Showing posts with label porsche coupe. Show all posts
Showing posts with label porsche coupe. Show all posts

Monday, August 22, 2011

Porsche 961: the first information

Auto Express website gives us some info future first Porsche mid-engine, high-end vehicle that will replace the Carrera GT. The term 'high end' finds its highest sense, given that the 400,000 euros for Porsche has indicated as a minimum threshold. "There are good chances that a model goes from 400,000 in production," explained Matthias Müller in recent weeks, defining the contours of an evocative even mysterious.

Thursday, July 21, 2011

Spy Photos Porsche 991 Turbo S

These images show a stolen forklift among the first of the new Porsche 991 Turbo S version, recognizable by the new exhaust system with four terminals and so different from the last forklifts photographed. No changes on an aesthetic level instead, where there are already the same camouflage used to mask the 911 Turbo, including the rear spoiler and large side vents.

The new generation Turbo S should use the classic six-cylinder boxer version about 3.8 liters and 550 hp more powerful than the current series which delivers 530 hp.

Tuesday, July 19, 2011

Video teaser new Porsche 911

First official teaser video dedicated to the new Porsche 911: The number 991 is shown struggling with the road tests in South Africa. In spring clip is confirmed that the car is in the very last stage of its development. And 'therefore a certainty that we will live at the Frankfurt Motor Show in September.

The car will be launched in the Carrera and Carrera S versions with engines with direct injection 6-cylinder naturally aspirated boxer 3.4-liter respectively, and 350 bhp (the latter will eventually also on the new Boxster S and Cayman S) and 3.8 liters and 400 hp. Two changes are available, a manual and a dual-clutch 7-speed, and both equipped with launch-control function.

Thursday, July 14, 2011

Porsche Panamera Coupe: new confirmation

A senior official of the Porsche brand has confirmed the introduction of the future Panamera Coupe, Front engine sports already approached for technical content and layout to the 928. This model, called 929 for simplicity, will be offered in coupe and convertible variants, and will occupy a niche of 10,000 cars a year, divided among the various Aston Martin DB9, Bentley Continental and Ferrari California.

Tuesday, July 5, 2011

Spy Photos of New Porsche Cayman

A prototype of the new Porsche Cayman was photographed at the Nurburgring. The debut of the new generation is expected during 2012 and the forklift caught on the track shows, for the moment, the proportions are very similar to the version currently on the market. The only noticeable differences are for the moment concentrated in the tail, wing, where the furniture is placed very close to the edge of the tailgate and the entire area, including bumpers, is less rounded than the Cayman Islands today.

Friday, July 1, 2011

Porsche 991: InsideLine test preview of the new 911

The lucky InsideLine colleagues were able to test drive the prototypes of the new Porsche 911, codenamed 991, South African earth. From them comes the first definitive picture of the interior style of the new German sports Panamera, which we have already mentioned, but more important is how much has changed compared to the current 991 997.

A sentence is very typical: everything has changed in the new model, the same philosophy of self, a statement that can shake the 911 historical enthusiasts. E 'increased presence of aluminum to reduce weight but steel is left in its place in the components that absorb energy in the event of an accident: the result is a car a little lighter than the 997, despite changes important as the step increase (the fourth time in the history of the model) and totally renovated.

Thursday, June 30, 2011

Porsche 991: the first spy photos of the cabin final

The latest issue of U.S. magazine Car and Driver reveals new and interesting details of the Porsche 991, which will be exhibited in September at the Frankfurt Motor Show. The German sports will be available with the traditional six-cylinder boxer engine, versions 3.4-liter and 350 hp for the Carrera and Carrera S 400 hp for the Dual choice for transmission: you can order a seven-speed dual-clutch or the PDK, both with Launch Control system.

Tuesday, June 28, 2011

Porsche 911 GT2 RS: Jeff Zwart from road to Pikes Peak

Jeff Zwart is probably the customer who would like all the car, ready to pick the most expensive supercars available in the catalog and use it for a few days after the competition, as happened in this case with the new 911 GT2 RS. Zwart, who have dominated the category last year had surprised 2 wheel drive with a 911 GT3 Cup at Pikes Peak, this time has passed, returning to Pikes Peak for the umpteenth time by the competitor.

Friday, June 24, 2011

Porsche Boxster and Cayman... 300,000 units

Porsche celebrates 300,000 units of products Boxster and Cayman. At 15 years after the debut of the first generation of the Boxster, also known as 986, is in fact out of the production line a special Boxster Spyder, destined to a German customer and painted in the color Platinum Silver Metallic with Carrera Red leather interior.

