Bespoke Barroom Brawler
Let’s start with the near absurdity of a four-door Porsche, on the heels of the ridiculously successful Cayenne, which no Porsche enthusiast thought should be built. The Panamera was never meant to compete with the BMW 7-Series, the Mercedes S-Class or the Audi A8, though comparos almost always include the four in a heated battle [...]
Price of perfection? Starts around $96,000.
Let’s get this out of the way. The 2012 Porsche 911 Carrera S crushes miles. It crushes miles on grand tours, it crushes them on B-roads, it even crushes them on boring commutes. From the moment you turn the key — Porsche thankfully forgoes the start button frippery — to the raucous score of the [...]
Not so mellow yellow
Stick a random sampling of certified “car nuts” into a room with instructions to create a top ten list, and you’ll likely find the 1989 Porsche RUF CTR, better known as the Yellowbird, on that list. While we usually don’t consult eBay for you, our discerning readers, one of only six aluminum Yellowbirds ever produced, [...]
Perfecting perfection
Another Porsche 911? Really? What else can they change with this automotive icon? Prepare yourself. No miniscule aesthetic changes such as little headlight and taillight tweaks. That’s for sure. This new version — known inside Porsche as the 991 — is different beyond expectations. 90% of the new car is reworked. With a stretched wheelbase [...]
Makes going topless classy
The Porsche Boxster is surely here to stay as evidenced by its success, critics’ raves and the fact that Porsche has done it up even better than before with an early taste of their all-new 2013 Porsche Boxster. Though the reworking is nothing earth-shattering, the sheetmetal is clearly an upgrade. It’s downright gorgeous in our [...]
This short film was put together by the TRG racing team and chronicles the final event of the American Le Mans Series in 2011. Dubbed Le Petit Le Mans: Road Atlanta, as the name implies, the event is designed as a mini version of the renowned Le Mans endurance race and ends only after 1,000 [...]
How do you say "Ninja" in German?
Fact: silver is not the new black. Black never left. One need only look at the numerous special black edition cars emerging from the darkness these days for confirmation. Porsche is clearly no exception to this, with the new 2012 Cayman S Black Edition. With a 10 horsepower bump to 330, the 3.4 liter flat [...]
Ferdinand would be proud
Porsche churns out versions of its classic and never long-in-the-tooth 911 like the Alien mother drops chest-bursters, furiously. Now, they’ve come up with their final iteration of the 997 chassis, the 2011 Porsche 911 GT3 RS 4.0 ($185,000), the most powerful naturally aspirated 911 today. Let’s do the numbers. 4.0 liter 6-cylinder emitting an overly [...]
Bring the family... and terrify them with 750 hp
Why be satisfied with a mere 500 horsepower in a four-door sedan when you could bump it up to 750. That seems to be the mindset Edo Competition had when they schemed up this “Moby Dick” modification to the Porsche Panamera. All of that added power allows their version of the luxury sedan (if you [...]
Scientific terror
Claiming 767 horsepower and “hybrid” aren’t what you’d expect to see in the same sentence, but the Porsche 918 RSR does just that. Marrying a high winding mid-mounted V8 and two front-wheel electric motors, the Porsche can generate a monstrous 767 horsepower for 8 second bursts. Porsche has even endowed the front motors with their [...]
What a way to be green
In a world where single letter monikers demarcate unique editions, Porsche reserves “R” for its special, very special cars. Coming this February, the 2012 Porsche Cayman R ($66,000-$91,000) will arrive to driving enthusiasts’ delight with 10 more horsepower (330 total) and 120 less pounds. Porsche acheives the weight reduction through aluminum door skins, lighter 19″ [...]
Pardon Our Slackjaw...
2011 Porsche 911 GT2 RS. Somewhere between those model designation numbers reads: fastest street-legal Porsche on the road. The three thousand some-odd pound Porsche 911 GT2 RS is packed with a pavement stretching 620 horsepower, giving it a 0-60 mph time of 3.4 seconds and 205 mph top speed. The entire gift of speed is [...]
Porsche Discovers Rear Doors Courtesy: Porsche North America Porsche (pour-sha) is calling the Panamera a “Four-Door Grand Touring Sports Car.” We suppose they deserve the right to call it whatever they want, but we’ll fondly refer to it as a Porsche for the unselfish father. Throw in a couple of child seats in the rear, [...]
By Sajeev Mehta | The Truth About Cars There I was cutting, clipping and carving corners in the ultimate Porsche 911, balancing the need for speed with self-control. I felt like an Olympic skier or Iron Chef. But there was an element missing from the GT2 experience, a deficiency that niggled like a loose ski [...]
