Category Archives: Porsche
- July 12, 2010
- Porsche 918 Spyder reportedly to fetch half a million euros apiece
Say what you will about Porsche, its diversification into four-door sedans and SUVs at the cost of its racing program, and its plot to take over the world.
Push come to shove, the German automaker isn’t the type to roll out a show car just to raise some eyebrows before relegating it to a museum somewhere [...]
- July 7, 2010
- Sportec Porsche shows new model 911Sportec SPR1R
Sportec presents a new sport package for the 911 model.
Sportec introduced this year in England for a sport package model 911. The new package is based on package SPR1, tuning package that has impressed the world’s last year. Swiss tuner has managed to reduce vehicle weight to 50 kg. This was [...]
- May 13, 2010
- 2011 Porsche 911 GT2 RS officially revealed, laps Nurburgring in 7:18– also posted in Supercars
After a couple of leaks here and there, the 2011 Porsche 911 GT2 RS has finally been revealed. The new 911 GT2 RS will make its world debut in August at the Moscow Auto Show and will go on sale in the U.S. in October with a starting price tag of $245,000.
Power comes from [...]
- February 16, 2010
- Porsche Museum– also posted in General
The new Porsche museum stands on a conspicuous junction just outside Porsche Headquarters in Zuffenhausen. The display area covers 5600 square meters featuring around 80 exhibits, many rare cars and a variety of historical models.
The museum was designed by the architects Delugan Meissl. The design concept is based on a model by HG Merz who [...]
- February 5, 2010
- Wald International takes on Rolls, Porsche, Jaguar, BMW and Infiniti… all at the same time– also posted in Bentley, BMW, Infiniti, Jaguar, Rolls-Royce
Tuners typically roll out one package at a time. When a big tuner show like SEMA comes around, maybe a couple at a time. But Japanese tuning firm Wald International is launching five body kits for some of the most desirable top-of-the-line luxury sedans, all at the same time.
Included in Wald’s plans are aero kits [...]
- August 20, 2009
- Porsche unveils sportier 2010 911 GT3 RS
Hot on the heels of introducing its latest 911 Turbo model, Porsche has unveiled details and photos of its 2010 911 GT3 RS.
The new model gets a host of upgrades that should make it even more potent, including an additional horsepower from a naturally aspirated 3.8-liter flat-six (previously 3.6-liter) that brings total output to 450 [...]
- April 28, 2009
- Porsche Panamera configurator appears
With the launch of the Porsche Panamera configurator, you can finally build the sedan from Stuttgart to your own specs.
Starting with an untouched 500 hp, $132,600 Turbo model that scoots to sixty in just four seconds, we came up with the $181,170 Mahogany Metallic example above.
Even though we left a great many options unchecked and [...]
- February 15, 2009
- Porsche Test Driver Dies Testing Pre-Production 911– also posted in Spy Photos
A 51-year-old died in Germany this morning following an accident involving a Porsche 911 cabrio prototype. The victim, a Porsche engineer, was driving the car on the A5 Autobahn when he lost control and slammed into a guard rail.
The one-car accident happened at 2:45am just past the Weiterstadt exit on the motorway. Photos of the [...]
- September 30, 2008
- German Supertuner RUF Building an Electric Porsche– also posted in Electric Cars
The speedmeisters at German tuning haus RUF are hard at work developing an electric version of the Porsche Cayman that could go head-to-head with the Tesla Roadster, and we could see it as early as next month.
The car will feature a 150-kilowatt motor (about 201 horsepower) producing 479 ft-pounds of torque, and its lithium-ion battery [...]
- June 21, 2008
- Video: A dozen Carrera GTs take to the streets– also posted in Videos
You are one of those lucky souls who happens to own a Porsche Carrera GT. You love it: the way it looks, the way it sounds, the way it drives.
So you’re sitting in your garage, staring at your CGT, wondering what it would take to get a few buddies together who also happen to have [...]
