To say this is a big week in the automotive world would be as big an understatement as calling Michael Phelps an average swimmer. Yesterday marked the opening of the Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance. First conducted in 1950, it is often said to be the world’s premier celebration of the automobile. This five day event is the ultimate for any car …
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The Correct Way to Pronounce Porsche
My blog puts me in touch with Porsche owners the world over. Lately, what used to be as rare as an original 550 Spyder seems to be as prolific as a Honda Accord (and this from amongst the anointed few.) What blasphemy is this that I speak of? None other than the incorrect pronunciation of our beloved brand. If you’re new to the marque then the …
Continue to the full articleBook Review: Porsche High Performance Driving Handbook, 2nd Edition, by Vic Elford. Minneapolis: Motorbooks press, 2008.
A few weeks ago we received a package from Motorbooks, the world's leading publisher and distributor of books for the enthusiast. This package included a number of Porsche related titles sent to us for review. Knowing that we wouldn't have the time to read everything that was sent to us, in a timely fashion, we decided to run a contest here on …
Continue to the full articleHow Much Money Have you Wasted Buying Premium Fuel for Your Porsche?
Even with the price of oil dropping quickly, the prices at the pump reflect this change much more slowly. Premium gasoline (91 to 93 octane) in my part of the world is still well north of $4.00 per gallon. Imagine my surprise then after reading a NY Times article that it just might be that I've been wasting my money for a very long time. Sure, …
Continue to the full articleOne of the Many Benefits of the Porsche Club of America
UPDATE: One thing not mentioned in this post are the various PCA Registries. Most Porsche models now have PCA sanctioned registries where owners can sign up and interact with others who own like Porsches. If you need any more incentive to join the registry (or the PCA) for your particular Porsche model, check out this story on how 3 lucky …
Continue to the full articleImpressive North American Delivery Figures and New Management Appointed for Porsche
On Friday of last week Porsche announced their final figures (delivered units) for the fiscal year ending July 31, 2008. Besides posting record profit numbers that actually exceeded their revenue, Porsche shipped close to 34,000 units to the North American market (31,818 to the US and 1,874 to Canada.) This represents a very small drop from last …
Continue to the full articleA Simple Tip to Increase the Gas Mileage in Your Porsche
Today's post comes from guest blogger Andrew Granieri. You may remember Andrew from his great set of posts that outlined the detailing and transformation of the paint on his Porsche 944. As a refresher, Andrew is a student at Miami University, studying Technical & Scientific Communications with a double Minor in Marketing & Entrepreneurship. He …
Continue to the full articleHow did they do that? Porsche’s Profit Exceeds Revenue!!
Porsche's fiscal year ends on July 31st 2008 and if a report from Der Spiegel is to be believed, then it's been a very, very good year. Unlike most other car manufacturers, Porsche is not losing money. In fact, for all intents and purposes, they might as well be printing it. You see, expected numbers are to show that Porsche's profits actually …
Continue to the full articlePorsche N spec Approval. Understanding it when Choosing Tires
For those of you that have been long-term readers you’ll remember a post we did some time ago where we offered our research services to answer any Porsche related question. That post, “I’m not a Porsche Expert, but I Play one on the Internet” continues to generate a number of questions and we want to do our best to keep answering them for …
Continue to the full articlePricing for the Porsche Panamera Announced
This post was written before official Porsche pricing was announced. So, take a look at this post for 2010 Porsche Panamera Pricing (and feel free to read on too). I'm usually not one for making predictions. However, if the pricing for the upcoming Porsche Panamera, being reported by German car magazine Autobild, is to be believed then I'm …
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