Air to Water

Hans Mezger

Hans Mezger

Hans Mezger shaped Porsche from the inside out.  He joined Porsche in 1956 and quickly became central to the company’s racing engines. His work was not limited to one program....

Hans Mezger

Hans Mezger shaped Porsche from the inside out.  He joined Porsche in 1956 and quickly became central to the company’s racing engines. His work was not limited to one program....

Norbert Singer

Norbert Singer

Norbert Singer did not arrive at Porsche as a headline figure. He arrived as an engineer. Methodical. Precise. Focused on making cars faster over distance, not just over a single...

Norbert Singer

Norbert Singer did not arrive at Porsche as a headline figure. He arrived as an engineer. Methodical. Precise. Focused on making cars faster over distance, not just over a single...

996 - GT3

996 - GT3

By the late 1990s, the 911 had moved on. Water cooling replaced air. The shape changed. The car grew more capable, more refined, more usable. It was faster in every...

996 - GT3

By the late 1990s, the 911 had moved on. Water cooling replaced air. The shape changed. The car grew more capable, more refined, more usable. It was faster in every...

911 Carrera 2.7 RS

911 Carrera 2.7 RS

Where weight became the enemy There was no grand reinvention here. No clean-sheet redesign. No dramatic shift in architecture. The 911 stayed exactly what it had always been. Rear-engined. Narrow-bodied....

911 Carrera 2.7 RS

Where weight became the enemy There was no grand reinvention here. No clean-sheet redesign. No dramatic shift in architecture. The 911 stayed exactly what it had always been. Rear-engined. Narrow-bodied....

930 - Widowmaker

930 - Widowmaker

The 911 was never slow. But it was never this. The 930 didn’t refine the formula. It stretched it to the edge of what the platform could handle. More power....

930 - Widowmaker

The 911 was never slow. But it was never this. The 930 didn’t refine the formula. It stretched it to the edge of what the platform could handle. More power....

Water Cooled

Water Cooled

Expansion without losing intent The shift to water cooling was not a reset. It was an expansion. By the late 1990s, the air-cooled engine had reached its limit. Regulations tightened....

Water Cooled

Expansion without losing intent The shift to water cooling was not a reset. It was an expansion. By the late 1990s, the air-cooled engine had reached its limit. Regulations tightened....