Renault’s resurrected Alpine brand has a long history of making good drivers’ cars, but the new A110S faces a major obstacle: not only is it positioned against the likes of the Porsche 718 Cayman T, but more importantly, it’s also £4,755 ($5,893/€5,328) more expensive than the established German sports car in the United Kingdom. Now, […]
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Porsche has introduced their new “3D printed bodyform full-bucket seat” which is described as a revolution of traditional sport seats. Based on the company’s lightweight full-bucket seat, the 3D printed seat is constructed out of multiple layers which are sandwiched together. The base layer is made out of expanded polypropylene and it is bonded to […]
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The Porsche 718 Cayman GT4 and 718 Boxster Spyder will soon be available with dual-clutch PDK transmissions, Evo reports. Both the current Cayman GT4 and Boxster Spyder are sold exclusively with a six-speed manual transmission and it was the same story with the previous-generation models. It is understood Porsche is making its PDK available in […]
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The Porsche Boxster has long been the German marque’s entry-level sports car but in Spyder guise, it is no slouch, reaching no less than 306 km/h (190 mph) during a recent high speed run on the Autobahn. While behind the wheel of the sports car, AutoTopNL opened up the taps down a host of long […]
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The finalists for the 2020 World Car Awards have been announced and only include automakers from Europe, Japan and South Korea. In the title category of 2020 World Car of the Year, ten vehicles will compete for top honors. They include the Hyundai Sonata, Kia Soul EV, Kia Telluride, Range Rover Evoque, Mazda3, Mazda CX-30, […]
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In 2019, Porsche delivered 280,800 vehicles worldwide recording a ten percent improvement compared to the previous year with solid sales across all major markets. Their best-selling model remains the Macan SUV, which accounted for more than a third of the overall sales. All told, 99,944 units of the premium compact SUV were shipped across the […]
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SportAuto has a thing about taking some interesting new rides at the Hockenheim GP, and for their latest venture, they chose the Porsche 718 Cayman GT4. The formidable German sports car is part of a dying breed. It has a 4.0-liter, naturally aspirated flat-six that works in conjunction with a six-speed manual transmission, ditching the […]
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Porsche has finally launched the new 718 Cayman T and 718 Boxster T in the United States, with pricing kicking off at $66,400 and $68,500 respectively – not including the $1,350 destination charge. This makes the new 718 Cayman T and Boxster T models $9,500 more expensive than the base models, and $14,300 more affordable […]
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Manual transmissions are becoming increasingly rare, but Porsche says that’s okay as the “advantages of the dual-clutch transmission are too great to ignore.” While the automaker concedes that manuals used to be better than automatics, the company says you no longer need a stick to drive a ‘real’ Porsche. Dual-clutch transmissions have been around decades, […]
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Fresh off the Porsche Taycan making its long-awaited debut, designer Kleber Silva has rendered what a future 718 Cayman could look like if it were to take design inspiration from the new all-electric sedan. Making the Taycan immediately stand out from all other Porsches are the uniquely-shaped headlights that have been nicely incorporated into the […]
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