Just last week DRIVE published a video review of the 918 by Chris Harris that was long on detail but not necessarily a glowing recommendation for the new Porsche supercar. While we think Chris made some good points in his commentary we also felt he contradicted himself a few times too. Regardless, if you haven't yet watched that video, we highly recommend you take a few minutes and do so. Not only …
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Last week, on the 15th of May, the Porsche plant in Leipzig, Germany, produced the 100,000th Panamera. Not bad considering it was introduced just four short years ago.
The milestone vehicle is a new Panamera S E-Hybrid in “rhodium-silver metallic”. This vehicle, the world’s first plug-in hybrid of the luxury class, made its debut before a world audience at the Shanghai Auto Show at …
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It isn’t often, but occasionally you will encounter an automotive “build” that is more than the sum of its proverbial parts. When that does happen, it is something to be celebrated. In the vein of modifying every component of a car in such a way that it cannot be deemed the same car, Seduction Motorsports of Phoenix, AZ have taken the concept of the 550 Spyder “kit” and delivered it …
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Chris Harris was among a number of journalists invited to Porsche's Leipzig track to drive the Porsche 918. Chris was only allowed 3 laps in the 918, but the video covers the best points of the technical presentation from the visit and provides tons and tons of details in a succinct and compact fashion. Enjoy!
A Few Things To Point Out
Chris makes some good points, interesting comments - …
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Porsche factory driver and CORE autosport driver, Patrick Long, took time out of race preparation at Laguna Seca late last week to film this short tech segment explaining the differences between a Porsche 911 GT3 Cup car and the Porsche 911 GT3 RSR. Patrick is driving the all new GT3 RSR for CORE this season and preparing for his debut this weekend at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca.
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Back in March, Porsche invited us to the New York International Auto Show to see the all new Porsche GT3 for the first time and to sit down and chat with Andreas Preuninger, the man behind Porsche's track focused street car. Knowing that many of you had an interest in what he would have to say we reached out asking for your questions. Well, we did get to see the new GT3 and even took some great …
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DRIVE is back and they're kicking things off with an episode of Tuned. The star of this episode is BBi Autosport's "Project Nasty" Porsche 911. An air-cooled 911 (a first for BBi). In their own words it's "a modern version of what the 911 GT3 RS would be had it existed in 1985". The video below speaks for itself, as does the BBi build, so we won't bore you with more copy. Enjoy!
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50 years after the first normally aspirated 911, and 40 years after the first Turbo prototype was unveiled, Porsche today provided details on the all new 911 Turbo and 911 Turbo S – the technological and dynamic performance peak of the 911 series.
Updates include a new all wheel drive system, active rear axle steering, adaptive aerodynamics, full-LED headlights, a newly designed chassis, …
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Porsche is implementing a unique, integrated universal charging solution in conjunction with the introduction of the new 2014 Panamera S E Hybrid - which celebrated its world premiere at the 2013 Shanghai Auto Show. This solution covers all aspects of electric driving - from charging accessories to installation of infrastructure and even partial operation by compatible smartphones.
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It's odd to think of David Beckham buying a replica of anything. As a Porsche fan he's in a unique position to buy almost anything he wants. Unfortunately for him, the real Steve McQueen 1969 911S (made famous in the movie Le Mans) sold at auction in 2011 for $1.375MM. However, Lee Mayor Restorations in the UK had a very well done replica available which Beckham purchased for £70,000 (just under …
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