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Porsche Wants To Build The 918 Hybrid Supercar

bo — Sat, 13 Mar 2010 06:54:22 +0000

So it seems Porsche is serious about building a hybrid supercar, and knowing Porsche, they don’t do concept cars for nothing. With R&D sharing with VW and the launch of the hybrid Cayenne, don’t bet against the 918 hybrid. Also expect the evolution of the design language to make it to the next Boxster, just look at the interior shot!

Porsche Wants To Build The 918 Hybrid Supercar | Autopia | Wired.com.

The Joy Of Cooking… On A Porsche

bo — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 05:29:35 +0000

I’ll have mine medium rare with a dash of flat six please.

The Joy Of Cooking… On A Porsche – Porsche – Jalopnik.

Porsche’s ‘Grandma’ Is L.A. Auto Show’s Coolest Car | Autopia | Wired.com

bo — Sat, 12 Dec 2009 00:30:11 +0000

Porsche’s ‘Grandma’ Is L.A. Auto Show’s Coolest Car | Autopia | Wired.com.

Porsche Family Tree TVC Ad

bo — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 23:53:08 +0000

This is the best 60 seconds you can ever spend on Youtube.

Porsche takeover will make Volkswagen world’s number one

bo — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 01:31:21 +0000

After the unsuccessful takeover bid of Volkswagen by Porsche, Volkswagen is now reversing the bid and taking over Porsche to form the world’s largest automaker. Will we be seeing Porsche hatchbacks or Volkswagen roadsters? Or even a mid engined V10 Porsche? Whatever the outcome, it’s great news for Porsche fans. While Volkswagen as a group brings the average fuel consumption down to meet Euro CO2 requirements, Porsche will still be able to produce fire breathing 911 Turbos. A Win win for all involved I’d say.

Porsche takeover will make Volkswagen world’s number one – Corporate News – livemint.com.

Porsche Boxster Spyder

bo — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 05:26:23 +0000

Not quite a mini Carrera GT is it?

Porsche Boxster Spyder | Car News | Sports Cars | evo.

BVM Car of the day – Porsche Boxster

bo — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 20:42:04 +0000

Porsche has always been the aspirational badge, they are expensive enough to maintain their exclusive image, yet not too expensive to be out of reach for most. With more than 10 years since Porsche released the Boxster, they have never been as affordable. The 911 fanatics will say that the Boxster is the car you buy if you can’t afford a ‘proper’ 911, be it as it may, you will not for a moment feel like you’re losing out when you’re in here. Besides, without the Boxster, Porsche as we know it might not even exists today being on the brink of bankruptcy in the mid nineties.

Although the 911 might be the quintessential Porsche, the Boxster due to its mid-engine layout is logically the better handling car. The weight of the engine sits within the wheelbase keeping the rotational inertia low which gives the Boxster its handling prowess. This is the car that you want to take out on a Sunday to find a secluded road, to push the car through the turns with the roof down. The innate balance of the Boxster is such that you learn to trust the car’s abilities giving you confidence to take yourself to the limit. You will soon be cornering much faster in the Boxster than in the 911. The Boxster is by no means the fastest car around, but again in this case, especially on the road, you feel like you’re in control all the time. The flat six engine produces a raspy howl that is recognisable as pure Porsche and pushes the relatively lightweight body with ease.

The steering is communicative and it telegraphs your intentions to the wheels. In fact, all the controls are perfectly weighted, adding to the tactility of the whole driving experience. The gear change, throttle, brakes and even the turn signal stalks have a consistent weight and feel to them. This is something the Germans do best and is often overlooked by most manufacturers. Enjoying a car is not just about pure numbers, it’s often the minute details that inexplicably makes one car great and another just good.

This particular Boxster is the S, with the 3.2l engine. However, you will not be disappointed whichever engine you choose. At the asking price of $44,000 and with much of the depreciation already taken out of the equation, the Boxster is certainly within easy reach for most. True it will most probably be a 2nd car, but it can most definitely serve as a daily driver. It has 2 boots, one in front and one in the rear making the Boxster the roadster with the most luggage space. Porsches are also reliable and few things do go wrong. Servicing is relatively reasonable by supercar standards and oil changes are done in 20,000km intervals. I think the question now is whether to take the black or silver.

Pros: Handling, steering

Cons: Yuppie image problems

Via Carsales