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Porsche family auctioning off watch collection

Times are tough for the Porsche family. Amidst the merger with Volkswagen, their company just suffered a $6.6 billion loss. But we didn't think things were this bad for the descendants of Ferdinand Porsche until Bonhams announced they would be liquidating that family's watch collection to the highest bidder. Okay, we're exaggerating just a bit. The Porsche family stands to make a lot of money out of the Volkswagen merger, and the collection is being auctioned off for charity. And while we have no idea what charity that is, we have to ... Read more →

Pics Aplenty: Porsche Boxster Spyder Noah Joseph

Porsche drivers don't like waiting. That's why they buy a Porsche, after all. So while a few weeks might not seem like a long time for most people, to a Porsche driver used to rocketing to 60 ...

Another day, another racing 911: Introducing the Porsche GT3 R Sam Abuelsamid

Over its nearly half-century of its existence, the Porsche 911 seems to have spawned nearly as many racing variants as production models. The newest one announced is the 911 GT3 R, which, as the ...

Cayman Sand: Nor'Ida claims its latest victim Noah Joseph

It's bad enough when natural disasters lay waste to homes and coastline, but we're not sure we can bear the sight of this sort of car-carnage. Like this image, for example, of a Porsche Cayman ...

Dutch Porsche dealership covers new 997 Carrera S in milk chocolate for the holidays Chris Paukert

Back when we were but wee little Autobloggers, Easter was one of our favorite holidays. Not that we were religious, mind, we just really dug finding baskets filled with sugary treats nestled in ...

Porsche suffers $6.6B loss thanks to VW share writedowns 3 days ago on Autoblog

In 2008, Porsche ended its year with a ginormous 8.5 billion euro profit. Pretty amazing for a company that only makes 100,000 vehicles per year. Or not. As it turns out, Porsche's profits had everything to do with the German automaker's plan to buy out the much larger Volkswagen Group, and ...

Porsche challenges you to guess which 911 you are listening to 4 days ago on Autoblog

And if you get 'em all right, you get a chance to win your way into a Porsche 911 Evolution driving course. Which, we have to say, is pretty dang cool. Here's how it works. Porsche has the challenge broken up into five categories. You hit play and guess which engine you're listening to. We went ...

Oh, No! Porsche Design revives Yoko's iconic sunglasses 6 days ago on Autoblog

While the Porsche 911 stands as one of the most ubiquitous and storied sports cars of all time, another Porsche design was made popular by one particular individual. Throughout the Eighties, Yoko Ono wore the original Porsche Design shades so often they became known as the Yoko Ono sunglasses. ...

TechArt squeezes more power out of Porsche 911 Carrera 4S 9 days ago on Autoblog

In certain circles, the 911 4S is considered the Porsche to get. You got your high-output S motor, the security of all the wheels being driven, a curvaceous (if not swollen) rear end, all the luxuries of home (especially if you tick off "leather air vents" on the options list) but without the ...

Car and Driver runs Porsche Panamera Turbo in The 24 Hours of Dayton 9 days ago on Autoblog

That's Dayton, as in Ohio. Never heard of that race? We have, but only because we had Car and Driver's head cheese Eddie Alterman on our esteemable podcast the other week and he mentioned it. What is the 24 Hours of Dayton? Let's let C/D explain: "A Brumos Porsche won the 2009 24 Hours of ...

Total Croc: Porsche suing popular shoe company over naming rights? 10 days ago on Autoblog

Porsche AG is known for vigorously defending its intellectual property. It's understandable, as the company has spent more than half a century building its performance-oriented automotive brand around design patents, logos, and the company's familiar vehicle nomenclature. Crocs, Inc., on the other ...

Seven new Porsche models reportedly due over next four years... could there be more? 15 days ago on Autoblog

It doesn't seem that long ago that Porsche was a two-car company. But since then, the German automaker has come out with the Cayenne and the Panamera, taking it into new territory – for better or worse. Now that it's part of the Volkswagen Group, sources expect Porsche to begin expanding its ...

LA Preview: Porsche reveals new lightweight Boxster Spyder [w/VIDEO] 15 days ago on Autoblog

We're less than a month away from the LA Auto Show, which means that automakers are starting to dribble out some of what we'll be seeing there. The gang from Zuffenhausen will be rolling out a new lightweight edition of the Boxster dubbed "Spyder" especially for those who live where the sun ...

REPORT: Norwegian Porsche importer makes horsepower, taxes conspicuously disappear 16 days ago on Autoblog

Although the Porsche Boxster and Cayman are built right next door in Finland, in neighboring Norway, the sportscars are subject to heavy tariffs due to their relatively high engine output. But according to reports from inside the Scandinavian country, the local importer has found a solution that ...

First Drive: 2010 Porsche 911 Turbo is Stuttgart's quickest car yet 18 days ago on Autoblog

It's faster to 60 mph than a Lamborghini Murcielago LP640 or Ferrari Enzo. Porsche's fastest offerings, including the Carrera GT, GT2 and road-going 911 GT1 "Strassenversion" will only see its LED tail lamps during a typical sprint. Only the unlikely – make that incomprehensible – ...

