Porsche 968 Reviews

Just a couple of months have passed since BMW launched its luxury electric upper-large sedan, the i7, and already a much more wicked version has made its debut at the 2023 Shanghai Auto Show.The 2023 BMW i7 M70 xDrive marks not only the first time BMW has applied an M70 badge to a model, but also launches as the most powerful electric model released by the Munich brand.With a rear electric motor producing 360kW alone, and a front motor making 190kW, the total system output of the i7 M70 is rated at 485kW. The rear electric motor is the most powerful the company currently uses on any of its models, with a power density 25.5 per cent more than that in the i7 xDrive60.The maximum total torque generated by its electric motors is claimed at 1100Nm when launch control is active, while its peaks at 1015Nm under normal driving in Sport Mode.BMW says it will hit 100km/h from a standstill in just 3.7 seconds, about the same time as a Porsche 911 Carrera S - except the i70 M70 weighs over a tonne more, at 2770kg.Its electric driving range reaches up to 560km, tested under the WLTP cycle, with fast charging (up to 195kW) claimed to be able to add 170km of range in a 10 minutes stop.The M70 also comes with a new drive mode called ‘Max Range’ which pretty much does what it says on the tin - reduces performance to save battery and help hit that high-mark for the claimed range.BMW Australia has confirmed the i7 M70 will arrive here by the end of the year, with a fourth-quarter launch planned and a starting price of $344,900 before on-road costs.For reference, the 'lesser' i7 M60 starts from $297,900 in Australia, but both variants come with plenty of features like a rear-seat 31.3-inch theatre screen and 39-speaker Bowers & Wilkins surround sound system.The LED daytime running lights feature Swarovski crystals, and the grille surround can illuminate while driving. Also featuring are M logos and more aggressive M styling to set the pair apart from other 7 Series variants.

Porsche has given its Cayenne SUV a thorough going over, with a refreshed design, tweaked engine choices and big uptick in in-car tech.

Porsche won't officially debut the heavily updated 2024 Porsche Cayenne SUV until late this month, but we know what it looks like thanks to a digital rendering incidentally revealed by the Stuttgart brand.

Manual gearboxes are being killed off by the soulless, unromantic savages who want a car with an automatic transmission. Which is nearly everybody. So, the car manufacturers are making hardly any manual cars now. But for the few beacons of hope trying to save this rare animal from extinction we’ve made a list of new cars still with manuals that are for sale in Australia. But for how much longer?

The first example of the track-focused Chevrolet Corvette Z06 has hit Australian shores ahead of an on-sale date later this year.

Porsche doesn’t offer ‘capped-price servicing’ in the traditional sense, but it does offer indicative service pricing for each service for some of its models.The brand also offers a behind-the-pace three-year and unlimited kilometre warranty, one of only a handful of remaining brands in the Australian market to resist adopting the accepted five-year and unlimited kilometre standard. Terms and pricing are less standardised across its range of vehicles. The more mainstream models, like the Macan SUV, for example, have a schedule of service costs available on the Porsche website or via individual dealer sites, but the brand’s more enthusiast-focused models, like the 911 and Taycan, do not.Servicing for models which do have schedules is not cheap. To take a 2.0-litre turbocharged Macan as an example, servicing costs between $795 and $1500 per visit, for a five-year average of $1077 per annual visit. The Panamera and 718 Boxster/Cayman are similar, but every second service jumps to $895 making the average yearly cost even higher at $1137. Interestingly the price stays the same according to the calculator regardless of whether a 2.0-litre turbocharged four-cylinder engine or a six-cylinder engine is chosen.Most Porsche models require servicing every 12 months or 15,000km, but the 911 requires servicing every 10,000km. Meanwhile, the fully electric Taycan requires servicing every two years or 30,000km.Additionally, the Taycan has a separate battery warranty, covering eight years or 160,000km.In summary: Porsche’s servicing is expensive and not particularly transparent and its warranty is behind the times in the Australian market 4/10If you want to find out more about a specific manufacturer's capped price servicing, please see below:

Australians love wagons. But the advent of SUVs and their sheer popularity against waning sedan sales means that wagon numbers, too, have dropped. From nearly 40 different models to choose from a decade ago, today, that number is down to a dozen... and dropping.

Germany has joined with the likes of the Czech Republic, Germany, Italy, Poland, Romania, Hungary and Slovakia to call for changes to a proposed ban on internal combustion engines by 2035, calling the deadlines unrealistic."The proposal needs changes urge

Porsche's most popular model is going electric, and the brand has now confirmed it's happening soon.

Toyota wants to save the internal combustion engine and believes synthetic fuel is the answer - but not at the current price.