Vorsteiner goes for racing look with new ‘V-RT’ kit for the Porsche 911 Turbo
March 16, 2009 by Cam Shaft
Filed under Auto Industry News
California’s Vorsteiner Race Technologies has created yet another bodykit for the 997 Porsche 911, but while the firm’s previous kits were for the more mundane Carrera, the latest has been designed exclusively for the high-performance Turbo. After painstakingly forging the design of the kit though countless hours of wind-tunnel testing, Vorsteiner has not only improved [...]
Preview: Porsche GT Coupe based on Panamera sedan
March 14, 2009 by Cam Shaft
Filed under Auto Industry News
Back in 2003, Porsche CEO Wendelin Wiedeking gave a speech where he hinted at the possibility of a new 2+2 coupe. In the years that followed, no other mention of such a vehicle was heard until the confirmation of development plans for the recently revealed Panamera sedan. But is the new Panamera four-door coupe [...]
Sportec boosts the Porsche 911 Turbo to the tune of 858hp
March 1, 2009 by Cam Shaft
Filed under Auto Industry News
With Switzerland’s premier automotive event just days from commencing, one of the country’s top tuners, Sportec, has released details about its latest extreme performance kit for the venerable Porsche 911 Turbo. While full details aren’t expected until the car’s reveal at the Geneva Motor Show this week, we can confirm the new upgrades will include [...]
Nur Motorsport Carbonfibre R34 & RSR
Coming from complete opposite ends of the world, motoraddict has reluctantly created for us a great video of a Porsche RSR and a Nissan Skyline at Nur Motorsport. Cheers motoraddict, were looking forward for some footage of Godzilla next time!
Porsche reveals interior and U.S. pricing for Panamera sedan
February 13, 2009 by Cam Shaft
Filed under Auto Industry News, Future Cars
Having released initial specifications for the Panamera late last year, Porsche is for the first time presenting details for the interior of its new sedan. The car is scheduled to go on sale in the U.S. this October and initially the range will be available exclusively with V8 powerplants.
Boasting a centre console leading back [...]
Sportec joins growing list of Scirocco tuners with new SC 350
February 11, 2009 by Cam Shaft
Filed under Auto Industry News
The Volkswagen Scirocco is proving to be popular with tuners, with famed Swiss performance shop Sportec also releasing its own hotted-up version of the svelte sports coupe. Sportec’s work on German cars has been well documented, especially some of its more outrageous creations based on much faster vehicles like the Porsche 911 and Audi RS6.
As [...]
Vath V58K turns Mercedes’ SLK55 AMG up to 565hp
February 9, 2009 by Cam Shaft
Filed under Auto Industry News
Tuner cars are often examples of the worst sort of overkill, but occasionally a car will sneak through with less-than-typical appearance modifications and a monstrously re-engineered heart. Such is the case with the Vath V58K, an extreme take on the SLK 55 AMG.
The Germans at Vath decided that 5.5L and natural aspiration were simply inadequate, [...]
Porsche releases the first video of the 911 GT3
Porsche is adding a new model to the second generation of the 911 model series: the new GT3, to be unveiled at the Geneva Motor Show, which is even more powerful, faster, and refined than its predecessor. In developing the most sporting and dynamic road-going 911 with a normal-aspiration power unit, Porsche has applied a [...]
Spy shots: 998 Porsche 911 Targa
February 9, 2009 by Cam Shaft
Filed under Auto Industry News, Future Cars
The current 997 Porsche 911 is still being updated for its mid-cycle refresh, with the standard Carrera, Carrera 4, Targa, and more recently the GT3 all receiving the update. Still in the works are the new Turbo and the GT2 models, though they too are drawing near to their expected unveiling. Having nearly completed development [...]
Preview: Compact Audi roadster based on Bluesport concept
February 3, 2009 by Cam Shaft
Filed under Auto Industry News, Future Cars
With speculation mounting that Volkswagen’s mid-engined Bluesport roadster concept from last month’s Detroit Auto Show might be headed for production, there are a growing number of reports that suggest sister brands Audi, Seat, and possibly even Porsche, may also get their own version of the car.
The strongest indication that several variants of the roadster [...]
