AnswerRack.com First Drive: 2013 Porsche Panamera GTS
- First Drive: 2013 Porsche Panamera GTS
Life keeps getting better.Mainstream cars keep getting more homogenous. Volkswagen has reduced the number of build combinations for Jetta from 148 to fourteen. Sedans like the Toyota Corolla are sold in huge numbers with just one engine. And even the bestselling car in America, the Toyota Camry, is available with your choice of only three powertrains.
Photo Gallery: First Drive: 2013 Porsche Panamera GTS - Automobile Magazine
Photo Gallery: First Drive: 2013 Porsche Panamera GTS - Automobile Magazine
1973 Porsche 911 Carrera RS Lightweight - The Resurrection
- 1973 Porsche 911 Carrera RS Lightweight - The Resurrection
One war survivor gets a new lease on life.Tales of valuable classic cars turning up as barn finds are the stuff of legend. And when you dig deep into the history and the lives of their owners, the story behind such a car is usually a fascinating one.
Photo Gallery: 1973 Porsche 911 Carrera RS Lightweight - European Car Magazine
Photo Gallery: 1973 Porsche 911 Carrera RS Lightweight - European Car Magazine
First Drive: 2013 Porsche Panamera GTS
- First Drive: 2013 Porsche Panamera GTS
Ring Taxi Redefined: Porsche Builds the Sportiest Panamera -- YetIn master Italian storyteller Umberto Eco's latest novel, "The Prague Cemetery," the despicable and horrifically offensive narrator says, "Their abuse of beer makes them incapable of having the slightest notion of their vulgarity, and the height of this vulgarity is that they feel no shame in being German." I mention this not only because it's funny (in an admittedly cruel way), but because recently the gathered worldwide automotive media was told -- by a man with a straight face -- that power-wise, the new Porsche Panamera GTS "nicely fills the gap" between the 400-horsepower Panamera 4S and the 500-horsepower Turbo. Perhaps more unbelievably, the GTS marks the ninth (ninth!) iteration of the Panamera. Ford (somehow) hasn't even dreamed up that many versions of the Mustang, and keep in mind there are 22 flavors of Porsche 911 currently for sale. To cop Mr. Eco's style for a moment -- he did write "The Infinity of Lists," after all -- the choices range from Panamera, Panamera 4, Panamera S, Panamera 4S, Panamera Diesel, Panamera S Hybrid, Panamera Turbo, and Panamera Turbo S to this car, the new Panamera GTS. How German is that?inline_mediumwraptextright0035346119/roadtests/sedans/1201_2013_porsche_panamera_gts_first_drive2013-Porsche-Panamera-GTS-front-end-in-motion-2.jpgtrue
Photo Gallery: 2013 Porsche Panamera GTS First Drive - Motor Trend
Photo Gallery: 2013 Porsche Panamera GTS First Drive - Motor Trend
2011 Porsche 911 GT2 RS - Proven
- 2011 Porsche 911 GT2 RS - Proven
This 2011 Porsche 911 GT2 RS receives a few upgrades via GIAC software and GMG Racing.Itâs a question of some import: How do you improve upon the most bad-ass 911 the Porsche factory has ever produced? A car that carries the marketing tagline âRespect requiredâ and has earned the ominous nickname of âWidowmaker.â
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Porsche Cayenne Turbo S - Dear Hanzy
- Porsche Cayenne Turbo S - Dear Hanzy
A Porsche Cayenne Turbo S finds its way into this months Dear Hanzy as it's chased down by a pack of 911s.Mein Hanzy:
Like a scene from a North American version of Mad Max, I recently found myself beset upon by a pack of raging Porsches the likes of which I have never before seen. Squinting into my rearview mirror, I watched, horrified, as they began to chase after me, fanning out with a wail like Teutonic banshees that easily infiltrated the sepulchral silence normally dominating the cabin of my borrowed Cayenne Turbo S. I stabbed at the accelerator and provoked the turbos into force-feeding the big V8, feeling its enormous torque claw into the pavement as if this incredible machine, given enough traction, could arrest the Earthâs rotation. I felt my face flatten and my spine shrink as I was pressed deeper and deeper into the folds of the luxurious seat and the Cayenne rocketed down the road, leaving all but the best of the turbo 911s and GT cars in her generous wake. I was gathering some serious speed down a long straight section of roadway, far beyond what I am normally accustomed to. I could sense my vision beginning to narrow as my thundering world morphed into a blur like an impressionist painting, and I was soon caught inside a frightening form of tunnel vision not unlike peering through a periscope. Only instead of making six or seven knots, my speedometer was well into triple digits and rising with an exuberance that can only be described as maniacal. I had two and a half tons of extruded and pressed steel about to shatter the sound barrier when I became aware of a long turn in my immediate future. I glanced in my rearview mirror and could see that I was holding my own, but I knew I was going way too fast for the upcoming turn. I warily pondered the big Porscheâs impressive bulk.
