Porsche’s brand sales have increased significantly over the past decade. While the 911 and Boxster have increased too, the gains have mostly been powered by the Cayenne SUV. Purists have never liked it, but the Cayenne no doubt has added new buyers to the brand. Previous Chief Executive Officer Wendelin Wiedeking oversaw development of the [...]
A few days ago, we reported news about the status of Volkswagen’s BlueSport concept. After hearing about its eventual production ever since the North American International Auto Show in 2009, it appears its debut is on hold. The BlueSport has been developed, but VW apparently doesn’t think it can find enough buyers to make the [...]
Sometime manufacturers wait until an auto show is over to release a car, in order to get maximum exposure. The North American International Auto Show just ended (for the press anyway). While we saw a whole host of debuts from different companies there, Porsche didn’t bring much new to the table. With this age of [...]
It’s always an exciting time in the automotive industry when a new Porsche 911; it is an icon. At the Los Angeles International Auto Show, the next-genereation 2012 Porsche 911 was shown off for the first time at an American auto show. That wasn’t the first time it was in the United States altogether though; [...]
With all the talk of Porsche expanding its lineup, the tendency is to center around cars that hard core enthusiasts roll their eyes at. The Cajun small SUV is destined to be the next entry to Porsche’s lineup, but we like what we are hearing about some of the other possibilities. One that has been [...]
As they say, records are meant to be broken. Nurburgring track times have always been a point of contention with the performance manufacturers. Porsche in particular has been voracious about maintaining its dominance at the track. After a spat with Nissan (who made a run for it with the GT-R) over who was the top [...]
Porsche has a long history at the Nurburgring in regards to setting various records at the track. A while back there was a public back-and-forth between Porsche and Nissan over the record. Porsche settled it with the 911 GT2 RS, with a 7 minute and 18 second time. That record was set in April 2010, [...]
Ten Coolest Cop Cars – Coolest Police Cruisers Can Make Crooks Envious
Depending on their desire for freedom, criminals have had a penchant to elude the police and in many instances have vehicles that give the local police a run for their money. However, in some countries, the police have some of the coolest police cruisers that can make many criminals exceptionally envious. However, not all of [...]