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  • Porsche CEO Confirms the Electric 718 Will Be Built

    After eighteen months of contradictory reports, Porsche’s chief executive has settled the question in public. In an interview with the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, reported on 5 August 2026, Michael Leiters confirmed that the electric successors to the Cayman and Boxster are going ahead. « I always look at every project first and foremost from a Porsche…

  • The Last Mid-Engined Porsche Race Car Wears the Museum on Its Bodywork

    On 1 August 2026 a 718 Cayman GT4 RS Clubsport lined up for the six-hour race of the ADAC Ravenol Nürburgring Endurance Series. Timo Bernhard and Jörg Bergmeister shared the driving. They finished fourth in class. The result is not the story. The car is. A body that copies a building The livery reproduces the…

  • Pirelli Signs Off Six Bespoke Tyre Fitments for the Electric Porsche Cayenne

    Six homologations for a single model. Pirelli announced the figure from Milan on 5 August 2026, covering the first fully electric Cayenne. The breakdown matters more than the headline number. A tyre on an electric SUV faces demands that a combustion saloon never puts on it: higher mass, torque arriving instantly at all four wheels,…

  • Porsche and Works Council Agree Job and Site Protection Through 2035

    No forced layoffs through 2035, and €2.1 billion earmarked for the Zuffenhausen and Weissach sites over the same period. That’s the trade at the center of the agreement Porsche AG’s executive board signed with its general works council in late July, alongside the IG Metall union and the Südwestmetall employers’ association. The goal, on paper:…

  • Porsche Steadies Profitability in H1 2026 as Deliveries Fall

    122,306 vehicles delivered in the first half of 2026, down from 146,391 a year earlier. A 16.5 percent drop. On its own, that number looks like trouble. Look at the figures Porsche released on July 29, though, and profitability actually improved: group operating return on sales climbed to 7.8 percent, up from 5.5 percent a…

  • Porsche Locks Up IMSA Michelin Endurance Cup Titles Despite Rough Road America Weekend

    Nine caution periods in a six-hour race. That number alone explains most of what happened at Road America on August 2, when Porsche closed out round eight of the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship with a split result: no GTP win on the day, but the driver and team titles in the IMSA Michelin Endurance Cup…