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Road Atlanta, Georgia- The 996-type Porsche 911 Carrera 4 moves through the Road Atlanta race course like a fighter jet slices the sky. Smooth as silk under my piloting but a work of art during the recce laps with race-car driver Pierre Savoy. Its understated power is always available at the flick of the throttle but most noticeable is the way it sits on the track- as if magneted to the macadam by its low profile rubbers. Read the rest of this entry »

The Copenhagen Summit of 2009 will see plenty of surprises: new vehicles unusual feature of environmental technologies are exposed to this opportunity.

This is the case of a Porsche Cayenne 100% electric performance which was developed by Siemens and Ruf Automobile: it is called “ERUF Stormster.

This non-polluting SUV based on a chassis of Porsche Cayenne. It has an electric motor of 367 hp and Siemens signed lithium-ion battery supplied by Li-Tec Battery. Read the rest of this entry »

A Porsche Cayenne traditional emits between 240 g / km CO2 and 360 g / km CO2. We can say that the vehicle is polluting and fuel-hungry

Well Porsche and Schaeffler Group agreed to develop a concept a little cleaner called Co2ncept-10%.

The principle is simple: use various technologies to reduce 10% CO2 emissions and fuel consumption of a Porsche Cayenne. Read the rest of this entry »

Scene One: We’re racking up triple-digit speeds in the latest vehicle from Porsche of Germany while running lickety-split on the 2.3-mile curlicue track tucked into rolling hills at the Barber Motorsports Park in Birmingham, Ala.

Enormous speed-rated tires for all four wheels claw the asphalt to render uncanny stick-it-down traction as we steer the car down the right-left-right cha-cha-cha of Barber’s tricky corkscrew chicane.  Read the rest of this entry »

A funny thing happens to anyone who sits in the driver?s seat and takes the wheel of a Porsche. Any Porsche.

A smile starts to crease your face; your right hand immediately reaches for the gear lever, while the other tenderly caresses the steering wheel. Suddenly, the bright lights of Hollywood and a 24 hour stretch at LeMans aren?t so far removed from reality. Read the rest of this entry »

Never more was this evidenced then when, with a long row of freshly polished Porsche 911?s arranged with military precision, we were obliged to listen to the latest changes made to Germany?s most important export, rather than experiencing their newness immediately for ourselves from behind the steering wheel. Only a Kentucky Derby start could stir this level of foaming anticipation.

Unknown to my fellow maniacal scribes, I had the inside track on which pony to ride first. My cohort and I had been directed to one specific 911 Carrera 4S, for reasons which included slightly higher tire pressures and brakes that were sufficiently warmed up from the early morning drive in. Read the rest of this entry »

The previous record of saloons to the Nurburgring established the great Cadillac CTS-V in March 2008, but now those 7 minutes and 59 seconds are not enough anymore.
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The Porsche adds another jewel to the second generation of the range 911: the new 911 GT3. Even more powerful, faster and improved compared to the previous model. In developing the most sporting and dynamic way with 911 from aspirated engine, Porsche has applied the knowledge gained in Motorsport. Precisely for this reason, the new GT3 is not only amazing on the road, but is perfectly at ease even in the track. Read the rest of this entry »

Citing rising environmental concerns among car buyers, German luxury sports car-maker Porsche said Monday it’s developing a hybrid drivetrain for its Cayenne SUV to drastically cut fuel consumption. In a statement issued at its headquarters in Stuttgart, Porsche said its aim was to achieve average fuel consumption of 8.9 liters (2.35 gallons) per 100 kilometers (62 miles). …

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