VW and Audi want Panamera technology
As Porsche digests more of VW (preparing for the inevitable buyout), the good news for VW and Audi fans is that technology transfer will go both ways. The latter two companies want to make their vehicles more svelte, and the tech that keeps the Panamera light on its wheels could be the trick they want to use. It's been conjectured elsewhere that VW might share the Panamera's bespoke chassis for a vehicle of its own creation, but that's a bit of a stretch considering the Wolfsburg brand's more proletariat image.As far as a technology swap in the other direction, Porsche Chief Designer Wolfgang Durheimer has said that the 911, Boxster and Cayman will also be getting the VW/Audi-sourced direct-injection engines recently placed in the Cayenne, as well as DSG transmissions.
[Source: Auto News, sub req'd]
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GT 6:34PM (11/20/2007)
wait, so they're ditching the flat-6s? can someone plz clear this up for me?
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naggs 6:42PM (11/20/2007)
yeah, wtf?
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Yago Bal 6:42PM (11/20/2007)
I'm sure that's not the exact truth... Probably they'll upgrade the boxer engines with VW technology, which is a different thing.
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dixon 6:50PM (11/20/2007)
Wait a minute Volkswagen owns:
-Audi
-Bentley
-Bugatti
-Lamborghini
-SEAT
-Skoda
-Volkswagen
and Porsche owns 31% VW and plans to buy more of
VW, what would a Audi,Bent, Buga,Lambo,Pors auto
look like and drive like thats some powerful
name plates in the auto biz....This is huge for Porsche!
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porcupine 7:08PM (11/20/2007)
more crap from autoblog. the direct injection >technology< will be added to those porsche models. not the engines.
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Sam 7:17PM (11/20/2007)
Wow, Porsche. I see another 'merger of equals.' Porsches without the boxer I6 are like BMW's with front wheel drive.... monsters (I'm looking at you, Cayenne).
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steve 7:55PM (11/20/2007)
thats cool cuz audis are bloated pigs
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HeyHuub 6:06AM (11/21/2007)
At least the A8 dispite it's AWD is lighter then the RWD BMW 7 and Merc S class counterparts.
akatsuki 11:40PM (11/20/2007)
Wonderful, more badge engineering. And now they are sucking Porsche into it more and more. The Cayenne is a travesty. The fact that it is a Toureg/Q7 with a bigger engine doesn't help any either...
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Gooch 9:47AM (11/21/2007)
Are boxer engines considered "inline"? Horizontally opposed is more like it...
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Son House 11:07AM (11/21/2007)
Well, if there's one good thing to come from this, it's DSG replacing the current Porsche automatics (Tiptronic or whatever they're calling it these days).
High technology is usually supposed to trickle down, right? But it's been in the VW GTI for some years, now in the Mitsubishi EVO X, and soon in the Nissan GT-R that's snapping at the 911 Turbo's heels. About time Porsche hopped on the DSG bandwagon.
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Son House 11:14AM (11/21/2007)
And before someone says it, yes, I know that Porsche did make the first 'DSG' (Porsche Doppelkupplung actually) in the 80's for its 956 and 962 racers. But they didn't drop it in their street cars, unfortunately.