Years after Porsche debuted the Macan, Porsche is finally selling a Macan. The four-cylinder was every bit as capable of carrying mid-corner speed, if not more, courtesy of less weight and better weight balance. 2017 will be the first year the German sports car brand produces a Macan. Seriously. Sure, you could have bought a 2016 Po

Do you remember when the first Cayenne came out? We were barely clear of the great Y2K technology meltdown, the food was terrible and the music was worse, and Porsche sold out by building one of those horrible-handling utilitarian vehicular jobs to betray everything that was good and pure and Porsche that St. Ferry stood for. No? That doesn’t sound

It seems that if you’re going to build a luxury SUV or CUV these days, it’s not enough to just provide a single, standard, five-door wagon body style. If you’re BMW, you’ve given us the X6 and X4. If you’re Mercedes-Benz, there’s the GLE and GLE Coupe, as well as the GLC and GLC Coupe. If you’re Audi, there’s the Q7 and Q8, and if you’re Porsche, t

FRANKFURT – Porsche cranks up the heat on its full-size SUV lineup with the Frankfurt debut of its most powerful Cayenne yet. The all-new range-topping 2019 Cayenne Turbo boasts handling prowess to match its power output thanks to a sophisticated combination of suspension and aerodynamic technologies. The most potent Cayenne is distinguished f

STUTTGART – It’s easy to imagine what these legendary woods looked like before the 19th century, when the area was almost completely deforested and replanted with spruce. Then a mixture of deciduous, and enormous pine and fir trees, it was dubbed “silva negra” by the Romans of the Middle Ages for its dark and foreboding impenetrability. Today, the

The engine screams its way toward the 9,000 rpm redline, the naturally aspirated flat-six turning 4.0L of fuel and onrushing air into the sort of sound that makes people believe in God. The needle on the speedo climbs past 250 km/h and the steering gets light. The Porsche 911 GT3 crests the rise on Canadian Tire Motorsport Park’s back straight, and

When we first met the Boxster in 2005, it was lauded as a more affordable but still very capable Porsche model. Often referred to as the “poor man’s Porsche”, it quickly became apparent that the Boxster was more capable than many expected, particularly when the road was no longer straight. Many of these characteristics remain intact, even if this c

If your experience with Mexico has been limited to fenced-in coastal resorts, then you may not realize that it’s one of the most ecologically diverse countries on the planet or that the area around Mexico City holds scenic and challenging mountain roads that rival anything to be found in California. I certainly didn’t. The 2017 Porsche Paname

Tenerife, Canary Islands – Porsche closed off a 4.2 kilometre section of ascending, sinuous mountain tarmac on the flanks of this fascinating island so the assembled (and jet-lagged) automotive pencil pushers could have a bit of fun pressing on in the test vehicles. No oncoming traffic is a wonderful thing when flinging up an unfamiliar twisting ro

The 2016 Porsche Boxster Spyder is a time machine. Not literally, of course, because those don’t really exist (in this dimension). The Spyder is a curious amalgamation of various generations of Porsche greatness. No, the Spyder is a curious amalgamation of various generations of Porsche greatness. The very name Spyder takes us back to t

We’ve become accustomed to having our Porsche press vehicles arrive with at least a Mustang’s worth of options, but this one is different, and it’s good to know that a lightly optioned Porsche is not the elusive unicorn of the new car market that I believed it to be. What we have then, on the outside, is a fairly pedestrian looking SUV, plain

Oh what a difference a scant fifteen years makes. When Porsche unveiled the Cayenne crossover in 2002, the furor was such that you’d think they’d decided to cancel their sports cars and switch over to minivans. While it’s obvious that the two are related, the design language looks better on the scaled down Macan than the larger Cayenne.

It's been half a dozen years since the Porsche Panamera first appeared at the Shanghai Motor Show, long enough for the bruising to fade on the tender sensibilities of the hard-core faithful. It was almost amusing to see the first reactions to the big Porsche's arrival, particularly from those hard-core sports-car loyalists who considered it a perso

The first time I drove a Porsche was in 2001. I had just sold my AWD Eagle Talon and I was looking into getting a rear-wheel-drive sports car. I was primarily on the hunt for a Mazda RX-7 TII or a MK3 Toyota Supra that needed a little bit of work so I could keep within my limited budget. I have a very distinct memory of that day. It was a bright, s

If the reviews from owners and experts are any indication, the Porsche Macan is a seriously well-balanced package. One that does what it’s supposed to do, very, very well. One that ticks all the right boxes. One that’ll be many things to many people, and an authentic Porsche on top of it all. The one Goldilocks would probably choose if she was in