What happens when renowned Porsche race shop BBI Autosport is told to build the best Porsche 911 Turbo to crush the canyon roads with, the car you would want to own yourselves, and then given a blank check? The result is the ultimate combination of Porsche go-fast bits in 997 form. Matt Farah, of /TUNED […] More »
The Porsche 911 Turbo is a de-facto super sports car; massively fast, massively capable and massively ubiquitous? That’s the angle being covered by Matt Bird over at PistonHeads, the United Kingdom’s biggest motoring forum. Of course, ubiquitous is a bit of a misnomer when the category at hand is $200,000+ automobiles; that’s akin to ubiquitous […] More »
What better way to show the evolution of the original 1975 Porche 911 Turbo than to show her against her much younger brother: the 2015 Porche 911 Turbo?
The 911 Turbo, with all-wheel drive and a 3.6L turbocharged flat six engine is the stuff of legend. It’s an everyday supercar with mind-blistering performance. So you’d think, as an owner, you’d be able to wipe the floor clean in a drag race against a go-kart. Well, you’d be wrong!
This is a video of a bunch of Porsche’s best hot shoe testers terrorizing the ‘Ring in all the flavors of the new 991. It’s pretty epic. You see them pass a new M4. Slide the car around a few bends. Absolutely walk away from a Supra. Take down what appears to be a new Rolls Royce. And catch some air in quite a few places.
In the land of beer and schnitzel, there sits a lovely little company and turns out some of the best cars on the planet. Ok, so they aren’t a small company, but the cars they turn out are wonderful pieces of engineering awesomeness. I speak of Porsche. Today to be a relevant sportscar manufacturer, you […] More »
In some cases, “new” doesn’t always mean “better.” Automobile Magazine’s Preston Lerner certainly seems to subscribe to that philosophy regarding the Porsche 911 Turbo. He thinks the 2014 model, which packs 560 horsepower in S trim, is “magnificent” and “awesome.” However, he finds its sophisticated electronic aids somewhat remove the driver from the behind-the-wheel experience. […] More »