A 93-year-old man drove for 76 years without an accident. But when he ended that streak, he did so in grand fashion. Jack Higgs was driving his Ford Fiesta through the parking lot of a Porsche shop in Wales when he lost control and hit a Carrera 2, then flipped over onto another 911. He [...]

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Wow, how cool is this? John Barker from Winding Road got to drive an actual Paris-Dakar 959 on the streets in Banbury, England. Read his full account here, then dream of 959s all night long… [source: Winding Road]

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The German Car Blog is reporting that a Porsche Cayenne Diesel was spotted undergoing cold testing in Sweden. According to the tipsters, they said the Cayenne definitely refueled at a “black pump” (which must me a diesel pump in Sweden) and the engine had the unmistakeable sound of a diesel. Rumors say the oil-burning pepper [...]

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Last year, Porsche debuted special Cayennes for the Transsyberia race. A Cayenne ended up winning, and 8 of the top 10 finishers were Porsches. It looks like they are going to do it again. They have just released details on a new “upgrade package” for the Cayenne S Transsyberia entrants to spice them up. The [...]

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The 911 GT2 is the fastest road-going 911 ever built. But apparently it isn’t fast enough for some. The folks over at SpeedART just unveiled their BTR-XS 650 911 GT2. Unlike most tuner Porsches, the body mods on this are are very tastefully done. But the real news is in the back. SpeedART has added [...]

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Dan Neil wrote a review of the 911 GT2 for The LA Times. He’s got quite the writing style. Like when he says the GT2 is “like cutting a line out of a kilo of cocaine and then snorting the kilo.” Or this description of the GT2′s launch control: Toggle through the menu on the [...]

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