Porsche's Wind-Tunnel Visionary Helped the 2025 Taycan Add 20 Miles of Range. As an aerodynamicist at Porsche, Francesca Cogotti is literally shaping the German automaker's future.

The Frame - Video. Inside Massive Porsche Wind Tunnel Testing Future 911. Posted: May 21, 2025 | Last updated: May 21, 2025. On this feature on FRAME we observe what it takes to design the Porsche ...

A 186-mph wind tunnel is Francesca Cogotti's office. As an aerodynamicist at Porsche's Development Center in Weissach, Germany, Cogotti examines the relationship between the automaker's vehicles and ...

What a shame, because Porsche’s new Performance roof box is. Of course, leave it to Porsche to. ... in the wind tunnel and at license-revoking speeds (in the U.S., anyway).

If you're in the business of winning track days, the Porsche 911 GT3 RS will send your stock upward. With active and adjustable aero elements, the RS may have as much wind-tunnel time as a Boeing.

By the way, Porsche tries to sweeten the deal with a lot of technical talk. For example, the automaker says 160 hours of wind-tunnel fine-tuning delivered impressive aerodynamic results.

Powered by a twin-turbocharged flat-six, a wind-tunnel sculpted body, and an innovative all-wheel-drive system, the Porsche 959 had a top speed of 197 mph (317 kph), making it the fastest ...

Porsche sourced a neglected 996-generation 911 ... The testing involved endurance runs at top speed and wind tunnel testing, probably because Porsche had never put a ducktail on a 996 RS ...

Figure 1: Sketch of wind tunnel shear layer and parameters of the Amiet model. With the Porsche Array System, the majority of the analyses are performed in the frequency domain with the basis of the ...

From the January/February 2025 issue of Car and Driver. A 186-mph wind tunnel is Francesca Cogotti's office. As an aerodynamicist at Porsche's Development Center in Weissach, Germany, Cogotti ...