There were too many things from the past two weeks to fit in my Sunday post (that I didn’t get done until Monday). These ones were too good to pass up. Psycho Porsche driver tries to arrest 8 year old boy – Well, this one you’re not going to believe. A Porsche owner tried to [...]
Weekly Porsche Wrap
May 24, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Porsche’s latest hybrid creation…A two-wheel version – Yep, it’s a Porsche bike! Aptly named the Porsche Hybrid RS, it’s a concept mountain bike with electric-drive assistance. A rechargeable battery pack in the shape of a water bottle provides power assistance for up to 30 miles. It will also re-juice itself during downhill riding. The whole [...]
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May 9, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Porsche 911 GT2 RS on it’s way! – Looks like the Porsche 911 GT2 will make it our way this Fall. Over 600+ hp (620 hp is being reported) should be on tap with 0 to 60 mph in 3.2 seconds, 125 mph in under 10 seconds and 185 mph (YES…185 MPH!!!) in less than [...]
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May 2, 2010 By 2 Comments
Porsche slices exhibit at Porsche Museum – Below is a sampling of one of the pics from the layout shown on Notcot.com. It’s an exhibit showing slices of a Porsche 911 to illustrate the various stages of the design process. Pretty cool exhibit and the pictures are worth taking a look at. Porsche recalls ALL [...]
900 Porsche 918 “Buyers” & Made By Hand Videos
April 28, 2010 By 5 Comments
Here’s a couple of things I came across today worth mentioning. First is a Bloomberg post claiming that Porsche has 900 potential buyers for the Porsche 918 Spyder Hybrid. “I’m confident that we will soon reach the threshold of 1,000,” was the comment Wolfgang Duerheimer (Porsche’s development chief) mentioned in an interview at the Beijing [...]
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April 25, 2010 By 4 Comments
Porsche testing a production version of the 911 GT3 R Hybrid? – Spy photographers have captured pictures of what is believed to be a production version of the Porsche 911 GT3 R Hybrid street ready car. They’re claiming the body work is very similar to the race version of the GT3 R Hybrid. It only [...]
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April 18, 2010 By 1 Comment
Porsche GT3 R Hybrid takes 3rd in only it’s second race – This time it was the Nurburgring Long Distance Championship. The drivers Joerg Bergmeister and Wolf Henzler reported the car ran like a dream. Here’s the really cool part…they said they shaved off one pit stop due to the hybrid drivetrain. They saved fuel [...]
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April 13, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Plymouth ahead of Porsche’s time – I ran across this 1998 Plymouth Pronto Spyder concept car on a USA Today post last week and found the similarities to a Porsche-style car very interesting. The Pronto Spyder was revealed at the 1998 Detroit Auto Show and Chrysler seemed pretty set on putting it into production at [...]
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April 4, 2010 By 1 Comment
Porsche GT3 R Hybrid finishes in 6th place – Not too shabby given that this was pitched as primarily a live test opportunity rather than a serious entry into the 24 Hours of Nürburgring. The 6th place finish was in a 4 hour qualifying event at Nürburgring. I don’t know why, because I really am [...]
Porsche U.S. Sales Celebrates the BIG 6-0
March 29, 2010 By Leave a Comment
This isn’t exactly breaking news given that we’re already 3 months into 2010, but I thought this press release from Porsche had some cool little historical tidbits in it. I love the conversation between Max Hoffman and Ferry Porsche below. Spoken like a true salesman! The love affair between Porsche and U.S. motoring enthusiasts began [...]
