Watch the all new Porsche 911 (991) being put through its paces at the Porsche Experience Centre Silverstone. Gordon Robertson explains some of the new cutting edge technology developed for the car while also exploring how it remains true to its iconic 911 roots
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If you’re walking into a new-car showroom on a shopping trip, you should brace yourself for a little sticker shock. Not only have prices reached a new high, they’re outpacing inflation — and reversing the deals Americans grew accustomed to over the past decade.
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January 12, 2012—Porsche has released the first photos of the long awaited next generation Boxster. Touted as the most comprehensive generational change in the mid-engined roadster’s history, the Type 981 Boxster has a longer wheelbase and a wider track, is lighter, more fuel efficient and has electromechanical steering.
Sound like something else you just read about? No surprise, the 981 has incorporated many of the technical and some of the styling features of the 991, the “new 911.†In addition to a new lightweight body, the Boxster chassis is said to have been completely revamped. There has been a redesign of the top, which now folds into place as its own cover in the fashion of the 911 cabriolet. Inside the more spacious interior there is a continuation of the Carrera GT rising-console theme  … Pictures and more
Saab’s nortoriously loyal car owners have been fairly quiet as the company has been slowly circling the drain. No longer. This weekend, Saab fans around the world are being rallied to stand up for their quirky automaker that they love so much.
Organizers think they can muster 63 events in 32 countries this weekend, each one aimed at standing up for Saab and saying the Swedish automaker is worth keeping. In Holland alone, more than … More