RTW Motoring is a North Hollywood-based tuner that got its hands on Mansory parts and builds the Swiss tuner’s vehicles for the U.S. market. The tuner filmed a video to show off the Mansory Porsche Panamera riding through L.A. It features two models with the full aerodynamic carbon-fiber kit. Click here for more news on [...]
Porsche sources have confirmed with CAR Magazine that the company will launch a long-wheelbase Panamera early next year. The long-wheelbase Porsche Panamera will get a 150mm wheelbase extension that will free up more room for rear-seat riders. Of course the Porsche Panamera long-wheelbase will be popular in China, where long-wheelbase versions of the BMW 7-Series [...]
Porsche’s sales and marketing head Bernhard Maier said that the company expects its new-car sales in Europe to grow significantly. “In Europe, a 20 percent growth rate is absolutely conceivable,” Maier said. Maier said that new products like the next-generation Porsche 911 and the Porsche Panamera S Hybrid and Panamera Diesel. Last year, the company [...]
Will their every be a Porsche Panamera Convertible? Maybe – but most likely not. So what does Porsche have planned for its only four-door sedan model? Not much really. Besides handing over the platform to its future family members Audi (for the A9) and Lamborghini (for the Estoque sedan), Porsche is likely to drop the [...]
Many of you many think Porsche and Lamborghini as supercar competitors – well, you’d be wrong. Both brands are from different ends of the spectrum but may soon be joining forces on share platforms. According to a new report, Porsche is providing Lamborghini with a new platform that will underpin its 4×4 SUV model and [...]
Last week, we here at egmCarTech launched a new segment called ‘Let’s Talk Numbers,’ where we take two or more vehicles and do a straight number battle and leave it up to you guys to decide which car is a better buy. We launched the segment with two new, fast and gas-guzzling supercars – the Ferrari 458 Italia vs. [...]
Earlier today, Porsche unveiled the new Porsche Panamera Diesel, which will go on sale in Europe starting August 2012. One of Porsche’s most fuel-efficient models ever, the Panamera Diesel is powered 3.0L V6 common-rail diesel engine making 250-hp between 3,800 rpm and 4,400 rpm with maximum torque of 405 lb-ft available between 1,750 rpm to 2,750 rpm. [...]
Porsche has released first-quarter results for the first time after shifting to calendar-year reporting to align its operations with VW (prior to that Porsche’s fiscal year previously ended on July 31). Porsche reported a first-quarter profit gain, crediting the redesigned and revamped Cayenne SUV. Porsche’s earnings before interest and tax “more than doubled” to 496 [...]
Bored? Want to watch an interesting drag race? Well, the guys at Motor Trend are here to your rescue. The publication lined up an odd bunch to at the drag strip – including the 556-hp 2011 Cadillac CTS-V Sport Wagon, 500-hp 2011 Porsche Panamera Turbo and the 555-hp 2011 BMW X6 M. Who comes on [...]
Key Competitors: BMW ActiveHybrid 750i, Mercedes-Benz S400 Hybrid, Audi A8 Hybrid. Power: 3.0L supercharged V6 engine making 333-hp is coupled with a 47-hp electric-motor. Transmission: 8-speed Tiptronic S transmission 0 to 60 mph: 5.7 seconds. Top Speed: 167 mph. Fuel-economy: 34.5 mpg combined. Price: $95,000. The BMW ActiveHybrid 750i starts at $102,300; the Mercedes-Benz S400 Hybrid starts at $91,000; [...]
