The overpriced but undeniably excellent Porsche Cayenne just brought a new member to the team. Shown to us at the 2008 Chicago Auto Show Porsche breakfast, the new GTS will fall in-between the Cayenne S and the top-of-the-line Turbo model. The GTS will be the most powerful naturally-aspirated Cayenne available.

Using a tuned version of the Direct-Injection 4.8L V8 found in the Cayenne S, the GTS will boost engine output to 405 horsepower; an increase of 20hp over the S, propelling you from 0 to 60 mph in less than 6 seconds. Fans of manual transmission can also rejoice; for the first time in the Cayenne, you can choose a six-speed manual instead of the standard Tiptronic tranny. Continue Reading…

OK, I’m stealing that title from the original source, the always interesting English Russia.

First off, you can read it two ways:

1 - as a question, and

2 - you can read it like Bill and Ted (from Bill and Ted’s Excellent Adventure): “Bill, look at what I did to my Porsche? Ted, that is a most ugly Porsche modification!”

Anyway … my God, what got into these people?

From the front, it looks like the Audi design department got a hold of it right after eating a sheet of blotter acid.

From the back, it looks like the Pontiac Aztek designers got a hold of it right after eating a sheet of blotter acid. (I know, that’s assuming they weren’t lit already).

I know that money doesn’t equal taste, and I also know that The Former Soviet Union is seemingly awash in lots and lots of lucre, but is there an inverse relationship to money and taste?

There could be … look at the way that chimp Donald Trump combs his hair. Continue Reading…

The fine malchiki over at English Russia bring us this little item about a, um, customized Porsche Cayenne.

Indeed, this is the Porsche Cayenne Turbo “Cannabis” Edition constructed by Russian builder GT-A Tuners. Pretty plain Jane on the outside apart from 20″ wheels. Inside and underneath, there’s a bunch of Rinspeed bits, but it’s the interior that you notice (assuming you can focus your eyes long enough to cognate)

It looks like it was customized by The Wailers while waiting for Bob Marley to get done rolling another spliff.

Honestly, what would you say to the cops when you get pulled over? How about “Ow that hurts! Use more lube!” because this thing has “cavity search” written all over it.

VCars brings up a list of the top 10 fastest production cars in the world, ranked by top speed. I’ll go over the list briefly, but be sure to visit VCars’ list for more info and pictures. All the cars you would expect are on the list, ranked from fastest to slowest (though calling any of these cars slow is blasphemy.) We start the list with the king of fast.

Update: I’d like to clarify that this list only includes production cars. I’ve had a lot of comments mentioning the Lingenfelter Corvette, etc being faster, but that ultra-fast Vette is not in production. I’d also like to clear up that this list was created on March 30th, 2007. The SSC Ultimate Aero has since broken the record as the fastest production car in the world, and I plan to address this in my next list. Be sure to subscribe to the AutomoBlog RSS Feed to stay up-to-date.

Bugatti Veyron

Top Speed: 252.2 mph

1001 Horsepower

No surprises here, the fastest and most powerful production car ever makes the top of the list. I wonder when Koenigsegg will decide to take the #1 position and beef up the CCX.

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Supercars.net just released their 3rd annual “Top 10 Supercars” list for 2006. First place is a no-brainer, but there are a couple of surprises. Keep reading for the list:

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German tuner 9ff plans to modify the Porsche Carrera GT to push out over 900 hp by the use of twin-turbos as well as other methods listed below. This will put the Carrera GT in Bugatti Veyron range, but will not quite hit it’s numbers in terms of power. It does however weigh much less than the Veyron (3043 lbs. opposed to 4162 lbs. for the Veyron,) so performance numbers could theoretically be better than the Bugatti.

As far as styling goes, the concept shown doesn’t really do much for me. It certainly doesn’t proclaim it has 912 horsepower. A quick list of enhancements include a sound-adjustable full exhaust system, (minimal) aerodynamic styling, twin-turbos, upgraded exhaust manifolds and camshafts, new air intake, ECU upgrade, and 19″ wheels.