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2013 Porsche Boxster: Zuffenhausen's New Gateway Drug
- 2013 Porsche Boxster: Zuffenhausen's New Gateway Drug
What We Know So Far About Porscheâs RoadsterThe newest generation of the Boxster, chassis code 981, benefits from many of the same technological advancements found in the 991. The base flat-six has shed 200cc of displacement going from 2.9-liters to 2.7-liters. Everyone of those lost cc's came from a shortening of stroke, going from 77.5mm down to 72.5mm, roughly 0.2-inches, allowing the smaller engine to rev higher in search of more power. This helps the smaller base engine pick up an additional 10-horsepower, 265-horsepower total, along with help from an upgraded Siemens engine management system and the direct fuel injection system from its bigger brother. The smarter computer coupled with the cylinder cooling effect and more efficient mixture stratification of the direct injection has allowed Porsche to bump the compression ratio from 11.5:1 to a race car worthy 12.5:1. More squeeze and better injection still couldn't make up for the smaller displacement in torque. The new engine loses 7-lb-ft although it can produce peak torque for an extra 500 rpm, with 207-lb-ft being available from 4400-6500 rpm.inline_mediumwraptextright0039893088/roadtests/coupes/1201_2013_porsche_boxster2013-Porsche-Boxster-S-front-three-quarterse.jpgtrue
Photo Gallery: 2013 Porsche Boxster - Zuffenhausen's New Gateway Drug - Motor Trend
Photo Gallery: 2013 Porsche Boxster - Zuffenhausen's New Gateway Drug - Motor Trend
GMG WC-GT2RS - Wicked Fast
- GMG WC-GT2RS - Wicked Fast
Rennen with the wind.When the 997-generation GT2 received its mid-life update in 2010, Porsche upped the engine output ante to a deadly serious 620 hp. It was sufficient to make it the most powerful production Porsche in history. So the factory saw fit, and rightly so, to slap those two legendary letters at the end of the numeric designationââRSââand call it good. Only 500 examples were slated for production worldwide, and the orders were all filled in what could have only been hours after the announcement.
Photo Gallery: GMG WC-GT2RS - European Car Magazine
Photo Gallery: GMG WC-GT2RS - European Car Magazine
Porsche Celebrates Building 100,000th Second-Generation Cayenne
- Porsche Celebrates Building 100,000th Second-Generation Cayenne
Porsche today commemorated two big milestones: the company built the 100,000th example of the second-generation Cayenne SUV, and also celebrated the tenth anniversary of its plant in Leipzig, Germany, that assembles both the Cayenne and the Panamera sedan.Porsche today commemorated two big milestones: the company built the 100,000th example of the second-generation Cayenne SUV, and also celebrated the tenth anniversary of its plant in Leipzig, Germany, that assembles both the Cayenne and the Panamera sedan.
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