More than three-quarters of all delivered Porsche 718 and 911 models today are equipped with a Porsche dual-clutch (PDK) system. The figure rises to 100 percent for the Panamera and Macan—a manual transmission is no longer offered in these model ranges. But what is PDK, and how does it work?

The forthcoming Porsche Taycan has set a new record lap time for four-door, all-electric sports cars at the famous Nürburgring-Nordschleife test track (aka the “Green Hell”): seven minutes and 42 seconds.

“The Taycan is also suitable for race tracks and it convincingly proved that here on the world’s most challenging circuit,” test driver Lars Kern explains. “Again and again, I am impressed at how stable the all-electric sports car handles in high-speed sections…

  

The Porsche 911 GT2 RS has set a new production car lap record at Road America (Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin), completing the 4.048 mile road course with its 14 turns and multiple elevation changes in just 2:15,17 minutes. 24 Hours of Daytona and…

The new Porsche 718 Cayman GT4 features comprehensively improved aerodynamics, producing up to 50% more downforce without adversely affecting drag. The aerodynamics of both the GT4 and its sister, the 718 Spyder, benefit enormously from the newly designed single-chamber arch rear silencer which creates space in the rear section for a functional diffuser. This accounts for a good 30% of the downforce at the rear axle.

The GT4’s fixed rear wing is also marked…

With the “Porsche Augmented Reality Visualizer App”, customers can now create a photorealistic representation of their configured vehicle in the real world.

This makes Porsche the only manufacturer to give their customers the ability to examine their dream sports car and all its technical details in three dimensions. The vehicle can be configured in the familiar Web Configurator or using a 3D model in the app. Users can virtually place the configured vehicle on any…

Last year, Porsche celebrated its 70th anniversary of building sports cars by showing two 911 Speedster Concept vehicles to the public. Soon, a production version will be headed to American shores.