Video: Drag race between BMW X6 M, Cadillac CTS-V Wagon Turbo and Porsche Panamera

What they have in common three cars like the BMW X6 M, Cadillac CTS-V and Porsche Panamera Turbo Wagon? The first is a luxury SUV-coupe devoted to good driving. His spirit is more for the track through the mud: The most one can tackle a bit 'of gravel. The Cadillac would seem to be low-cost competitor Wagons like sports for Dad or the Audi RS6 BMW M5 Touring.

And the Panamera? It is the most successful experiment in trade after Porsche Cayenne: a new success is founded on the cornerstones of the house as handling and prestige. Well, the common points are the thundering V8 fitted by all three cars and a supercharger, turbo or supercharger to be.

Porsche Cayenne Diesel for updates, S Hybrid and Panamera Turbo

Since the summer the Porsche Cayenne Diesel, Hybrid S, and Turbo, the Panamera will receive some upgrades designed to enhance the effectiveness of driving dynamics. The three-liter V6 engine of the Cayenne Diesel gains 5 hp and reaches the 245 total, while fuel consumption and CO2 emissions are reduced by up to reach 7.2 liters per 100 km and 189 g / km.

The German SUV earns it the primacy of the category of efficiency and frugality, although the absolute level of speed performance: the 0-100 km / h is covered in 7.6 seconds while top speed is 220 km / h. The six-cylinder engine gains new and lighter materials, components optimized to reduce friction for the year, a new injection system with pressure increased to 2,000 bar (+200) and an original cooling system.

Project Kahn Porsche Panamera

Kanha Project has the accessories for the Porsche Panamera. Without wanting to upset the appearance of the "saloon" Porsche, the tuner sull'assetto spoke with a slight lowering, combining the use of RS600 imposing alloy wheels 20 "or 21". It 'also a sports exhaust, but not present on the car immortalized in the gallery reserved for official and V6 models.

Inside, Project Kanha offers many customization options for leather and coatings, where you can choose various types of wood panels or made of genuine carbon fiber. For the time were not taken into account in calculations of mechanical propulsion, although it is almost "logical" to expect a kit, at least for the Panamera Turbo, to reduce the gap with the new Turbo S 550-hp.

• New Porsche Panamera Turbo S packs 550 hp and 800 Nm of torque (31/03/2011)
• Porsche Panamera Turbo S (31/03/2011)
• Porsche Panamera Turbo S Comes Soon! (30/03/2011)
• Porsche Panamera Turbo S Revealed (31/03/2011)
• Sylvester Stallone is selling Porsche Panamera on eBay (29/03/2011)

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Porsche Pajun: scoop or April Fool?

AutoBild released a juicy anticipation Pajun on the Porsche, the Panamera can younger sister and new model designed to fit into the increasingly crowded range of the German manufacturer. The name too similar to the announced Cajun compact SUV, is thinking seriously about an April Fool's joke, but the data are credible: Porsche might propose, not before 2016, a luxury midsize sedan by about 60,000 Euros, with engines derived from the powerful and big sisters with compact dimensions.

BMW and Porsche: New safety car and MotoGP ALMS

During the inaugural weekend of the 2011 MotoGP season BMW presented the BMW 1 Series M Coupe Safety Car under construction, provision of the organizers along with a veritable fleet consists of a X5 M for the Safety Officer, a BMW X6 ActiveHybrid for the steward, a 335th Touring for medical staff and X6 M and M3 are also used as a safety car.

The 1 Series Coupe M provides a fitting aesthetic tricolor painted in the colors institutional Motorsport, flashing lights, bonnet and rear spoiler in carbon fiber, polycarbonate windows and front seats (the rear bench is removed) Recaro seat belts with six points. No changes to the six-cylinder engine with 340 hp, providing a cue from 0-100 km / h in 4.9 seconds, while the Bavarian engineers have also installed an Akrapovic titanium exhaust system, new adjustable suspension, 19-inch alloy wheels and an enhanced braking system.