Porsche was issued a patent for its six-stroke combustion engine on October 22, 2024. The company describes the new engine as having a "working cycle" of three complete crankshaft revolutions with two ...

Vintage Porsche cars can be difficult to maintain, rebuild, and work on, especially if the car is powered by a unique engine that was only used in a small number of Porsches. During the early days of ...

Porsche's adoption of the transaxle in the 1970s transformed sports car handling, leading to more responsive and precise vehicles on the road and trac ...

German engineer Ferdinand Porsche already had experience working with Daimler-Benz when he set up his own firm in 1931. Later in the decade, he was hired by Adolf Hitler's government to design the ...

Porsche could be reviving an old technology for its future internal combustion engines. New patent filings suggest Zuffenhausen’s finest may be resorting back to air-cooling for its future mid- and ...

V-4 engines remain uncommon in cars despite their potential advantages. While automotive enthusiasts regularly discuss V-6, V-8, and larger configurations, V-4 engines are typically found in ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Since 1963, an air-cooled (later water-cooled) six-cylinder boxer engine has been used in a car so iconic that both its engine ...

Internal combustion engine development is far from stagnant these days, in spite of the advances in electric powertrains in recent decades—and this patent from Porsche concerning a W-style cylinder ...

Porsche is said to be re-engineering its next 718 Boxster and Cayman EV platform to accept gasoline engines across the range, backing away from an EV-only plan while it pushes new tech on models like ...

Electrification is the future, but timing matters. For enthusiast driven segments, the transition may need to be more flexible than initially planned. Porsche has placed themselves in a precarious ...

Porsche may be one of the biggest brands in the world these days, but in the '70s, it was at a crossroads. Sure, the 911 was ...

Since 1963, an air-cooled (later water-cooled) six-cylinder boxer engine has been used in a car so iconic that both its engine placement and configuration have largely remained unchanged. It's the ...