Receiving rave reviews for their four-door Panamera sports car since its recent introduction in late 2009, Porsche entrance into this new premium category provided a formidable challenge to incumbent models Maserati Quattroporte and Mercedes-Benz CLS. After just two years, Porsche has realized the rapid advancement of this vehicle class adding a more modest six-cylinder as [...]
Thanks to vehicles like the Tesla Roadster as well as Porsche’s 911 GT3 R Hybrid race car, the future of sports car racing is seen as electrified. Environmental preservation is a trend the auto industry as a whole is addressing and the exclusive supercar builders are not excluded. In fact, with supercars being a concentrated [...]
The race track has long been an attractive test bed for street car technology. Forced-induction system, fuel injection, tire construction and even the rear view mirror were innovated through competition. Controlled but public arenas, the race track seems like the perfect proving grounds for hybrid technology. Several automakers have recognized the closed circuit combat as [...]
Porsche sales are up significantly, and the brand is selling more cars than ever on the back of the redesigned Cayenne and new Panamera. The Panamera in particular has been beating expectations though, as customers are eager to add a Porsche-branded four-door sedan to their driveways. One model that has helped sales significantly is the [...]
Black is one of those automotive paint colors that just never goes out of style. If there was a time where it got the most attention in automotive world though, it would certainly have to be recently. Last week Porsche introduced the 911 Black Edition. This week, Cadillac introduced the CTS-V Black Diamond Edition. Now, [...]
In the sports car world, the most emotional colour (or color for the large American audience) would likely be judged as red. Signifying passion and desire, the colour red is famously exhibited on the shapely, aerodynamic bodies of the most popular high-performance sports cars. However, as lovely a radiant red strikes at the heart of [...]
A lot of news coming out of Porsche lately hasn’t exactly been the stuff enthusiast dreams are made of. Things like a Panamera V-6, Panamera Hybrid and announcement of a smaller “Cajun” crossover to slot in below the Cayenne. One thing that did make waves though was the 918 Spyder hybrid that debuted at the [...]
Insure.com runs an annual report of the most expensive and least expensive cars to insure, and the list for 2011 just came out. Any predictions this year? It’s changed since last year, but keeps the general theme of “boring cars = cheap, fun cars = expensive.” Although that’s not universal. Some cars you’d expect to [...]