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The Ten Cars That Scare The Crap Out Of Us
Why We're Afraid Of It: Though it's the best sort of being scared, the original Porsche 911 Turbo was one of the earliest production vehicles to feature turbocharging. With around 400 HP coming out of an engine hanging out the back, the physics of the 930 are questionable and become that muc...
2010 Porsche 911 GT3 R Now Less Likely To Kill Racers [New Cars]
Stuttgart. Following the Porsche 911 GT3 Cup, Dr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche AG, Stuttgart, is entering yet another racing car in the 2010 motorsport season: The 911 GT3 R will be raced in series based on the international FIA GT3 regulations, thus succeeding the 911 GT3 Cup S. The main focus in developi...
Yesterday
The Five Craziest Engines You Can Buy Today
Mercedes-Benz AMG 6.2-liter V-8 (C63 only) Porsche 3.8-liter H-6 (911 GT3 only) What: 3.8-liter, DOHC, 24-valve flat six. Aluminum crankcase, cylinder jugs, and heads. 435 hp @ 7600 rpm; 317 lb-ft at 6250 rpm. Ferrari 4.3-liter V-8 (F430 Scuderia/Scuderia Spider 16M)
2010 Jaguar XKR Convertible [500 HP Week]
Ride: ☆☆☆☆ Value: ☆☆☆ ● BMW M6 Convertible: torque-free engine, better handling, real back seats ● Mercedes SL63 AMG: just as fast, more fun to drive, bad image ● Porsche 911 Convertible: slower, yet way more fun ● Audi R8 Convertible: gorgeous, fast, fun, capable
Tuesday, Nov 17
Hurricane Ida Buries Porsche Cayman In North Carolina Beach [LOLCars]
The No'reaster/Hurricane Ida combo passing over the East coast last week wreaked a fair bit of havoc. It even managed to sink a Porsche Cayman into the sand of Cape Hatteras, North Carolina. Best buried treasure ever? [Asylum]
Monday, Nov 16
2010 Mercedes E63 AMG: First Drive [500 HP Week]
If you read our Mercedes SLS AMG review you probably caught on we weren't as impressed with the new Gullwing as we thought we'd be. Why? We wanted it to be more like the Mercedes E63 AMG. Value: ☆☆☆☆ Overall: 90% ● BMW M5 ● Cadillac CTS-V ● Porsche Panamera ● Audi S6
Monday, Nov 9
Volkswagen-Porsche World's Largest Automaker, Toyota The New GM [Breaking]
VW-Porsche has overtaken Toyota as the world's largest automaker, at least through the first nine months of 2009, having produced 4.4 million cars to Toyota's 4.0 million. Somebody warn Poland. But none of that changes the fact that Volkswagen has quickly passed Toyota and GM at the top of th...
Saturday, Nov 7
Porsche 928 To Take On Renault Alliance, 158 Other Heaps: LeMons Arse Freeze-A-Palooza 2009! [24 Hours Of Lemons]
Get ready for the final race of the 2009 season, taking place in two weeks at chilly Thunderhill Raceway! More cars than ever before, and the most staggeringly wrong collection of vehicles ever seen...
Porsche 928 To Take On Renault Alliance, 158 Other Heaps: LeMons Arse Freeze-A-Palooza 2009! [24 Hours Of Lemons]
Purple Lemon Racing, 1969 Volkswagen Beetle The Big EASY, 1973 Porsche 914 Faulknor Auto Racing Team (FART), 1986 BMW 535i I Wanna Roc, 1989 Chevrolet Camaro 4 R's (aka 501k), 1989 Volkswagen Jetta Audi in Wonderland, 1995 Audi 90 14 The Hard Way, 1995 Volkswagen Golf GL
Thursday, Nov 5
Porsche Boxter Spyder Shows Off In Mountain Driving Clip [La Auto Show]
This is what every single Porsche Boxster Spyder will dream about when it goes to sleep at night: zipping around curvy mountain roads, unencumbered by hoards of maliciously slow RVs and driven well...
