Porsche Adds 2010 Cayenne S Transsyberia to Line-up
9th September 2008 9:25 pm Porsche
Winning Porsches come in many shapes, and nowhere is the competitive Porsche Motorsport DNA more evident than in the latest version of the thriving Cayenne range — the new race-inspired 2010 Porsche Cayenne S Transsyberia.
The Cayenne S Transsyberia is based on the Cayennes that won one of the most grueling endurance races in the world. The rally marathon, which is held every spring, is a two-week race that traverses Russia, Siberia and Mongolia and covers over 4,400 miles. It is called, simply, the Transsyberia Rally, and slightly modified Porsche Cayenne S models have won this brutally demanding event three times in a row.
The most capable Cayenne yet will be revealed at the up-coming Paris Auto Show, October 4-18 2008.
Just as the Weissach-developed Cayenne S Transsyberia competition models were based on the street version of the Cayenne S, this 2010 special edition, with less than 600 units earmarked for North America, will feature the 405 horsepower, 4.8 liter naturally aspirated, direct fuel injected V8 engine lifted directly from the Cayenne GTS. The Tiptronic S six-speed automatic transmission with a 4.11:1 final drive ratio is standard.
All Cayenne S Transsyberias will be equipped with air suspension and Porsche Active Suspension Management (PASM), which electronically adjusts the shock absorbers to achieve superior ride and handling characteristics.
The permanent all-wheel drive Porsche Traction Management (PTM) system divides the torque between the front and rear, with a 62% rear-bias for greater on-road driving dynamics.
The Cayenne S Transsyberia proudly shows off its winning pedigree. It will be available exclusively in four different color combinations — black with orange accents or crystal silver metallic, also with orange accents. For those desiring a more “stealthy” color combination, the Cayenne S Transsyberia will also available in either black with meteor grey metallic highlights or meteor grey metallic with crystal silver metallic highlights.
With the exception of the meteor grey metallic with crystal silver metallic combination, all Cayenne S Transsyberia will be available with contrasting colored 18-inch Cayenne S II wheels. Contrasting color is also
used on the air intake vent fins, exterior mirror housing and extended bi- plane roof spoiler. In addition, the Cayenne S Transsyberia can be customized to include the decorative “Cayenne S Transsyberia” side strips and offroad roof lights (for vehicles without the optional moonroof) at no additional cost.
The standard front and rear stainless steel skid plates emphasize the off- road character of the Cayenne S Transsyberia. An optional off-road package that features a variable and lockable rear differential, rock rails with integrated skid plates, a reinforced engine-bay guard, and enhanced protection for the fuel tank and rear axle is available. A second towing lug is provided “just in case.”
The Cayenne S Transsyberia also features standard sport seats with Alcantara seat inserts. The standard multifunction steering wheel is also covered in Alcantara and has a “twelve-o’clock” mark at the top of the wheel, as do all of the race-ready Porsche Cayenne S Transsyberias, in the same contrasting color as the exterior.
Porsche starts exchange into new preferred shares
30th August 2008 8:55 am Porsche
New Securities Identification Number applies as from 1 SeptemberStuttgart. Porsche Automobil Holding SE, Stuttgart, will start to exchange the previous preferred shares in Dr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche AG (ISIN DE0006937733) into the relevant new securities of Porsche Automobil Holding SE with the International Securities Identification Number DE000PAH0038 on Monday, 1 September.
Shareholders holding their Porsche shares in own custody may surrender such old securities for exchange to the account-holding bank or a domestic branch office of Commerzbank AG until and including Friday, 5 December 2008. In either case, the correctness of the shares surrendered will be verified and the shareholders will, in exchange for their shares, receive new no-par value shares denominated “Porsche Automobil Holding SE” with a coupon sheet containing coupons no. 1 to no. 20 and the renewal coupon. Certificates for one no-par value share each and global certificates for ten or one hundred no-par value shares each are available.
Delivery will be made in the largest denomination possible, and the shareholders will not incur any costs as a result of the exchange. Old shares not surrendered will be declared void after 5 December 2008.
For shareholders holding their Porsche shares in a securities custody account with a bank, the relevant bank will cause the necessary steps to be taken and such shareholders are not required to take any measures themselves. The only change for them will be a new identification number for their Porsche shares on their account statement as from
1 September. Old share certificates held in individual securities accounts will be exchanged automatically by the relevant custodian bank.
Porsche implements several shareholder resolutions with this share exchange: The extraordinary general meeting of Porsche adopted a resolution on a change of form into a European Company, a Societas Europaea (SE), and a change of name into Porsche Automobil Holding SE on 26 June 2007.
Both measures became effective with the registration of the change of company name and of the change of form in the commercial register at the Local Court of Stuttgart on 13 November 2007.
Furthermore, the first annual general meeting of Porsche Automobil Holding SE on 25 January 2008 adopted a resolution on a capital increase out of retained earnings and on a share split on a ten-for-one basis. Therefore, the share capital now amounts to Euro 175 million and is divided into 87.5 million ordinary and preferred shares each with a proportionate share in the share capital of one Euro each per no-par value share.
With the effectiveness of the change of form into an SE and of the share split, the contents of the previous Porsche shares is no longer correct. Therefore, any previous share certificates denominated “Dr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche Aktiengesellschaft” will be called in and ex-changed for new shares denominated “Porsche Automobil Holding SE”.
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