Entries from January 2008

Porsche Announces Panamera Hybrid

Date January 7, 2008

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 [...]

Cayenne GTS Manual Gearbox MIA?

Date 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?

Date 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!

Date 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

Date 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

Date 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

Date 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

Date 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?

Date 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 [...]