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Oops: Journalist’s Son Crashes $180k Porsche Press Car

Posted on 26. May, 2010 by PB.

What happened in journalist Peter Cheney’s garage was any parent’s nightmare. Peter Cheney is an automotive journalist who writes for the Globe and Mail, a Canadian news publication. Peter frequently test drives automobiles and writes reviews of his experience driving the cars. Recently, Cheney was given an opportunity to take home a Porsche 911 Turbo, valued at $180,000. Cheney was supposed to keep the car for a few days so that he could write a full review of the luxury automobile’s performance and handling. Ideally, he was supposed to return the vehicle in one piece.

Instead, Peter came home to find his garage in shambles and the Porsche badly damaged. Read on for the full story and photos!

Special thanks to our Guest Contributor: Design 911 – Porsche Parts, spares and accessories supplier based in Essex, UK.

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Deconstructing the Porsche Emblem

Posted on 19. May, 2010 by PB.

The Porsche name is recognized for superb styling on top of innovative engineering, but until 1952 the Stuttgart-based automotive manufacturer portrayed itself to the world as only that: a name. For 31 years, the Porsche brand consisted of seven sleek letters but had no face attached to its name. No mark, emblem, nor ideogram to distinguish its cars from the masses and therefore no burning scar in the minds of consumers embodying the Porsche experience and history.

Thanks to the team at vintage racing video website RaceFansTV for guest writing this fantastic post for us. RaceFansTV is an international initiative led by motorsports enthusiasts that aims to bring back much of the great historical racing footage that has been captured since the video camera was invented. Well worth checking this fantastic new site out!

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2009 Porsche Rallye Circuit by Rallyebild.de

Posted on 17. Jan, 2010 by PB.

Like ourselves, the team over at Rallyebild.de tend to get a bit excited about Porsche Rallye events. We hope that you do, too, and if so, then this video is for you. The team strive to cover every Porsche Rallye event in Germany that they can, in addition to hitting the Czech Republic and Poland circuits.

Rallyebild are a team of three individuals, one photographer and two videographers, who love and respect everything Porsche. If you feel the same, read on, because we have the 2009 Rallye specs for you, right down to the car color and driver. Take a look at their video!

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All new 500bhp 911 Turbo

Posted on 05. Sep, 2009 by PB.

The seventh generation Porsche 911 Turbo is an embodiment of all things Porsche. Engineering, style, comfort, and safety all come together to provide raw unrelenting speed and a perpetual smile on the lucky driver’s face. With a cool base price of around £100,000, this road missile will carry you from 0-62 miles per hour in 3.4 seconds when coupled with the seven speed PDK transmission.

With any new model in the range, people always debate about what’s changed. Well you read it here first…it has two front seat cup holders. Honestly! The cup holders are of a mediocrity not common for Porsche, but the general consensus is that if you use the cup holders in a bloodthirsty 500-horse power speed machine, you don’t know how to drive it.

When people imagine the name ‘Porsche’, it is safe to say that a large amount instantly think of a big wing on the back of a car which always has on evil grin plastered to its face. The 911 turbo is the reason for this image. It is beautiful. It is efficient. It is cutting edge. It is fast.

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Porsche 997 GT2 versus Porsche 997 Turbo

Posted on 15. Aug, 2009 by PB.

We all know that Porsche has been putting out the hottest cars recently with their improvements to the 997 line. If you’re here, we know you’ve already chosen a Porsche as an option, but now it’s time to make the ultimate decision: which Porsche is for you? Would you go for a high specced Turbo, or add some extra cash and go for the GT2? Both cars are so similar, yet so different in many ways. I know which one I would go for, but first, let’s get some of the specs out of the way.

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9ff GTurbo’s Speedo, Pure Acceleration Video

Posted on 24. Jul, 2009 by PB.

How much would you love one of these…check out this video of a 9ff GTurbo doing 0-273kph! The video is from the guys over at Wildest Cars and is most definitely worth of a re-post. Keep up the good work!

“The turbocharged GT3 RS with 750bhp, doing what it does best. Now we didn’t actually start from 0, it was more like 8, but you know, we tried…It can’t get the power down in the first few gears, but the sheer thrust of the thing in the higher gears was and is borderline insane! Distributed by Tubemogul.”

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Fancy winning a 997 Porsche GT3 + £25k for £20?

Posted on 17. Jul, 2009 by PB.

Okay, so you have seen the banners on our site (our hosting fees have to get paid for somehow), but who exactly are Best of the Best? Some of you may have seen their stands at airports around the UK and possibly even had a go yourself. BOTB have a great new contest for those interested in trying their luck (and a little bit of skill) in the hope of winning a new Porsche GT3, £25,000 in cash plus another £6000 towards insurance. Trust me, you want the money towards insurance. Use your skills and you could have a new Porsche sitting in your drive by next month. Talk about the thrill of anticipation! Read on for more about this competition and the 997 GT3.

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The Porsche 911 and your New Baby are Compatible!

Posted on 24. Jun, 2009 by PB.

There you are driving along in your Porsche 911, the envy of all that see you. Then suddenly a baby appears in your life and wants to ride along too! It happens every day. One minute we are free to zip around in our Porsche and the next minute we are trying to figure out how to keep the Porsche and still transport the baby. Well..myself and Mrs Porscheblogs (also PB) are expecting our wee one on the 26th of June and I’ve been doing some research on the options.

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