Now matter how hard we try, it's not always possible to cover everything happening in the world of Porsche. There are times when the the PR machine at Porsche is working over time to fill the airways with news and information and then there are times when the silence emanating from Stuttgart is deafening. For those weeks when there's simply more …
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The Sonorous Sounds of Porsche
If you're anything like me, one of the many things that attracted you to your Porsche was that distinctive exhaust note. The defining burble and pop as the engine engages for the first time. The low raspy rumble of the flat six at idle and the sweet scream of an approaching red line. While the voices have changed over the model years, the melody …
Continue to the full articlePorsche to Help Cure Cancer
You're probably familiar with the idea of Porsches being auctioned for charity, but how about luxury watches owned by members of the Porsche family themselves? According to a recent post on Philanthropy UK, members of the Porsche family donated 49 watches to be sold by London based auctioneer Bonhams with all proceeds to benefit the Oncology …
Continue to the full articleDo you know the difference between a Croc and a Cayman?
Can you tell the difference between one of these: and one of these? Apparently, it would seem that Porsche is concerned you can't. According to a recently filed quarterly report, Porsche is suing the maker of the ubiquitous and ugly shoe over the use of the name "Cayman". On May 11, 2009, Crocs Europe B.V. received a letter …
Continue to the full articleStolen Porsche Boxster Helps Catch Killer
For those of you not familiar with this sad and gruesome story, a little more than a week ago Fargo dentist Philip Gattuso was found dead in his condominium. His home had been ransacked, his Porsche was missing, and according to court documents, he was killed by repeated blows to the head with a hammer. Only a few days later police had the …
Continue to the full articleRumors Plague Porsche
For months now rumors have circulated the web about possible new models and platform sharing between Porsche and VW. I have done my best to avoid the rumor mongering and wait for something concrete before weighing in on the subject. However, a couple of recent articles I read forced my hand. The two post are titled as "7 New Porsche …
Continue to the full articlePorsche Panamera Puts the “Meat” in Mietwagen auf Deutschland
The first time I landed in Germany and tried to find my way to the car rental counter I kept seeing signs for something that read like it was pronounced "meat wagon" (Mietwagen) with a car symbol next to it; regardless of who I asked, they all said that was the place. I kept thinking to myself, "hmmmm, is the autobahn really that dangerous?" As …
Continue to the full articleHistory has a way of repeating itself at Porsche
109 years after Dr. Porsche introduced the first fully functional hybrid car, Porsche is again talking seriously about more hybrid technology, including fully electric versions, being injected into their sports car model line-up. Far-fetched you say. Not so fast. As early as just last year Porsche tuner Ruf introduced the Ruf Greenster, while …
Continue to the full articleWhich is Faster? a Porsche GT3 or Jet Plane?
Here’s a question for you, Which is faster, a Porsche or a plane? In a publicity stunt seemingly pulled from the scripts of SPEED TV’s “Pinks All Out”, The Changi GP Festival (the events leading up the the F1 Grand Prix in Singapore) will attempt to answer the question at Changi Airport. The original story I read, in Singapore’s Straits …
Continue to the full articleForget PDK! What about the Paddle Shifters?
By now, most of you are aware that the recently unveiled Porsche 2010 Turbo not only received a much anticipated facelift, but is also available with their optional double clutch gearbox (PDK). Porsche, however, has a habit of announcing new cars and products that focus on a certain subject while hiding sliding other important information into the …
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