Gear Patrol

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: Jay Shoemaker |

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…

Don’t have the money to get yourself into a Porsche yet? (ED: pronounced “Por-sha”, for the love of all that is holy and good, please stop saying “poursch”) Well, the high five and six figure price tags may be a barrier to entry, but that doesn’t mean you can’t experience a taste, albeit virtually. The…

[click on image to enlarge] The Porsche Boxster RS 60 Spyder is a tribute to the Porsche 718 RS 60 Spyder that won Sebring 48 years ago. And though it is a limited edition Porsche with only 1960 vehicles being produced it’s probably more likely that your dollars will get you one of these than…

You’re looking at the most expensive variant of the Porsche 911. The 911 Turbo Cabriolet. It marks the third generation of the cabriolet (convertible) and is the best yet. Porsche has made every effort to lose little of the coupe’s dynamic agility while providing top-down summer fun. Expensive fun, nonetheless. Accelerating to 60mph in a…

Evidently the Germans at Porsche HQ have been reading Gear Patrol because they’ve created what appears to be our new spokesvehicle. The Cayenne S Transsyberia. Taking an otherwise staid vehicle and turning it into something I doubt anyone would have imagined coming from the Deutschland factories. Equipped with a 385 horsepower V-8, permanent all wheel…