Porsche Boxster Spyder: The Lightest Porsche You Can Buy
At 2,811 lbs — only 11 lbs more than the 10-year-old 986 Porsche Boxster — the new 2011 Porsche Boxster Spyder will be the lightest Porsche you can buy after it's unveiled at next month's LA Auto Show. 2011 Porsche Boxster Spyder: Light, Powerful, Purist Roadster to be Introduced at Los Ange...
Monday, Nov 2
Panamera Wishes It Looked This Good: An Aston Martin Rapide High-Res Mega-Gallery [New Cars]
Aston's taking its sweet time getting more than a handful of decent shots of the 2010 Aston Martin Rapide out. It's kind of like a Porsche Panamera, but you know, attractive to look at. Here's a slew of new photos. Engine Rear mid-mounted 'Touchtronic 2' six-speed gearbox with electronic shi...
Thursday, Oct 29
Help The Environment And Ditch The Prius, Get A 911 [I Feel Gassy]
Eaton echoes a James May column from last week published in The Telegraph, where the Top Gear presenter argues that cars as we know them will inevitably cease to exist as tools for going to places and the only form of the car to survive will be the sports car, purchased and driven purely for en...
Wednesday, Oct 28
Porsche 911 GT3 RS Claims 7:33 'Ring Run, Still Doesn't Beat GT-R [Auto Brand Slap Fight]
Despite the six second gap between what this GT3 RS did and the GT-R has done (not to mention the Corvette ZR1's 7:26.4), the latest effort by Porsche still has some wiggle room. This run was made in traffic and judging by the telematics pulled from the car, there's at least another three secon...
Porsche 911 GT3 RS Claims 7:33 'Ring Run, Still Doesn't Beat GT-R [Auto Brand Slap Fight]
When the Porsche 911 GT3 RS debuted at the Frankfurt Motor Show, it looked every bit the obnoxious track-day racer. Apparently it can turn a wheel too, posting a scorching 7:33 time around the...
Tuesday, Oct 27
GM's Lutz Responds To "Not Ready For Racing" Jaguar [Jalopnik Vs GM]
GM's "Maximum" Bob Lutz opened up his maximum mouth this evening to tweak the rest of the luxury performance sedan universe in response to Jaguar dropping out of the Jalopnik Vs. GM "CTS-V Challenge" race set for Thursday. He's right. He's already gotten the best of Mercedes, Jaguar and Audi....
Sunday, Oct 25
1963 Porsche 356 S Coupe [Down On The Street]
Actually, I'm not 100% sure this is a '63; it's definitely a T6 Karmann-built 356B coupe, but it could be a '62 (though I'm pretty sure the engine lid badging on the Super didn't read "S" that year) or a '64-65 (but this car appears to have drum brakes, which were dumped after '63). Obviously, t...
Thursday, Oct 22
2011 Lexus LFA: First Drive
You've probably been bewildered by how much attention one car from a previously maligned automaker is getting on this and other enthusiast sites. But the attention we've paid pales in comparison to the attention to technical detail Toyota's displayed in the design and construction of t...
Sunday, Oct 4
Ferdinand Porsche - Genesis Of Genius by Karl Ludvigsen [Jalopnik Book Reviews]
See, if you're serious about Porsches- and what Porsche zealot isn't?- you want a book about Ferdinand Porsche, the father of the brand, to pack some heft! You'll need a level of detail that's so overwhelmingly, in fact alarmingly, obsessive that you'll learn something new on every page.
Wednesday, Aug 19
2010 Porsche 911 GT3 RS: Track-Ready, Street-Legal And More Power [New Cars]
The heart of the new, uncompromising GT3 RS is the power unit. Like the engine featured in the 911 GT3, the naturally-aspirated RS power unit now displaces 3.8 liters and delivers even more power, while revving up even faster to its 8500 rpm redline. It now delivers 450 horsepower, 15 more hor...
