Posted in Future Cars, Luxury vehicles, Sports cars on May 29th, 2012
Heritage is important to Porsche. The company has sold the 911, which is a great car but not particularly exciting to look at, and hasn’t been for quite some time, based in large part on its heritage. Porsche owes some of the credit for the 911’s heritage, and the love the car has seen over […]
Posted in Luxury vehicles, Porsche, Sports cars on May 11th, 2012
Porsche is planning a smaller sedan than the Panamera named the Pajun that will compete with the Mercedes-Benz E-Class, Audi A6 and BMW 5-Series. The Pajun, which will start at around $85,000, will go on sale in 2017. Porsche is expanding its line to more thoroughly compete with premium competitors like BMW, Mercedes-Benz and Audi. […]
Posted in Future Cars, Porsche, Sports cars, Technology on Feb 1st, 2012
Porsche is planning to use a tri-turbocharged engine for the next generation 911 Turbo. The Porsche 911 991 Turbo will be powered by a 3.8-liter horizontally opposed six-cylinder engine, this much remains the same, with three turbochargers instead of the current generation’s two. The triple-turbo 911 engine would use one small turbo that spools quickly […]
Posted in Future Cars, Porsche, Sports cars on Jan 12th, 2012
The 2013 Porsche Boxster has been revealed, and the new entry level Porsche will have better looks, better performance and better fuel economy than the current generation. The new Boxster will use swoopier body styling than the current model, which could be interpreted as chasing the awful flame-surfacing trend, but because it looks good, it’s […]
Posted in Automotive on Sep 28th, 2011
For drivers who have never seen a modern upsized gearshift, future versions of the Chevrolet Corvette are promising to provide a real revelation in auto design. The most recent news for this classic specialty vehicle is that the 2014 version of Chevy’s Corvette C7 will come with a seven speed manual transmission, which will be […]
Posted in Automotive on Sep 8th, 2011
With 2012 models hitting dealer’s lots in America, the Porsche brand is setting out to show off its own new car, the 2012 Porsche 911 Carrera, at the Frankfurt auto show later this month. In an August 23 press release, Porsche outlines some of the attributes of this new model, including re-designed contours, a longer […]
Posted in Future Cars, Porsche, Sports cars on Apr 27th, 2011
The 2011 Porsche 911 GT3 RS 4.0 will be officially revealed later this week, but pictures of the new super-Porsche were leaked on the Teamspeed forum and can be seen here. The 911 GT3 RS 4.0 will be a limited edition road legal 500-hp race car with rear-wheel drive and a six-speed stick shift. The […]
Posted in Hybrids, New cars, Porsche, Sports cars on Jul 29th, 2010
The Porsche 918 Spyder hybrid supercar has been given the green light for production. Porsche revealed the concept for the 918 Spyder at the Geneva motor show, but made no official decision on the car’s future until Wednesday. The “overwhelming response” from the public was cited as the reason behind Porsche’s decision to go ahead […]
Posted in Acura, Ford, Hyundai, Lexus, Quality, Toyota on Jun 18th, 2010
J.D. Power has announced the results of its 2010 Initial Quality Study and Porsche has come out on top. Each year, J.D. Power ranks automakers based on customer complaints. This year was a great one for American automakers and a bad one for Toyota, which fell from seventh place in the rankings to 21st. Toyota’s […]
Posted in Luxury vehicles, New cars, Porsche, Sports cars on May 10th, 2010
The next generation Porsche 911 GT2 RS has been revealed at a dealer meeting in Germany. The Porsche 911 is a fast car in any form, but the GT2 is basically a race car for the streets. The 911 GT2 RS will be even more impressive than the GT2, and will be the fastest Porsche […]
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