75 years ago, Porsche registered its first sports car, an overbearing 356 known as the No. 1. To mark the anniversary, Porsche envisioned what the 356 might look like if it were designed today. The resulting design was transformed into the Vision 357 concept. A changing of the guard has taken place at Toyota. Akio … Read more
Porsche has been offering aftermarket upgrades to its classic models for a number of years, adding modern amenities like navigation and even entire infotainment systems with support for Apple CarPlay and Android Auto smartphone connectivity. Previously, such systems were limited to 911s from around the early 1960s through the 996 generation, and some front-engine and … Read more
The online marketplace for classic cars launched by Porsche has delivered promising figures after its first year of operation. Marqued was originally launched in 2021 by Porsche Digital, Porsche’s division for developing digital business models, as a blog to share stories about classic cars. For example, a popular recent story was that the moonstone color … Read more
Porsche’s PDK dual-clutch automatic transmission has become a staple of the automaker’s lineup, displacing manual transmissions but also offering quicker shifts and therefore quicker lap times. An engineer named Rainer Wüst is responsible for this. According to a Porsche press release, Wüst joined the automaker in 1971 as a transmission test engineer. About 10 years … Read more