As car enthusiasts, we are all, surely, intimately familiar with the Fast and Furious movie franchise and its star Paul Walker (who played Brian O'Conner for the 6 movie series and 14 year duration). Walker, along with friend and financial advisor Roger Rodas, died late Saturday in a horrific and fiery crash. Always Evolving Performance Motors, a race preparation and tuning company Walker owns, …
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Fortunately, Porsche doesn't have too many recalls. When they do, we simply want to pass along the info to those of you who might own one of the affected Porsches.
Porsche Is Recalling 207 2013-'14 Porsche Cayenne and Cayenne GTS, 2013 Cayenne Diesel and 2014 Cayenne S, S Hybrid, Turbo and Turbo S Model
According to the recall report, affected models may have incorrectly calibrated fuel …
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Since Porsche's Boxster was introduced in 1996, it, together with its Cayman stablemate, has landed on the "Car and Driver 10Best" list an astonishing 15 times (Porsche has been included 19 times total, with the 944 taking four 10Best from 1983 through 1986). It has been put up against the best cars in the world, and placed among them every year, without fail, since 2006. Last year, the 981 …
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We get a lot of emails from people asking about the best way to get a job at Porsche. Some are interested in becoming a mechanic, some in sales, but most want to work at the corporate level. While jobs in sales and service take special skills, their are more of them than there are positions at the corporate level. We tell everyone the same thing, "good luck!" :-)
Seriously, we don't …
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Porsche Cars Canada today reported October sales of 312 units, marking the first time that Porsche has surpassed 300 units for the month of October. So far this year, Porsche has sold 3,113 new vehicles in Canada – 23.1% ahead of last year’s 2,528 units for the same period. This total eclipses the 3,003 units sold in all of 2012.
“This sales milestone is especially noteworthy considering …
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Porsche Cars North America, Inc. announced today October 2013 sales of 3,562 vehicles, an increase of 11% over the same period in 2012. Year-to-date, Porsche has sold 35,111 cars in the U.S., 24% ahead of last year’s total of 28,226, thus surpassing the entire 2012 sales volume of 35,043.
“Having sold more cars in the first 10 months of this year than the entire total of our 2012 record …
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German grandiosity, at one point, would have been the cause of some serious political concern. The American equivalent, perhaps the cause for some serious gastrointestinal concern. However, combining the two appears to produce neither of these and creates something rather exciting for Porsche enthusiasts in the United States. Porsche North America recently unveiled their remodeling of one massive …
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During the course of 2013, Porsche has managed to significantly increase its customer deliveries, boosting its figures between January and September 2013 to nearly 120,000 vehicles sold. This equates to an increase of nearly 15% in comparison to the same period last year. The venerable 911 was responsible for much of the momentum enjoyed by Porsche in September: around the world, 2,000 customers …
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Porsche Cars North America, Inc. (PCNA), announced September 2013 sales of 3,093 vehicles, an increase of 13% over the same period in 2012. During the first nine months of the year, Porsche sold 31,549 cars in the U.S., 26% ahead of last year’s year-to-date total (25,015).
“With three-quarters of the year behind us, we can be very pleased with the sales performance of all of our four model …
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About a month ago, we brought the news that MotorTrend had named the 991 C4S the 2013 BDC champion. This was met with a little consternation, as there was a notable car left out of the competition in the form of the new C7 generation Chevrolet Corvette Stingray. There were also some grumblings that there were no cars from Ferrari included in the test. While both issues transpired due to the …
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