We really have to say that 9ff is really slow in their process to take on the world record for the world’s fastest production car. We reported back in July of 2007 that the 9ff engineers were putting the finishing touches on their GT9 supercar, a 987+ horsepower Porsche 911.

Almost 9 months after it reported it was putting on the finishing touches, 9ff finally found time to hit up a track in Papenburg on April 10. 9ff engineers are claiming that the GT9 hit a top speed of 254mph beating the Bugatti Veyron.

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Work is under way on Porsche’s new smaller version of the Cayenne SUV. Now that the Audi Q5 has finally been released, engineers are focused on the smaller Porsche Cayenne SUV which recently hit the Nurburgring for the first time.

Sharing major components with the 2009 Audi Q5, the compact Porsche SUV is based on the same platform and will feature all-wheel-drive. It will also share engines with the new Q5, including the 3.2 liter V6 265-hp engine that will debut in the U.S. market next year.

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Here is a comparison between two special edition Porsches that recently hit the market. Our friends at CARhave put the new Porsche Boxster RS60 Spyder against the new powerful Cayenne, the Cayenne GTS.

Refresher:

Porsche Boxster RS60 Spyder: Power comes from a 3.4L mid-mounted engine that delivers 303-hp and 251 lb-ft of torque. 0-60 comes in at 5.1 seconds with at top speed of 170mph.

Porsche Cayenne GTS: Powered by a 4.8L V8 engine that produces 405hp giving it the ability to do 0-60 in 6.1 seconds

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Three Porsche heads will join Audi’s supervisory board at its annual meeting on May 7. Porsche’s CEO Wendelin Wiedeking, CFO Holger Härter and the grandson of Porsche’s founder Ferdinand Piëch will all sit in to discuss further cooperation between the two.

Wiedeking has previously said that Porsche will share electronic architectures, platforms and vehicle distribution with the Volkswagen Group.

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Volkswagen if this was you, that’s a pretty slick move there. Anyway, the bad blood between Volkswagen and majority shareholder seeking Porsche continues today as Porsche files a criminal complaint with authorities saying that someone had made an attempt to spy on their CEO, Wendelin Wiedeking.

According to German weekly Der Spiegel, a baby-monitoring system was found behind a sofa of the hotel suite one day before last year’s meeting of the supervisory board of Volkswagen. So they’re complaining now about something that happened a year ago? Interesting.

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Following the Audi TT-S we saw at the 2008 Detroit Auto Show, Audi has plans to bring even a more powerful version of the TT to the roads by 2010. And while many of us have come to known the car as the TT-RS, the badging of the car is a subject of controversy over at Volkswagen Group.

According to the April issue of AutoCar, the new powerful execs from Porsche who have a large influence in the company put a halt on the title. Porsche says that the RS badge belongs to them and only them when it comes at the end of a name.

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Porsche has extended its Cayenne lineup this week with the addition of the new Cayenne Turbo S, revealed at 2008 Auto China. The Turbo S badge makes a comeback with more power and more torque.

Power comes from a 4.8 liter V8 twin-turbo engine that produces 550-hp and 553 lb-ft of torque. Despite the extra 50 horsepower bump from the regular Turbo model, the Turbo S still manages the same fuel-efficiency as the Cayenne Turbo.

The Porsche Cayenne Turbo S goes from 0-62 in 4.8 seconds with a top speed of 174mph. The Porsche Cayenne Turbo S arrives in August with an international basis price of EUR 111,400.

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2009 Porsche Cayenne Turbo S:

   

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Porsche tuner SpeedART is up to crazy things again and while you thought the Porsche 911 GT2 was already powerful enough, SpeedART begs to differ. Based on the 911 GT2, SpeedART has introduced its latest project called the BTR-XS650.

The flat 6-cylinder unit received a new sport exhaust with twin tailpipes, new headers, a bigger intercooler, modified VTG turbochargers and a Motronic ECU. All of the gives the BTR-XS650 a boost of 120 horsepower for a total of 650. That gives it the ability to do 0-60 in about 3.2 seconds with a top speed of 216mph.

The tuned 911 GT2 sits on 20-inch wheels in black or white, combined with coil-over shocks for support while taking tight corners. Inside the car gets a couple of interior upgrades like sports seats, new sports steering wheel and Alcantara applications. The whole kit is available to order now for a total of $43,450.

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SpeedART BTR-XS650:

   

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Porsche fanatics, set aside the month of December on your calendars because the $78.5 Porsche museum in Stuttgart, Germany is expected to be completed before Christmas. The 258,000 square foot museum has been in under construction since October 2005 and has already attracted a considerable amount of interest. The museum is said to have a rotating display of more than 300 cars, highlighting significant models and Porsche’s racing history.

Porsche is still being cautious and says that if Stuttgart experiences a harsh winter, we could se delays. Porsche old museum will stay open until the new one is finished.

Originally, 170 architectural offices from all over Europe applied to build the new museum at Porsche-Platz. Porsche then invited ten of them to compete, from which Viennese architects Delugan Meissl emerged as the winner in February 2005

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Like most people reading this, we probably couldn’t afford Gemballa’s 850 horsepower Avalanche GTR 800 EVO-R based on the Porsche 911. Heck, we probably couldn’t even get our hands on the 911 itself, but for those of us lucky few that can, Gemballa is offering a new aero kit to set your 911 apart from the rest.

Gemballa gives the 911 a sportier and a more aggressive look with the addition of new side skirts, front and rear lips, rear spoiler and huge BBS-style 20-inch alloys. Yeah, and that hoodscoop you see there, that’s only for show off purposes. So don’t get too excited.

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Gemballa GT380 Aero Kit for the Porsche 911:

   

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This year’s crop of new droptops doesn’t follow the ‘green’ trend — most are built for performance and speed.

Improvements in folding tops and other technology make convertibles much better suited to year-round driving than in the past, which means you now have fewer excuses not to buy one.

The latest crop of new and significantly revamped convertibles highlighted in our list of Hottest Convertibles of 2008 brings even more refinement, performance, and comfort.

Click through for the list of the Top 12 Hottest Convertibles of 2008.

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Porsche reported new car sales of 2,467 units in the U.S. for last month, a 25% decrease from 3,278 units sold in March 2007. However, the sales of its Cayenne SUV hit 1,169 units, a 33% percent increase over March 2007 sales of 877 units. Year-to-date, Cayenne sales were up 11%.

In a recent report, Porsche’s plans for adding a smaller SUV are back on now that Porsche is looking to increase its shares in Volkswagen by more than 50 percent. Originally, plans were cancelled since Audi feared a compact Porsche SUV would threaten sales of its upcoming Audi Q5.

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For us, after Top Gear and Fifth Gear comes Chirs Harris’s AutoCar tests. In his latest faceoff, Chris puts the Porsche 911 GT2 against the Chevrolet Corvette Z06.

We are really looking forward to someone putting the Corvette ZR1 up against something as good as the GT2 or even the Nissan GT-R.

Refresher:

Porsche 911 GT2: 3.6 liter 6-cylinder engine producing 530-hp and 505 lb-ft of torque.
Chevrolet Corvette Z06: 7.0 liter V8 producing 505-hp and 470 lb-ft of torque.

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