Catégorie : Porsche News EN
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Christian Friedl takes over Porsche production, with the electric 718 to slot into Zuffenhausen
Christian Friedl took over Production and Logistics on the Porsche AG Executive Board on 1 September 2026. He is 49, he comes from inside the company, and he inherits a very specific piece of work: putting a combustion 911 and an electric 718 down the same assembly line. Friedl succeeds Albrecht Reimold, who retired as…
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975 RSE: inside the development of Porsche’s GEN4 Formula E car
Nico Müller calls it « the Beast ». Coming from a professional racing driver, that counts as praise. The Porsche 975 RSE is quoted at 600 kW peak, 816 PS, a top speed of 335 kph and 1.8 seconds from 0 to 100 kph. It replaces the 99X Electric in Formula E from the 2026/2027 season. Porsche…
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Porsche closes the sale of its Bugatti Rimac and Rimac Group stakes
Porsche closed the book on Bugatti Rimac on 9 September 2026. With regulatory clearances granted, the carmaker completed the sale of its equity stakes in both Bugatti Rimac and Rimac Group. The transaction agreements had been signed back on 24 April. The Porsche AG Group receives proceeds of roughly one billion euros. Of that, 250…
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Porsche Cuts Its Sales Regions from Five to Four and Reshuffles Country Leadership
Porsche is cutting its international sales structure from five regions to four. The change, announced on 2 September 2026, is part of the ongoing restructuring of the company’s Sales and Marketing division, and it comes with a long list of executive moves attached. Germany, the home market, loses its standalone status and joins the Europe…
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Kieffer Takes the Supercup Rookie Title as the Monza Finale Is Called Off
The 2026 Porsche Mobil 1 Supercup finale ended before it properly started. At Monza on 6 September, several collisions in the midfield partly blocked the circuit in the opening laps. The race director suspended proceedings so marshals could recover the damaged cars. Guardrails needed repairing too, and by the time that work was done the…
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Porsche Builds 100 GT3 Bergsport for Four Alpine Markets Only
One hundred cars, four countries, one paint colour mixed for the occasion. Porsche Exclusive Manufaktur revealed the GT3 Bergsport on 1 September 2026, a market edition sold only in Austria, France, Italy and Switzerland. Buyers elsewhere are out of luck. The starting point is the current 911 GT3 with Touring Package, the version that drops…
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Porsche Adds a West Coast Sprint Trophy Series with the Porsche Owners Club
A Californian club founded in 1955 is about to host an official Porsche championship. The announcement came out of Carson on 19 August: Porsche Motorsport North America and the Porsche Owners Club are launching the Porsche Sprint Trophy Porsche Owners Club, four West Coast rounds starting in 2027. The structure mirrors what went live a…
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The 911 Challenge Completes Porsche’s All-911 Customer Racing Ladder
Since 26 August, every GT race car Porsche builds is a 911. That day the manufacturer introduced the 911 Challenge, an entry-level model that takes over from the 718 Cayman GT4 RS Clubsport and closes a cycle opened a year earlier by the 911 Cup. The recipe is short. Take a production 911 GT3, strip…
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Porsche Customer Teams Come Up Short in the GT-Only Race at VIR
Two customer Porsches on the grid, ninth and tenth at the flag. Round nine of the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship, run on Sunday 23 August at Virginia International Raceway in Alton, belongs in the file marked forgettable. The format left little room to hide: two hours and forty minutes, GT cars only, no prototypes cutting…
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Porsche Bundles the Macan’s Most-Ordered Options into an Advanced Package
A panoramic roof, Matrix LED headlights, 14-way seats, Bose audio and adaptive air suspension. Ordered one by one, the invoice climbs fast. Porsche has decided to sell them together. The company introduced the Macan Advanced Package on 13 August, a bundle of options offered at a preferential price for the start of the electric SUV’s…