Porsche Road Tests Articles

2008 Porsche Cayenne GTS

Yes, this is a Porsche that is better with an automatic tranny. more

2009 Porsche 911 Carrera 4 and Carrera 4S

Two new engines and an all-wheel-drive system cribbed from the 911 Turbo make a good thing better. more

2009 Porsche 911

The requisite visual changes are accompanied by revised engines with direct-injection as well as Porsche's new seven-speed double-clutch transmission. more

Rusty Blackwell on the 2008 Porsche Boxster S

Read Rusty Blackwell's comments on driving the 2008 Porsche Boxster S. more

2008 Porsche 911 GT2 - Lean Mean Machine

With 520 horsepower, twenty pounds of turbo boost, and rear-wheel drive, the Porsche 911 GT2 is as wicked as they come. more

2008 Porsche Cayenne GTS

A V-8/manual Cayenne for the U.S. The Cayenne GTS slots in between the Cayenne S and Turbo. more

2008 Porsche Cayenne GTS

A V-8/manual Cayenne for the U.S. The Cayenne GTS slots in between the Cayenne S and Turbo. more

2008 Porsche 911 Turbo Cabriolet

For driving alfresco - when seconds count. The new Turbo cabrio is a great all-around vehicle that makes speed incredibly accessible, even in the rain or snow. more

2007 Porsche 911 GT3 Track Experience

As journalists, we're accustomed to hearing well thought out, carefully planned marketing spin from expertly trained PR professionals. And we're usually very good at ignoring it. We smile at the nice PR rep, grab the keys, and formulate our own opinion. more

2008 RUF CTR 3

Porsche builds some of the finest sports cars in the world, but without the Carrera GT, the brand doesn't currently have a wild, world-beating exotic. Apparently RUF, a highly regarded aftermarket Porsche tuner, saw that gap in the market, so it went ahead and more

2008 Porsche Cayenne Transsiberia Rally SUV

It's a question no one would ever think to ask, but Porsche has answered it. If a 911 GT3 were to have a wild night with a military-spec Humvee, what would the resulting baby look like? Enter the Cayenne Transsiberia rally edition you see here. Following a ver more

2008 Porsche Cayenne

So, there I am, ripping down a Spanish autovia, twin-turbo V-8 wailing away, wind whistling past the roof rails. There I am, downshifting through a roundabout, flat-footing that direct-injected lump and using errant Peugeots as apexes ("Si, policia! Un Porsche more

2007 Ruf RK Coupe

Alois Ruf is the warrior monk of the Porsche business, religiously dedicated to high performance. His shop in the tiny village of Pfaffenhausen to the west of Munich is a place where people from all over the world come to get in touch with the true spirit of P more

2007 Porsche Boxster S

You know what I'd do if I owned a 2007 Porsche Boxster? I'd find someone with a 2006 Boxster, and I'd pull up next to him and say, "Excuse me, but what's it like to have only 240 horsepower? I have 245 horsepower, see, so I'm curious how the other half lives." more

DRIVEN PREVIEW: 2007 Porsche 911 Targa 4 and 4S

We don't tend to think of the Germans as creative visionaries--they're far too logical for that. But every so often, Germans solve an engineering problem so creatively that it becomes art. more

2006 Porsche Cayenne Turbo S

I went to college with a sheikh. He was a fun guy to hang out with, because his worldview was shaped by the unshakable confidence that comes with having a long row of zeros on your bank statement. He knew that he'd never get in trouble for anything short of ar more

2007 Porsche 911 Turbo

Forking over the new 911 Turbo, Porsche stipulated no to-the-death comparison tests or precise performance measurements. Of course we honored that request. But what would you do with the most powerful Porsche coupe ever produced in a land blessed with speed-li more

2007 Porsche 911 GT3

Adria International Raceway near Venice, Italy, is a safe but dull racetrack in the point-and-squirt idiom, with lots of tight corners connected by short straights and all the character of a spatula. Making matters worse, the two stretches along which I could more

2007 BMW Z4 M Roadster vs 2006 Porsche Boxster S

The Porsche Boxster versus BMW roadster rivalry is certainly not a new one, as two different iterations of Z3-based M roadsters have been offered to Americans during the Boxster's tenure. The first one bowed in 1998 with the 240-hp, 3.2-liter six from the E36- more

2007 Porsche 911 997 GT3

When a small, independent automaker like Porsche has two world-premieres at one auto show, it's big news. It's even bigger news when the two cars are the downright nutty 480-hp 911 Turbo and this model, the 911 GT3. With 415 horsepower, the GT3 is the most pow more

2006 Porsche Cayman S vs. Porsche 911

If you want to know how the Porsche Cayman S really measures up, you have to drive to the Nrburgring and bring along a Porsche 911 Carrera. more

2006 Porsche 911 C4S

The 1.7 extra inches of rump on the new all-wheel drive 911 are a fashion statement, an engineering solution, and a handling improvement all in one. more

2006 Porsche Cayman S

Exclusive! We wring out the Cayman S, Porsche's purest expression yet of the sports car. more

2005 Porsche 911 Cabriolet

Winter fun in the new 911 cabrio: Catching a cold never looked so good. more

2005 Porsche Boxster vs. 2005 Mercedes-Benz SLK350

An all new SLK battles a reinvigorated Boxster on the road where James Dean went from actor to legend. more