Wow, just a few weeks after saying the Cayenne hybrid would be delayed, Porsche just released details on a planned Panamera hybrid, and they even released an illustration! I think this is the first officially released image of the Panamera from Porsche, so take a good look at the image and see how it compares [...]
Entries from January 2008
Porsche Announces Panamera Hybrid
January 7, 2008
Cayenne GTS Manual Gearbox MIA?
January 3, 2008
All you North American Pcar nuts: see that nice manual transmission lever in the picture above? That may be as close as you come to seeing it in a Cayenne. Dubspeed Driven is reporting that an acquaintance who recently ordered a 6-speed manual Cayenne GTS just received a call from his dealer, telling him the [...]
How Fast is Your PC?
January 3, 2008
Is your PC running too slow? Maybe you just need to stuff it into a Cayenne wheel. Nvidia created this custom PC in an 18″ Cayenne wheel to showcase its new SLI video platform. It features dual exhausts that house the liquid cooling bits, and is wrapped in Bridgestone rubber. I guess if you have [...]
Spy Shots: That Back Seat is Small!
January 3, 2008
Auto Motor und Sport published some new spy shots of the Panamera undergoing testing in Nigeria, including this picture showing what looks like a very cramped rear seat. Seriously? In a car that (to my eye) looks pretty large, that’s all the room there is in the back seat? I guess they are more useful [...]
The Swiss Army 911
January 3, 2008
Well, not exactly. It is matte olive green, and it does come from Switzerland. But it is really the 911 Sportec SPR1. The 802 hp engine gets it from 0 to 60 in about 3 seconds, and the paint job is just wicked cool. Check out the video after the jump of the car undergoing [...]
Jezzi Compares 996 GT3 RS With Ferrari 360 CS
January 3, 2008
Here’s an older video from Top Gear where Jeremy Clarkson compares a (996) 911 GT3 RS with a Ferrari 360 CS. So, how does, as Clarkson puts it, the “jumped-up Volkswagen Beetle” compare with the “scaled-down version of God?” Watch the video to find out. [source: YouTube via The German Car Blog]
Cool Rennsport Reunion Wallpapers from Automobile Magazine
January 3, 2008
Automobile has some cool desktop wallpapers for your computer from the 2007 Rennsport Reunion. Head over to their site to Porsche-ify your desktop! [source: Automobile]
Porsche Design Wins Award
January 3, 2008
Porsche Design has won their eighth iF Product Design Award, this time for the Worldtime P’6750 watch. In addition to the striking design, the watch displays the time in two time zones at once. The award is given by the International Forum Design and will be presented in March at the CeBit Information Technology show. [...]
Will the Next Boxster Look Like This?
January 3, 2008
Will the next Boxster look more like a Carrera GT? Andrei Avarvarii seems to think so. Andrei has never really been a fan of the current Boxster’s styling, so he put together his vision of where he thinks the Boxster styling is going. Andrei gave the car more of a “forward-going” form, and added elements [...]
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