Porsche 918 Spyder first drive review

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Porsche 918 Spyder first drive review - Price
£652,849 (£712,088 Weissach Pack); 0-60mph 2.6sec (Weissach Pack car
2.5sec); Top speed 214mph; Economy 97.1mpg; CO2 72g/km; Kerb weight
1674kg; Engine V8, 4593cc, petrol plus electric motors front and rear;
Installation mid, longitudinal, four-wheel drive; Power V8 600bhp at
8700rpm; Torque V8 398lb ft at 6500rpm ; Electric motor

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How Porsche is inspiring new drivers

I have never driven a Porsche - I want to but never had the opportunity. All I know about the car is what I read in magazines, read on the net and what I heard form friends who had the chance to drive one. Anyway, recently Porsche  got together 50 people who were not Porsche owners, set a MPG challenge and gave them a Panamera to drive for 24 hours each after

I guess that's a cool way to attract new potential customers.

Lucky buggers. 

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2009 Porsche Cayman S Sport

The new edition of sports Cayman delivery 8 hp more than the 3.4 liter flat-six, for a total of 303 hp. He also receives a cosmetic kit that gives a passing resemblance to the 911 GT3, green or orange paint, black rims and exterior mirrors, grilles black, black and a procedure.

"Cayman S" is splashed on the sides, and the Porsche Active Suspension Management is standard, along with 19-inch wheels, Xenon headlights, Sport Chrono package, new jobs and cut some Alcantara. Following are also available in black, red, yellow, white, silver, and if you intend to resell that one day.

Only about 100 of the Cayman S Sports enter the United States, along with 50 roadster. This is a special Boxster with white paint and white finish their wheels, air intakes, center console, and tools.

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The Panamera concept from Porsche

Porsche has released the first news of a new concept called the Panamera, which is due to come out in 2009. Their site doesn't say much apart from that it will be a sports coupé. I guess that means that previous rumours about the new car being a sedan, is wrong.

And according to latest reports, there will be a hybrid version as well. Read the Reuters report: New Porsche Panamera to get hybrid drive


Image from Autoblog.nl

Watch the spy video.

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The fastest production cars

Vcars.co.uk has compiled a list of the top 10 fastest cars (production) ever.

You know what they say about boys and their cars - it's true. My mouth was literally salivating looking at the pictures.

On the top of the list is the Bugatti Veyron (2004), with a max speed of 252.2 MPH with 1001 BHP. That's out of the World.

At the bottom of the list is the McLaren Mercedes SLR (2005), with a maximum speed of
207 MPH and 626 BHP. Even though it is at the bottom of the list, you will need at least £190,000 to own this car.

For your information, BHP stands for Brake horsepower. It refers to "the measure of an engine's horsepower without the loss in power caused by the gearbox, generator, differential, water pump, and other auxiliary components." (Source: Wikipedia).

They are all beautiful super cars but my favourite has to the Porsche Carrera GT (2004). It has a maximum speed of 209 MPH. It has to be the most curvaceous among all the other cars. It's 5.7 liter V10 engine generates 605 horsepower and will not be out of place on the town roads as well as on the race tracks.

Unlike other super cars which are quite bare and austere, the Carrera GT comes with smooth leather seats, air conditioning (which I would require if I were driving in a hot and humid country like Malaysia. Other options includes a navigation system and Bose audio.

Check out the list and tell me which one is your favourite.

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Porsche bidding for Volkswagen

According to a report in the International Herald Tribune, Porsche, the German sports-car maker is going to make a takeover bid for Volkswagen, Europe's largest carmaker.

In order to do this Porsche will increase it's existing stake in Volkswagen to 31% from 27.3%, because German law requires a company to own more than 30% of shares before it can make a takeover bid.

Previously, the two companies had collaborated in the making of the VW Touareg and the Porsche Cayenne.

Read the full report here.

Tags: Porsche Volkswagen Porsche Cayenne VW Touareg

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