Porsche Consulting appoints Dr. Wolfgang Lindheim as Chief Financial Officer

June 30, 2008

Stuttgart. The rapid development of Porsche Consulting GmbH, Bietigheim-Bissingen, calls for an expansion of management capacities. For this reason, the board of Dr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche AG, Stuttgart, has appointed Dr. Wolfgang Lindheim (47) as Chief Financial Officer of the subsidiary. From August 1, 2008, Dr. Lindheim will take responsibility for the departments of Finance, Controlling, Human Resource and IT. At the same time, Eberhard Weiblen (44), who up till now was the sole Director of Porsche Consulting, will be appointed as Chairman of the Executive Board. In future, he will be responsible for the consultancy business, the strategic development and the marketing of the Porsche subsidiary.

“In Dr. Lindheim we are gaining a colleague who brings with him a wealth of valuable international experience. This increases our power and extends our managerial radius”, says Eberhard Weiblen. Porsche Consulting has a workforce of just under 200 employees and achieved a turnover of 45.8 million Euro in the business year 2006/07.

Dr. Lindheim was born in Austria in 1960. After studying industrial engineering and gaining a doctorate at the Technical University of Graz, he spent six years with McKinsey before coming to Porsche AG as Departmental Head of Strategy in 1994. In 1999 he joint the executive board of Porsche Cars North America Inc., Atlanta (USA), where he acted as Chief Financial Officer. This job will be taken over by Frank Hoffmann (44), currently Chief Financial Officer at Porsche Italia S.p.A..

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2009 Porsche Carrera 4 and 4S Unveiled

June 27, 2008

Stuttgart. Showing the dynamic attitude typical of the brand, Dr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche AG, Stuttgart, are continuing the generation change of the 911 model series. Just a few weeks after the new 911s with classic rear-wheel drive, the all-wheel-drive versions Carrera 4 and Carrera 4S are now entering the market in both Coupé and Cabriolet guise.

A whole range of new technologies surrounding the engine, the transmission and drivetrain ensures an even higher standard of driving pleasure on much lower fuel consumption. Particularly the precision and fast response of the new, electronically controlled all-wheel drive offers an even more intense driving experience, above all in interaction with the likewise new flat-six engines with Direct Fuel Injection and the PDK Porsche Doppelkupplungsgetriebe or double-clutch gearbox available as an option.

2009 Porsche Carrera Offers More Power and Fuel Economy

The features and characteristics of the new engines speak for themselves: Depending on the model, the new all-wheel-drive Carrera offers up to 8.5 per cent more power, up to 12.9 per cent more fuel economy, and 15.4 per cent lower CO2 emissions. Specifically, output of the 3.6-litre power unit is up by 20 to 345 bhp (254 kW). At the same time a Carrera 4 Coupé with PDK, to take just one example, consumes a mere 10.1 litres of fuel per 100 kilometres, equal to 28.0 mpg imp. The improvements on the 911 Carrera 4S with its 3.8-litre power unit are equally significant, with maximum output up by 30 to 385 bhp (283 kW) on overall fuel consumption down in the case of Carrera 4S Cabriolet with PDK to 10.7 litres/100 km, equal to 26.4 mpg imp.

In the new generation of the Carrera 4 and Carrera 4S electronically controlled PTM Porsche Traction Management replaces the former all-wheel drive with its viscous multiple-plate clutch. This superior system developed for the 911 Turbo and modified for the Carrera models combines the driving pleasure so typical of Porsche with an even higher standard of driving stability, traction and agile handling further enhanced by the mechanical rear axle differential fitted as standard.

Porsche’s Doppelkupplungsgetriebe Transmission Available as an Option

The new all-wheel-drive sports cars come with sporting manual transmission featuring six gears. As an alternative the new models are available with Porsche’s new Doppelkupplungsgetriebe replacing the former Tiptronic S automatic converter transmission and offering an even faster gearshift on less fuel. The Doppelkupplungsgetriebe or double-clutch gearbox comes with seven gears shifting electro-
hydraulically without the slightest interruption of traction and pulling force.

The new generation of the 911 model series stands out clearly through the discreet but striking modification of the front end and new lights technology. The new Carrera models come in all cases with bi-xenon headlights and new LED daytime driving lights.

The newly designed rear light clusters also feature LED technology and for the first time Porsche offers Dynamic Bending Lights as an option. It almost goes without saying that all Carrera 4 models come as before with their muscular rear end 44 millimetres or 1.73” wider than on the two-wheel-drive versions. And a new reflector trim bar between the LED rear lights gives the typical rear end of the car even more dynamic character.

All all-wheel-drive Carrera models will be at the dealership as of 25 October 2008.

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Rent a Porsche GT3 RS at the Nurburgring

June 25, 2008

Your off to Germany for a holiday, you can’t take your Porsche with you, but you want to run some hot laps at the famous Nurburgring; what’s a guy to do? Don’t fret, simply contact Auteg Motorsport (located right at the ‘ring’) and they will be happy to rent you a Porsche 996 GT3 RS. Before you get too excited, it is not cheap and you may not qualify. Read on to learn more. Read more