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  • Video: Teen trades an old cell phone and gets a Porsche

    Video: Teen trades an old cell phone and gets a PorscheIn a world where many teens seem to lack both patience and common sense, one teen in Glendora, CA, demonstrated both masterfully. A 17-year-old Glendora teenager managed to barter an old cell phone all the way up to a Porsche through online trading.Steven Ortiz made a series of 14 swaps over a period of two years, using the Craigslist website, to get his 2000 Porsche Boxster S, the Pasadena Star-News first reported.It all started when a friend gave him an old cell phone. At first, he traded the old cell phone for a better cell phone and a few trades later, he had an iPod. ...

    Tags: porsche, cell-phone, trade, teen, video

  • Nissan`s add campaign makes Porsche angry

    Nissan`s add campaign makes Porsche angryAnother marketing battle is on in the automotive industry, now between Nissan and Porsche. BMW and Audi are also involved. According to the British press, Porsche is threatening to sue Nissan in the United Kingdom over a Goodwood ad campaign attacking the performance of rival German brands, also including BMW and especially Audi. This campaign was shown at this year's Goodwood Festival Of Speed and suggests a Nissan 350Z that made quite a few casualties in the Porsche, BMW and Audi camp. Porsche officials got quite mad with Nissan and they filed a complaint with the Japanese company about this matter and even threaten to ...

    Tags: nissan, porsche, add, campaign, angry

  • 16,000 Orders for the 2011 Porsche Cayenne in just one month

    16,000 Orders for the 2011 Porsche Cayenne in just one monthThe new generation Porsche Cayenne 2011, and the Bavarian house has just announced that it has received a total of 16,000 orders worldwide for the new generation model, despite the economic crisis. The most in-demand model so far has been the hybrid variant of the Cayenne, the Cayenne Hybrid, a model that has attracted 15% of users who have already placed orders. These orders were received in the first month after the 2011 Porsche Cayenne II's launch. The 2011 Porsche Cayenne will be available on the British market in all four versions: petrol, diesel, S, S Hybrid and Turbo.Porsche Cayenne was released at the ...

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  • Lumma Design modifies the new Porsche Cayenne

    Lumma Design modifies the new Porsche CayenneLumma Design have offered the first official renderings of their take on the new Porsche Cayenne. The name of the Lumma Design version of the Porsche Cayenne is Lumma Design CLR 550 GT. The German tuning company will also offer performance upgrades for the Porsche Cayenne, but currently they are willing to do this only if you contact them directly. No performance options are officially available for the moment or in the near future. The Lumma Design CLR 550 GT gets a body kit. The most interesting part is that they claim that a carbon spoiler mid-hatch and another strip of carbon which ``provide additional ...

    Tags: cayenne, lumma-design, lumma, design, clr, clr-550, clr-550-gt, 550-gt, porsche

  • Details and photos leaked of Porsche Cayenne 2011

    Details and photos leaked of Porsche Cayenne 2011The brand new Porsche Cayenne unit is one of the most awaited cars that will be shown at the Geneva Motor Show this year but until this moment, the only materials available are a few scans or teasers from different sources worldwide. So, what we present here are the 1st leaked details and photos actually which appear to be official.Cayenne is restyled, as you can see, at both rear and front, but the largest modifications can be seen inside the auto, where the inside seems to have its inspiration from Panamera.This new Cayenne, based on the same platform as VW Touareg, will be longer ...

    Tags: cayenne, 2010-geneva-auto-show, 2011, details, photo, leaked, porsche

  • Real or fake Photo of new Porsche Cayenne appears online ?

    Real or fake Photo of new Porsche Cayenne appears online ?From time to time, automakers ``accidentally`` leak photos of their future models, in order to attract the attention of the media. Still, you can never be sure when this happens if the photos are legit, as there are a lot of skillful people that with the help of professional software like Photoshop can make something fake look like the real thing. What we have here is a screenshot (not your regular photo…) from the European configurator of Porsche in which we can see what seems to be the next generation Porsche Cayenne SUV. In any case, the new Porsche Cayenne will make its ...

    Tags: cayenne, photo, new, leaked, appears, online, configurator, european, porsche

  • Porsche Panamera gets new entry level version

    Porsche Panamera gets new entry level versionOne of the ugliest cars available on the market will be available in yet another version, a little more affordable for the common loo…erm, luxury lover. The new version of the Porsche Panamera will get its power from a 3.6 liter V6 petrol engine with direct fuel injection (made by Volkswagen) which is about 30 kilograms lighter than the V8 engine available on the Panamera S/4S models. The entry level Porsche Panamera will be available with a rear wheel drive system or an all wheel drive system (the Porsche Panamera 4). The 3.6 liter V6 engine has an output of 300 horsepower ...

