I've noticed that Porsche has really picked up the amount of press releases they are sending out. What was once only a weak trickle has increased significantly over the past couple of weeks to more of torrent. The result of all this news is that it's really not that interesting. Take today's most recent press release: Porsche Sales in North …
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Beautiful Women + Porsche + Russia + Crime don’t mix. A tragic loss.
In a tragic story from late last week, Russia's most well known female bodyguard, Anna Loginova, was killed trying to thwart the carjacking of her own Porsche Cayenne. According to the various reports and anonymous quotes from those at the scene, "she suffered serious injuries and died at the scene". Witness's say she was seen clinging to …
Continue to the full article200,000th Cayenne rolls off the assembly line
Production Jubilee at Porsche Leipzig GmbHLeipzig. Right at the beginning of the New Year, Dr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche AG, Stuttgart, celebrated a special production jubilee: employees at the Leipzig plant put the finishing touches to the 200,000th Cayenne. The automobile, a red GTS, will be delivered to a customer in the Middle East. The Cayenne GTS …
Continue to the full articleIf it Wasn’t so Funny, it Would be Getting Old!
We make it a point to write all of our own posts. We spend a fair amount of time scouring the internet looking for interesting topics with regard to Porsche; we research and prepare articles; we poll readers of this blog for their thoughts, etc., you get the idea. However, in the last two weeks we've seen so many articles about other …
Continue to the full articleResults of the “Best Upgrades for the Money Poll”
On January 15th I asked you to tell me what's the Best upgrade for the Money for my 993. 22 of you responded and the overwhelming majority voted for the Headlight Update (HIDs). Here are the complete results: Headlight Updates - 14 Votes = 64% of all votes PSS9s - 2 Votes = 9% of all votes New Wheels (MY 02, etc.) - 1 Vote = 5% of …
Continue to the full articlePorsche 911 awarded title of “Best Automobile in the World”
Okay, this is almost getting to be routine. In the last week I've talked twice about the Porsche 911 being the benchmark to compare all other supercars to. Well, it seems that a lot of other people feel the same way too. Read the Press Release below from Porsche: Stuttgart. This morning Dr. Ing. h. c. F. Porsche AG, Stuttgart, received the …
Continue to the full articlePorsche 911 the “Benchmark” Once Again?
Just last week I asked the question Is Porsche the "Benchmark" for all other Supercars? Since then I've been inundated with emails from readers. Some agree, some don't and others wanted to know how I was defining a "Supercar". So for starters, let's define the term. According to Wikipedia - Supercar is a term generally used for a high-end …
Continue to the full articlePre Purchase Inspection (PPI) for your Porsche (Part I of II)
I've said it before and I'll say it again. I just love the internet. The amount of information available at your fingertips is amazing (if not overwhelming). It's not only information that is available, it's product and merchandise too. In the case of this post, used Porsches. You may have notice that I recently added a new page to this site …
Continue to the full articleThis is Pure Porsche Fan Porn! A Video History of one of the Best Known Porsche Builders; Ruf.
The more I research and write for this blog the more I enjoy what the internet has to offer. You can find so much good content if you only look in the right places. The following four-part video series is a documentary on RUF. For those of you who are new to Porsche, RUF is one of the top three Porsche builders today and some may say the best! …
Continue to the full articleFinding a Porsche in Stock at your Local Dealer may get Harder
Porsche is not known for making many announcements about their financial position (good or bad) it's one of the things that make me have a love hate relationship with them. The following announcement was released today from Stuttgart. What intriqued me the most was the following statement: Porsche is well-prepared for a possible economic crisis …
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