Archive for the ‘porsche’ Category
There's probably a few clunkers in DaVinci's sketchbook, too. Looking more gnarled than Van Gogh's Potato Eaters hand studies, Ivan Volkov's Porsche Traveller concept picks up design ideas from the Matchbox Fandango, though it doesn't look like the spare wheel on the Traveller incorporates Rolamatic......
Wolfgang Porsche joins VW board
Friday, March 14th, 2008
Porsche has been in the news quite a bit over the past few weeks. While one hand is embroiled in an emissions tax battle with the Mayor of London, the other hand is slowly scooping up shares of Volkswagen.In related news, Porsche Chairman Wolfgang Porsche was nominated today to the Volkswagen super......
Pics Aplenty: More of the Porsche Boxster RS 60 Spyder
Thursday, March 13th, 2008
Click image to enlarge (1980 px) and for a gallery of the Boxster RS 60Porsche has released some additional photos of the special edition Boxster RS 60 Spyder in conjunction with the car's German debut at the Auto Mobil International show in Leipzig. The Boxster RS 60 Spyder, in case you'd forgotten......
FCA Ortega Run ‘08: Sunday drive with a few (dozen) Ferraris
Thursday, March 13th, 2008
click image above for high-res gallery from this FCA driveLife in Southern California isn't always sunny and bright. Take last month for instance. When we woke up hoping to tag along on a Ferrari Club of America drive known as the Ortega Run, we were disheartened by the sight of pouring rain. We hav......
Porsche denies plan to raise stake in VW to 75%
Thursday, March 13th, 2008
After Porsche moved to increase its ownership in Volkswagen to 51 percent last week, an overzealous German magazine took it one step further over the weekend by reporting that Porsche was going for an even larger piece of the pie... a whopping 75 percent. Porsche pulled in the reigns and quickly re......
Audi considering separate U.S. assembly plant
Thursday, March 13th, 2008
With the U.S. dollar reaching an all-time low against the euro, EU-based manufacturers are looking to the United States as a low cost manufacturing site. Audi's parent company Volkswagen has been contemplating building an assembly plant somewhere in the United States for some time, which, if built, ......
Porsche resumes production of 911 after plant explosion
Thursday, March 13th, 2008
Porsche announced today that production of the iconic 911 has resumed at its plant in Zuffenhausen, Germany after an explosion in the spray-painting unit brought things to a halt last week. No one was injured, but the external combustion caused several hundred thousand euros worth of damage and cost......
Porsche ups ownership in VW to 51%
Thursday, March 13th, 2008
The supervisory board of Volkswagen Group just gave approval for Porsche AG to take a majority stake in the people's automaker. Porsche currently owns 31% of Volkswagen, and this move will ultimately increase that share to 51%. The increase in ownership is estimated to cost Porsche upwards of $20 bi......
Porsche warming to diesels
Wednesday, March 12th, 2008
In yet another move demonstrating that Porsche is capitulating to the greener crowd, an industry newsletter is reporting that the German automaker's executives have overcome their long-time reservations about diesel powerplants and are considering such a vehicle for their lineup by 2010.Reportedly, ......
VIDEO: Nissan GT-R vs BMW M3 vs Porsche 911 GT3
Wednesday, March 12th, 2008
Britain's Autocar hit the track with the BMW M3, Nissan GT-R, and Porsche 911 GT3 to see which of the musclebound sports cars could best its immediate competition, and they captured the three-way face-off on video. There's been plenty of GT-R vs. Porsche chatter since the Nissan's launch, but how wo......