Friday, Aug 7
New Porsche 911 Turbo: 3.8-Liters, 500 HP Of Direct-Injection Glory [New Cars]
It may look like the old Porsche 911 Turbo, but this newest version of the 997 Turbo has been upgraded with the Carrera's 3.8-liter direct-injection mill. Can this old dog learn a new trick? Intelligent power boosts performance and efficiency of next generation Porsche 911 Turbo
Monday, Jul 20
The Ten Ugliest Custom Porsche Cayennes [Tuner Cars]
7.) RUF Dakara Country Of Origin: Germany Theme: Porsche 911 What Makes It Awful: Despite being a sales success, many Porschephiles feel the Cayenne is not truly a Porsche. For them, RUF has added the 993 911-style headlights to create a more Porsche-like look. It makes us
Friday, Mar 27
Buy The 1990 Porsche 911 From Death Race For $28,000 [Found On Craigslist]
We didn't actually see the remake of Death Race, but we can still appreciate the badass cars built for the movie, including this Porsche 911, now on sale for $28,000 on Craigslist. Year: 1990 Make: PORSCHE Model: 911 Trim: DEATH RACE MOVIE CAR
Saturday, Mar 14
Which Would You Take: Lightweight Porsche 928 or LS1-Powered Mazda Miata? [Tech]
Over in the shop, Evil Clint was doing some welding on a project that earns a big Jalopnik Stamp-O-Approval™: a Mazda Miata with all-aluminum Chevrolet LS1 V8, T56 6-speed, and Lincoln Mark VIII 8.8" IRS rear. We recommend that all cars get their recommended daily allowance of Vitamin LS; i...
Thursday, Mar 5
RUF Dakara: A Porsche Cayenne That Looks Like A Porsche [Geneva Motor Show]
We're still not too enthusiastic about the idea of a Porsche SUV to begin with, but we recognize they've sold enough Cayennes to make Budweiser sales at NASCAR events look slow. The market has spoken. The RUF boys have taken the Cayenne and restyled the offending elements and delivered a Cay...
Thursday, Feb 12
Porsche Panamera, Turbo Shows Us Insides, Starts At $89,800 [Porsche Panamera Turbo]
At the top of the Panamera lineup is the Panamera Turbo with its 500-horsepower, twin-turbocharged 4.8-liter V8. Also featuring the new PDK transmission, the all-wheel drive Panamera Turbo sets a breathtaking 0-to-60 time of 4 seconds flat and a top test-track speed of 188 mph. The Paname...
Wednesday, Jan 7
2010 Porsche 911 GT3 RS Caught With Its Pants Completely Down
The refreshed 2010 Porsche 911 GT3 RS got caught with its pants completely down and we've got the photos to prove it. Having recently revealed an updated 2009 Porsche 911 Carrera, Cabriolet and 2009 Porsche 911 Targa 46, Porsche has laid the framework for the model we're really interested...
Wednesday, Dec 31
The Curse Of James Dean's “Little Bastard” [Porsche 550 Spyder]
Since James Dean’s death in 1955, the Porsche 550 Spyder has become infamous as the car that killed him. As young Jalops we watched an Unsolved Mysteries episode on the curse of the James Dean Porsche. These stories not only made the famous car seem more like Christine than Porsche, they down...
Monday, Oct 20
Four-Door Porsche Panamera Spotted In San Francisco
Odd...reminds me of a Dodge Magnum. Although, it won't be priced like one. MngoJuce.
Friday, Oct 10
RUF Electric Porsche 911 Concept Finally Revealed
Not too long ago we reported that German tuning house RUF was preparing to unveil an all-electric Porsche Cayman. Today, RUF has shown their Tesla-fighter is in fact a Porsche 911. The concept is fueled by 96 lithium-ion battery packs weighing a total of nearly 1,200 pounds; despite the wei...
Tuesday, Sep 16
Opinion: PCH, V8 Imports You Should Totally Run At LeMons Edition: Porsche 928 or Lexus LS400?
Not very shockingly, the Mercedes-Benz 450SEL beat up on the Pontiac Bonneville in our 6.9 Liters Of Misery Choose Your Eternity poll on Friday, no doubt because voters were counting camshafts or dollars in the original purchase price or something. Today we're going to have the tradition...
Monday, Sep 15
Porsche Panamera Official Teaser Hides The Ugly Parts
sos10: I haven't seen one in person but I've been pro-Panamera from day one. SO much better than the thin frog-faced Cayenne. Let's just call it the Porsche 2+2! NovaloadMissesPolar.
Porsche Panamera Official Teaser Hides The Ugly Parts
because they wanted to hide the ugly back, then we're not stupid enough to be potential porsche buyers. Or the article would have been something like "wow here's the new panamera. the front is so great that the back must be better". ...
