Entries Categorized as 'Misc'

Follow Sabine Around the ‘Ring

Date March 30, 2008

Here is a cool vid featuring everyone’s favorite Nurburgring driver, Sabine Schmitz. In this video, you are in a 996 GT3 following Sabine in a BMW M3. If I lived close to the Ring, I’d be broke. Oh, and you’d NEVER catch me riding around the Ring on a motorcycle. Insanity. [source: Google Video]

Buy Jerry Seinfeld’s Rare 911 Turbo S

Date March 30, 2008

TruSpeed MotorCars has a very interesting and rare 993 Turbo S for sale. But this isn’t just any Turbo S coupe. This is the very first Turbo S coupe built (out of 175 total,) and it was built specially for Jerry Seinfeld. It is the only one produced in Turquoise Blue. This car has 8,040 [...]

Volga-Cayenne

Date February 18, 2008

Wow. You just have to see this to believe it. Some Russians took the body of a 1957 Volga, painted it all up with a Stalin paint job, and place it on top of a Cayenne Turbo chassis. You can clearly see the Cayenne engine in the photo above, but trust me, you have to [...]

Natural Gas Speedster?

Date February 9, 2008

Wow, check this out. French company PGO Auto will unveil this natural gas powered 356 replica at the Geneva Auto Show in March. Called the Cévennes Turbo-CNG roadster, this car has a 1.6 liter turbocharged I4 that runs on compressed natural gas. It has a compression ratio of 11:1 and produces 150 hp and 155 [...]

Wanna Roll Like a Real Playboy?

Date February 9, 2008

One of Hugh Hefner’s girlfriends, Holly Madison, has just put her custom Cayenne S up on ebay. If you’ve ever dreamed of visiting the famous Playboy mansion, then bid on this Cayenne. The winner gets to pick it up at Hef’s famous residence. Good luck! Click here to view the auction on ebay. [source: ebay]

Russian Model/Bodyguard Dies Defending Her Cayenne from Carjackers

Date January 30, 2008

29-year-old Anna Loginova, described as Russia’s “most famous” female bodyguard was killed while trying to prevent her Cayenne from being carjacked in Moscow. Loginova hung on to the door handle as the carjacker took off in her Cayenne and was dragged along the street at high speed until she fell off and died from head [...]

Crazy: VW Transporter Modded with 911 Twin Turbo Engine

Date January 11, 2008

What do you do when you want to add a little “zip” to your VW Transporter? Drop a 911 Turbo engine into it, of course! This monster VW T5 now does 0 to 62 in 5.1 seconds, and hits a top speed of over 165 mph. The Berlin guy who created this has already sold [...]

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 [...]

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 Carma Concept

Date November 28, 2007

A group of design students from the Institute SupĂ©rieur de Design in France worked to create an “extreme sportscar which could also be suitable for every-day use” and chose Porsche as their muse. I’d say they did a pretty good job, but I’m not too sure how suitable it would be for everyday use. Check [...]