Porsche is, at root, a sports car company. And at the root of that identity is a single machine, the iconic Porsche 911, introduced in 1963 and steadily, fastidiously, teutonically improved ever since. Unfortunately, it’s difficult to grow as a car company when your entire history and destiny rest on the admittedly superlative performance of a single automobile. So Porsche has created new cars over the years. And last Thursday, it officially introduced its first luxury sedan, the much-anticipated Panamera… Details
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2011 Porsche Boxster Spyder: Light, Powerful, Purist Roadster to Be Introduced at Los Angeles Auto Show
Porsche’s newest entry will be the lightest in its line-up
Weighing in at just 2,811 lbs., the new 2011 Porsche Boxster Spyder will be the lightest Porsche available – from a company known for lightweight, proficient sports cars. This new mid-engined roadster represents the true, purist form of the sports car – agile, powerful, open and efficient. This third Boxster model will join the Boxster and Boxster S and will make its world debut at the Los Angeles Auto Show, December 2, 2009.Â
The newest member of the Boxster family stands out from the other versions of Porsche’s mid-engined roadster. Its low-slung, lightweight soft top – when closed – extends far to the rear to protect the driver and passenger from bright sunshine, wind and weather. This top, when combined with extra-low side windows and two striking bulges on the single-piece rear lid, provides the Boxster Spyder with a sleek silhouette reminiscent of the Carrera GTÂ …Â Details
An EPSRC funded researcher, Dr Kerry Kirwan from the University of Warwick, lead a research team who designed the first sustainable racing car in the world, a Formula 3.
In a ScienceDaily report it states that the car is made from woven flax and recycled carbon fiber. The steering wheel is composed of recycled resin and carrot pulp. The race car runs on biofuel that is made from chocolate and animal fats…. Details
Sacrilege in the car business used to be so simple. It was bad. Bad, bad, bad and people wouldn’t spend their money on it. Remember the Cutlass Calais-based Olds 442?
But today, Sacrilege, like everything else, is more complicated. Today, it turns out, there’s Good Sacrilege and there’s Bad Sacrilege. And it has been proven that Good Sacrilege isn’t so bad after all.
In fact, Porsche proved that Good Sacrilege sells …Â Details