February 10, 2012

Weekly Porsche Wrap

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Bust an eardrum with the Burmester audio package in the Porsche Cayenne – I’m not sure if this is a completely new option, but being a guy who loves to crank the tunes in the car, I had to mention it. It looks like the latest iteration of the Burmester sound system will appear as [...]

Weekly Porsche Wrap

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Sorry, I’m really late in the week on this one. Gone for a few days, then the week has gotten away from me. Still some interesting things happening last week. Porsche Design releases one heck of a sexy new phone – I don’t know that I’ve ever seen a Porsche Design phone in person, yet [...]

Porsche Says “NO” To Smaller Version Of The Cayenne

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Autocar.co.uk reported on Monday that Porsche has ruled out the baby version of the Porsche Cayenne: The Porsche Cayenne will be the smallest SUV built by the manufacturer, as it fears a smaller car would steal sales from the bigger car’s sales. Company insiders have told Autocar that they believe that there is strong evidence [...]

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Porsche 918 Spyder unofficially, officially a “go” – Michael Macht told Autocar last week that Porsche was committed to building the 918 Spyder. He admitted that the positive reaction to the 918 had swayed opinion within Porsche. “There is no one inside Porsche who doesn’t want to build the 918,” Macht said. “The response has [...]

Porsche 918 Spyder Concept ROCKS!

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I’m sure you’ve seen plenty on the Porsche 918 Spyder concept car released recently at the Geneva Motor Show. I thought I’d throw my two cents in about the car. Simply put…it ROCKS!!! (end of post, no need to read any further) The Porsche 918 Spyder concept is an ultra-efficient, low-emission, mid-engine supercar that pushes [...]

Porsche Premieres At Geneva Motor Show

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I stumbled on the Porsche 918 Spyder yesterday morning, but didn’t have time to post about it. I also saw a Web Special set up for live streaming of Porsche’s Premieres event live. You need to jump out and watch the event now. Pretty cool and you can see the new Cayenne Hybrid, the GT3 [...]

Weekly Porsche Wrap

Porsche Type 64 on it’s way to the States – I hadn’t realized it, but for the first time ever, Porsche Type 64 is leaving German soil. It will be part of the “Allure of the Automobile” exhibit Porsche is sponsoring in Atlanta. The exhibit runs from March 21 thru June 20, 2010. This presents [...]

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Uwe Gemballa kidnapped? – German police are fearing the worst for Gemballa’s founder, Uwe Gemballa. He went missing last week while in Johannesburg, South Africa. He was supposed to be there for 3 days to discuss expanding Gemballa into the country. A German car site, GTspirit.com, reported Uwe phoned his wife shortly after arriving in [...]

Porsche Driver Training Options

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Everyone wants to be a better driver. Actually, every Porsche enthusiast wants to be a better driver. That’s probably more accurate. I think it comes with the territory when you love Porsche cars. Largely because driver training often comes with the opportunity to go fast in a controlled environment (or at least that’s how it [...]

Weekly Porsche Wrap

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New Porsche 911 Turbo S web special – This isn’t Porsche’s best effort at a web special, in my opinion, but it’s got a couple of cool videos definitely worth watching and some opportunity to explore excellent, Porsche-quality pictures of the car. I’m excited about seeing this car in person. Check out the site for [...]