The success of small mid-engine Porsche has allowed the German company to open up new market opportunities, thanks to markets like the U.S., who have welcomed the models, as well as Germany itself. Porsche, remember, first presented the concept for the Boxster at the Detroit Motor Show 1993, relying on historical tradition and about the inspiration taken from the "number 1" and the 550 Spyder.

Friday, May 27, 2011

911 10 Year Anniversary Edition

Porsche has a limited edition 10 copies call 911 10 Year Anniversary Edition, based on the 911 Turbo S: will be marketed in China to celebrate the decade of the German brand in this market. The examples above, which was not declared the price, are characterized by the golden hue of the bodywork, the bonnet and rear spoiler in carbon fiber and aluminum rims 19 "Sport Classic blacks with chrome frame.

Friday, May 6, 2011

Porsche Cayman S Black Edition

Since the past few days in Italy you can also order the Porsche Cayman S in Black Special Edition version, setting up 300 units in a proposed € 69,332. The designers of the German mark have used a black paint, replicating the colors already used by the 911 and Boxster S, then choosing the same alloy coated with the Boxster Spyder 19-inch tires and 235/35 front and measures 265 / 35 at the rear.

Thursday, April 28, 2011

Official Video Porsche 911 GT3 RS 4.0

A few hours after the official announcement, here's the video of the new Porsche 911 GT3 RS 500-hp 4.0. It seems yet another refrain of every new model, but Porsche ensures that this version in a limited edition of 600 copies (and 180,000 euros) and 911 closer to a road racing car that has ever been proposed on the market thanks to the close relationship with the 911 GT3 RSR.

If the crankshaft is derived from the RSR and some components of the 4-liter boxer, derived from the GT2 RS Road widened wheel arches, front fenders and carbon fiber glass and Perspex, to hold the weight of 1360 kg quota. The GT3 RS 4.0 touches 100 km / h acceleration in 3.9 seconds and 200 km / h in less than 12 seconds and clocked a time of 7 minutes and 27 seconds at the Nurburgring.

Porsche 911 GT3 RS 4.0: official data

Porsche has officially confirmed the 911 GT3 RS 4.0, after the first images appeared yesterday in the network. The most extreme of the 600 GT3 will be built in pieces inspired by the GT3 RSR in competition, from which it takes is some aerodynamic solutions, some components of the engine is increased to 4 liters aspirated, with forged pistons and titanium parts.

Capable of 500 hp at 8250 rpm and 460 Nm of torque at 5750 rpm, has a specific power of 125 hp per liter and can touch 100 km / h acceleration in 3.9 seconds and 200 km / h in less 12 seconds. The only available transmission is a 6-speed manual, with scale-specific performance optimization in circuit.

Friday, March 25, 2011

Porsche: under development a central motor sports

Matthias Muller's enthusiasm is still partially controlled. The rest can not be exposed in any way nor give due emphasis to a revolutionary project but still provisional, whose 'green' is subject to a decision of the grand council Volkswagen. "We're thinking about how to extend the range," says the chairman of Porsche.

"We plan to produce a new model mid-engine, located above the 911 but under 918 Spyder." Not only that. "Engineers have already made initial assessments to define style and technical content. But the economics is taken seriously, so much so that they have studied two scenarios: carbon fiber monocoque frame where the leaders were won over by the Volkswagen project, a solution of aluminum R8 shared with the future if they were limited to some economic constraints.

Saturday, February 12, 2011

Porsche 918 coupe in the study

In an interview reported by Autoblog eg, Wolfgang Durheimer has revealed an interesting perspective for the future of Porsche. In recent months, in fact, have chased rumors of the debut of a 918 coupe, later revealed to be the 918 RSR concept unveiled at the Detroit Motor Show and the upcoming European debut in Geneva.

The Spyder 918 will become instead a unique hybrid model of a limited edition series. According to statements Durheim, however, the chassis and V8 engine, with the exception of the hybrid system could be used to create a coupe variant of the series, to be offered on the market as a direct challenger to Ferrari and McLaren MP4-12C 458.

Tuesday, February 8, 2011

Porsche 911: Spy video of next generation

The GMotors colleagues have published on their YouTube channel a new spy video of the next Porsche 911, which should be presented in September at the Frankfurt Motor Show. The forklift, taken during testing in the cold of northern Sweden, is almost devoid of camouflage and lets you see in its main lines.

The new cosmetic changes, in a context marked by the confirmation of the stylistic tradition of the model, mainly concentrated in the front and rear lights and some other details here and there in bumper fascias and tail. The new German sports will be longer than 56 mm than the present, touching the 4.5 meters.