Porsche is another of the German car brands to be busy at the 2011 Frankfurt Motor Show. The new 2012 Porsche 911 will be the queen of the stand, and it will be joined by the Panamera Diesel, the 911 GT3 RS 4.0 and the Cayman S Black Edition. We expect all eyes to be on the new 991 though, and ears will be open to hearing added news on future models.

The new Porsche 911 is longer than the previous 997 generation and gets only minor updates in terms of style, although overall it gives the impression of being a more athletic car. A new interior has been designed, and new technology developed including the new transmission and a series of more powerful, but more ecological engines.

Matched to start&stop technology and a chassis that is 45 kg lighter than the 997, the 991 ushers in a newer, greener era for Porsche. The new 3.4-litre six-cylinder boxer engine on the Carrera, gets average fuel consumption of 8.2 l/100 km (1.6l less than the previous generation) and gets Porsche under 200 g/km of CO2 emissions for the first time ever. The Carrera S also consumes 1.5 l/100 km less of fuel than the previous model.

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The Porsche Panamera Diesel should prove to be an important addition to the range for the Panamera fortunes on the European car market. Autoblog might well ask “what the world has come to” with a diesel Porsche sedan now available in the modern era, but after the Cayenne comes in diesel, it’s almost essential that the Panamera does, too.

What’s more, Porsche can easily tap into some diesel technology without having to invest on its own. The Panamera diesel is equipped with the Volkswagen 3.0-litre turbodiesel unit with 250 hp and an impressive 550 Nm of torque. The more technical details, from Porsche itself, are:

piezo valves at a pressure of 2000 bar, turbocharging employing electrically controlled variable geometry turbochargers (VGTs) and emission control achieved by controlled exhaust gas recirculation, oxidation catalyst and particle filter

In any case, Porsche diesel technology was going to have to be good and the Panamera oil-burner gets to 100 km/hr in 6.8 seconds. It has an eight-speed Tiptronic S automatic shift and does 100 km on 6.5 litres of fuel. CO2 emissions are down to 172 g/km. Porsche claims a range of nearly 1,200 km for the Panamera on one tank of diesel. German pricing is 80,183 euros with deliveries starting in August.

Continue reading: Porsche Panamera Diesel official details

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The Porsche Panamera diesel is on its way, announced by Porsche president Matthias Muller in an interview with German magazine, Westfalen-Blatt. The Panamera diesel should be ready as early as the second half of 2011 and will expand the range, which will also include a future Panamera hybrid expected to appear next year as well.

The Porsche Panamera diesel will build on the success of the Cayenne diesel, although no technical details have been released. The same mechanics of the Cayenne will probably be used in a large part though, likely extending to the 3.0 TDI V6 engine with 240 hp and 550 Nm of torque. The new Porsche diesel will probably use the eight-speed Tiptronic S gearbox and early calculations suggest acceleration time to 100 km/hr could be around seven seconds.

Clearly the Panamera diesel development is part of the Porsche Intelligent Performance program - the fancy name given to the project of reducing fuel consumption across the Porsche range. Porsche has managed to reduce some of its consumption already, with the Cayenne down by 23 percent, the 911 down by 16 and the Boxster and Cayman managing a 15 percent reduction. This has been managed by a combination of direct injection, Start&Stop technology and weight reduction. The expanding Porsche range will also include the famous baby SUV Porsche Cajun, which will share the Audi Q5 platform and will debut in 2014 or 2015.

Source | Westfalen-Blatt via Autoblog.it

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