    Tags: panamera, entry, level, version, luxury, porsche,

  • Three videos of new Porsche 911 GT3 R Hybrid launched

    Three videos of new Porsche 911 GT3 R Hybrid launchedI always knew that KERS (Kinetic Energy Recovery System) from the Formula 1 is just a big marketing strategy and that its real use will be for the street legal cars, as it slows down the Formula 1 cars quite significantly. Williams has announced that they have developed the energy storage system that is used on the new Porsche 911 GT3 R Hybrid. The exact same energy storage system was first developed for use in the Formula 1 by the Williams team, but they are now focusing on applying the technology in road vehicles with the help of their Hybrid Power subsidiary. The ...

    Tags: 911, gt3, gt3-r, hybrid, 911-hybrid, videos, launched, new, porsche

  • VW intends to topple Toyota with 10 million sales by 2018

    VW intends to topple Toyota with 10 million sales by 2018Volkswagen, Europe`s largest carmaker, said it plans to increase sales to more than 10 million vehicles by 2018 as it seeks to dethrone Japan`s Toyota.VW`s management board approved business targets, including profit margins, measured by earnings before interest and taxes, of at least 5% for the automotive business in the "medium term," Wolfsburg, Germany-based Volkswagen said in a statement Wednesday. The target doesn`t include Porsche, which will be integrated by 2011, it said.Volkswagen CEO Martin Winterkorn has a target of beating Toyota, the world`s biggest carmaker, in global deliveries and profit margins. VW sold 6.29 million cars and SUVs worldwide last year, an increase of ...

    Tags: corporate, vw, sales, toyota, porsche, porsche-ag, 2018

  • Behind the scenes video of Porsche Panamera commercial

    Behind the scenes video of Porsche Panamera commercialMost of you probably remember the ``Family tree`` commercial for Porsche (if not, you will have the chance to see it below, too). For the shooting of the Family Tree commercial no less than 50 different Porsche models were used and the help of 22 professional drivers was needed. Actually, the commercial is meant to promote the Porsche Panamera , so in the final version the cars race around miles of tarmac, centered round the new Porsche Panamera . At the end of the commercial, the cars have splintered off to form the shape of a tree while the Porsche Panamera ...

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  • may 2008 Porsche 911 Coupe
  • 5-doors, mpv - Fuel: diesel
    Topspeed: 186 km/h
  • may 2008 Porsche 911 Cabriolet
  • 5-doors, mpv - Fuel: petrol
    Topspeed: 180 km/h
  • may 2008 Porsche Boxster
  • 5-doors, mpv - Fuel: petrol
    Topspeed: 218 km/h
  • may 2008 Porsche Cayenne
  • 5-doors, mpv - Fuel: diesel
    Topspeed: 178 km/h
  • january 2009 Porsche Cayman
  • 4-doors, sedan - Fuel: petrol
    Topspeed: 230 km/h
  • june 1988 Porsche 911
  • 5-doors, hatchback - Fuel: petrol
    Topspeed: 178 km/h
  • june 1988 Porsche 911 Targa
  • 5-doors, hatchback - Fuel: petrol
    Topspeed: 178 km/h
  • january 1992 Porsche 924
  • 5-doors, hatchback - Fuel: diesel
    Topspeed: 160 km/h
  • january 1992 Porsche 928
  • 5-doors, hatchback - Fuel: diesel
    Topspeed: 175 km/h
  • april 1993 Porsche 944
  • 5-doors, hatchback - Fuel: petrol
    Topspeed: 170 km/h
  • april 1993 Porsche 944 Cabriolet
  • 5-doors, hatchback - Fuel: diesel
    Topspeed: 150 km/h
  • april 1993 Porsche 968 Coupe
  • 5-doors, hatchback - Fuel: diesel
    Topspeed: 160 km/h
  • october 1996 Porsche 968 Cabriolet
  • 5-doors, mpv - Fuel: petrol
    Topspeed: 165 km/h
  • october 1994 Porsche Carrera GT
  • 5-doors, mpv - Fuel: petrol
    Topspeed: 177 km/h