Porsche Panamera Official Teaser Hides The Ugly Parts [Porsche ...
This is the first official photograph released of the 2010 Porsche Panamera Gran Turismo, and while it's obviously just a teaser shot, they certainly have done a good job at selecting which part of...
Tuesday, Sep 9
Gumpert Apollo, Top Gear's Top Car, Officially Coming To America!
Evolution MotorSports conceives designs, engineers and track/roads tests proprietary Performance Systems for the following vehicles: Porsche, Lamborghini, Audi, VW, BMW and Mercedes. All EVOMS Performance Systems feature EVOMSit "intelligent tuning," the company’s propriet...
Friday, Aug 29
1987 Mercedes-Benz 560SL
Welcome to Down On The Street, where we admire old vehicles found parked on the streets of the Island That Rust Forgot: Alameda, California. We've only seen one Mercedes-Benz R107 so far, though they were made from 1972 through 1989. I see them around town, but they've just always seemed so t...
Thursday, Jun 26
Suzuki Breaks Up With Detroit Auto Show, Needs Some Space
Suzuki has joined Porsche in abandoning the Detroit Auto Show, though explicitly this time because of a lack of space. Seriously, have you ever driven through Cobo Arena? Tiny place. They have to put cars on the roof it's so small. This is bad news for Detroit, considering the NAIAS already th...
Sunday, Dec 9
Audi R8, Part 3 [Jalopnik Reviews]
• Manufacturer: Audi • Model tested: R8 • Model year: 2008 • Base Price: $118,000 • Engine type: 4.2 Liter DOHC V8 • Red line: 8,250 RPM • LxWxH: 174.5" x 75" x 49.3" • Wheelbase: 104.3" • Drive type: AWD • 0 - 60 mph: 4.4 seconds • Top speed: 187 MPH • Fuel economy city/highway: 13/18 MPG
Monday, Dec 3
2008 Porsche 911 GT3 Cup [New Cars]
The new Porsche 911 GT3 Cup is entering the 2008 motorsport season with engine output increased to 420 bhp. The car will be raced in the Porsche Mobil1 Supercup, the world's fastest international brand trophy, and worldwide in national Porsche Carrera Cups and GT3 Cup Challenges. 265 unit...
Monday, Aug 20
Opinion: Porsche 917
RUF RT12 | 1978 Aston Martin V8 Vantage | Honda 1300 Coupe 9 | 1931 Daimler Double Six 50 Corsica Drophead Coupe | Ferrari 288 GTO | Chevrolet Corvette ZR-1 | 1970 Buick GSX 455 | First Generation BMW M Coupe | Bugatti Veyron 16.4 | Ford GT | Citroen SM | Porsche 928 | Jensen FF | DeTomaso Vallelung...
Wednesday, Jun 6
Ford Wins Big, Mercedes Improves in Initial Quality Study
· Compact premium sporty car: Porsche Boxster Runners-up: Mercedes-Benz CLK-Class, Mercedes-Benz SLK-Class · Large premium car: Audi A8, Mercedes-Benz S-Class (tie) Runner-up: Lexus LS 460 · Premium sporty car: Mercedes-Benz SL-Class Runners-up: Porsche 911, Lexus SC 430
Sunday, May 20
Porsche 959 at the 1986 Paris Dakar
We have but two things to say. Number one, our new goal in life is to hammer on a 959. And we mean it – literally hammer. Number two, this video could have been several hundred minutes longer. All hail the 959. Make the jump to hear some nice engine noise. – Jonny Lieberman
Friday, Feb 23
And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Parts: Replace a Radiator or Heater Hose
While there are still a few air-cooled automobiles on the roads the good majority out there these days are of the liquid cooled variety. Those driving an old Karmann Ghia or a pre-98 Porsche 911 can take the time spent reading this series of articles on the automotive cooling system and inst...
Tuesday, Feb 6
Electric Porsche 959, In a Sense
Amid the talk of new electric sports cars from Tesla and Mullen, we can't forget all the conversion guys turning regular cars into silent runners. For example, World Class Exotics of West Palm Beach, Florida, which handles all sorts of electric-car projects, including this Porsche 959-...
