 DTM championship with the 911 GT3 R — a racecar that defines the concept, technologies, and capabilities of the 911 GT3 and 911 GT3 RS high-performance road cars — showing how Porsche’s success in motorsports directly shapes its most track-focused 911 models.

September 10, 2025

Porsche 911 GTS, The First-Ever Electrified 911, Has Arrived In The Philippines


In time for 9-11 Day, Porsche Philippines announces the arrival of the first-ever electrified Porsche 911: the 911 Carrera GTS—available in both rear- and all-wheel drive.

September 8, 2025

Porsche Has Electrified The 911 Turbo S Giving It 711 Horsepower


Taking in learnings from its first-ever hybrid 911, the 911 GTS, Porsche has unveiled the most powerful production 911 to date: the new 911 Turbo S.

July 27, 2025

Porsche Is The Most "APEAL-ing" Brand To Own For Second Consecutive Year


The most “APEAL-ing” cars have just been revealed as J.D. Power publishes the result of their 2025 U.S. Automotive Performance, Execution, and Layout (APEAL) Study. The study measures the owners’ emotional attachment and level of excitement with their new vehicle. The APEAL Study asks owners to consider 37 attributes, ranging from the sense of comfort they feel when climbing into the driver’s seat to their exhilaration when they step on the accelerator. Vehicle owners’ responses to queries about these attributes are aggregated to compute an overall APEAL Index score.

June 24, 2025

Porsche Scores 112th Class Win At 24 Hours Of Le Mans


Porsche wins the LMGT3 class at the 2025 24 Hours of Le Mans for the second consecutive year, with the Manthey 1st Phorm team’s No. 92 Porsche 911 GT3 R dominating in the final nine hours of the hard-fought endurance race to finish more than 33 seconds ahead of the field.

April 25, 2025

Porsche Brings Back 1970s Nostalgia With The Limited-Edition 911 Spirit 70


Porsche brings a bit of nostalgic hippie vibes with the limited-edition Porsche 911 Spirit 70. Based on the 911 GTS Cabriolet, this marks the third Heritage Design model from the German sportscar maker and brings with it the spirit of disco, rebellion, bell bottom pants, and rock and roll.

April 20, 2025

Porsche 911 Wins On And Off The Race Track


Two different variants of the 2025 Porsche 911 proved themselves to be the best in the world by claiming accolades both on and off the race track.

November 4, 2024

Porsche Philippines Launches 2025 911 Carrera (992.2)


Porsche Philippines brings in the revised 911 sportscar. With its refreshed styling, improved aerodynamics, and fully digital cockpit experience, the arrival of the 911 Carrera heralds a new era for the legendary sportscar.

October 30, 2024

2025 Porsche 911 GT3 Celebrates Road, Track Duality


In time for its 25th anniversary, Porsche has unveiled the new 911 GT3. For the first time ever, the carmaker has unveiled it with two versions: a track-focused sportscar or a more understated tourer.

August 22, 2024

Porsche's Sonderwunsch Factory One-Off Brings This 911 Speedster (Type 993) To Life


Since 1954, the “Speedster” has been an integral part of Porsche history. Characterized by a two-seat layout, a unique cowl, and shortened windshield, they offer open driving pleasure with expressive driving dynamics. Yet, there’s a gap in the model history. Porsche offered 911 Speedster variants of the G-Series (second generation) and Type 964 (third generation), but except for two one-offs and, much later, a model rebuilt as part of a factory restoration, there was no Speedster from the fourth generation of the 911, the Type 993, save for two—one developed for Ferdinand Alexander Porsche and another for comedian Jerry Seinfeld.

August 21, 2024

Porsche Marks 50 Years Of Turbo With Limited-Edition 911 Turbo 50 Years


To mark the 50th anniversary of the 911 Turbo, Porsche launched a limited-edition 911 Turbo called, what else, the 911 Turbo 50 Years. Limited to just 1,974 examples globally, it adds styling elements which are evocative of historic 911 Turbo models. Porsche Philippines is now taking in reservations for this special model.

August 5, 2024

One Off The Bucket List: Driving The 1975 Porsche 911 Turbo


As part of my job, I’m sometimes whisked halfway around the world to sample the newest cars out there. On this occasion, however, it was different. In celebration of 50 years of Turbo, Porsche wasn’t letting me drive some upcoming vehicle or prototype. Instead, they brought out several cars straight from their museum including this 1975 Porsche 911 Turbo.

July 2, 2024

50 Years Of Porsche Turbo: Beyond The Engine


50 years ago, Porsche introduced the Turbo model designation to the 930 generation 911. At the time, when the world faced an oil crisis, Porsche was planning for the future—one that highlighted their technical progress as an automaker while also bridging a direct link between their success on the racetrack and the showroom floor. The resulting 911 Turbo brought with it not just a stronger motor, but also a myriad of upgrades to maximize the potential of the 911 platform. Turbo, in Porsche parlance, is born.

June 22, 2024

Porsche 911 GT3 R Wins LMGT3 Debut At 24 Hours Of Le Mans


The 2024 Le Mans 24-hour race ended with the 111th class win for a Porsche racing car. Works driver Richard Lietz, Morris Schuring, and Yasser Shahin took the flag first in the new LMGT3 category in Manthey EMA’s Porsche 911 GT3 R.

May 29, 2024

The Porsche 911 Goes Hybrid With Lightweight 541-Horsepower System


The Porsche 911 has gone hybrid. The 2025 911 Carrera GTS becomes the first street-legal 911 equipped with Porsche’s T-Hybrid system—a lightweight performance-oriented electrified system.

May 13, 2024

First Road-Going Porsche 911 Hybrid Set For May 28 Launch


Porsche has confirmed that the 911 will be offered with a gasoline-electric hybrid. Set for a global reveal this May 28, the German automaker says the extensive development and testing program for the new performance-focused hybrid drive has yielded impressive results.

May 6, 2024

Porsche 911 Dakar Arrives In Manila


After its global unveil in November 2022, the first unit of the limited-edition Porsche 911 Dakar has just arrived in the Philippines. The all-terrain sportscar, borne as an homage to Porsche’s overall factory in the 1984 Paris-Dakar Rally, comes decked in the optionally Rallye Design Package and has been sold for a cool P 35-million.

May 3, 2024

Porsche 911 Dakar Set For May 5 Launch


Porsche Philippines is gearing up to introduce a remarkable variant of the legendary 911: the all-new 911 Dakar. Set to be unveiled on May 5 at the Porsche Philippines Showroom, PGA Cars Center in Global City, this model marks a significant milestone as the first two-door sports car with exceptional off-road capabilities.

August 14, 2023

Porche 911 GT3 RS Now In The Philippines


After opening order books last year, Porsche Philippines has announced that stocks of its most extreme road-legal car—the 911 GT3 RS have arrived.