Porsche releases limited edition "Designed 4 Ambition" calendar 21 days ago on Autoblog

Porsche has released info and images on its three calendars and diary that will be happy to keep you company throughout 2010. Two of them are especially focused on the Panamera, because damn it, you're going to like that car whether you like it or not... The Driver's Perspective calendar ...

Rendered Speculation: More Porsche 928 noise 22 days ago on Autoblog

The Brits at AutoExpress (essentially The Sun of car-related sites) have rendered Porsche's supposed 928 successor, and as expected, their report is rife with speculation, innuendo and conjecture. According to AE, the big sports car would basically be a two-door Panamera positioned above the 911 ...

Porsche 911 GT3 RS reportedly laps the 'Ring in 7:33 23 days ago on Autoblog

Another day, another Nurburgring time report! These posts are fun for a wide variety of reasons, not the last of which is the outpouring of love and understanding showered upon me whenever I link to my pal Jack's fascinating article on what 'Ring records really mean (hint: not much). Still, what ...

VIDEO: Tuned Porsche 996 Turbo loses it at 224 MPH 28 days ago on Autoblog

The Joetwint Porsche 996 is scary fast. Twint scored a world record top speed of 231.4 mph in the Texas Mile, and at a recent run the Evolution Motorsports-tuned 911 managed to hit 224.711 mph, but it also had a bit of a spill. Hit the jump to watch video of the massively-boosted 996 take off ...

REPORT: Porsche to share platforms with VW, possibly 911 28 days ago on Autoblog

Can you image a VW-badged Panamera? What about a 911-based product from Wolfsburg? It could happen according to Porsche CEO Michael Macht. Autocar reports that Macht says, "Porsche needs to become a strong pillar of VW," and part of that means sharing platforms and components. The two companies ...

Volkswagen to buy 49.9% of Porsche in first stage of merger 29 days ago on Autoblog

The days of Porsche being an independent automaker will soon be drawing to a close. Volkswagen has announced that it is ready to move ahead with the first stage of its buyout of the smaller company that had tried to do the same thing to it just a short while ago. Back in August when the VW board ...

Porsche Panamera owners rewarded with USB drive shaped like... Panamera 1 month ago on Autoblog

If you're a hardcore Porschephile, then you're going to love this post, because it's about Porsche minutiae that no one else really cares about. Turns out that if you bought a Panamera, you may have gotten an extra gift from Porsche (besides the car). A tipster sent in pics of a package he ...

VIDEO: Porsche ad claims Panamera doesn't fall far from the family tree 1 month ago on Autoblog

At least two of us at Autoblog HQ are totally smitten by the Porsche Panamera, despite Stuttgart's decision to jack up the roof and graft a 911-like rump onto an otherwise attractive sedan. Design foibles aside, it goes like stink, comes with copious quantities of interior space and, by most ...

Porsche's next supercar, as envisioned by an Iranian designer 1 month ago on Autoblog

With the 911 looking largely the same for the past 46 years, the Cayenne looking the way that it does, and the new Panamera greeted with mixed reviews (at best), it should come as no surprise that there are others interested in taking a crack at designing the next Porsche. Especially since the ...

STUDY: Men can't help but enjoy fast cars - it's that testosterone thing again 1 month ago on Autoblog

Talk about a foregone conclusion. Researchers at Canada's John Molson School of Business at Concordia University in Montreal took thirty-nine typical young men (i.e. college guys) and placed them in one of two cars. The first was a Toyota Camry. The second was a Porsche 911 Cabriolet. They then ...

Mansory previews aggressive aftermarket program for Porsche Panamera 1 month ago on Autoblog

Mansory isn't one to shy away from the controversial. The creative minds at the Swiss tuning company have come up with with everything from a pink Bentley Continental GT to a gold-clad Mercedes-Benz McLaren SLR. So perhaps it's no surprise that they have turned their attention to Porsche's ...

Improvements to 2010 Porsche 997 Turbo slash ten seconds from 'Ring time 1 month ago on Autoblog

With its new-for-2010 direct-injected, 3.8-liter turbocharged flat-six, the upgraded 2010 Porsche 911 Turbo has fired a shot across the bow of the world's supercar armada. Promising better performance, better fuel economy and better emissions, this tweaked 997 should hold the fort until the 998 ...

SCCA Speed World Challenge: The rest of the series wraps up with finale at Laguna Seca (Spoiler Alert) 1 month ago on Autoblog

One of our favorite forms of racing just wrapped up another season with a typically exciting finale at California's Laguna Seca raceway. Although it doesn't get much press, we love Speed World Challenge because the cars are so much like the ones we drool over in the real world and the drivers ...

ENCO Exklusive Gladiator 700 GT Biturbo is angry about something 1 month ago on Autoblog

Or at least it looks that way. Maybe it's mad that the new BMW X6 M is stealing all the Porsche Cayenne's uber SUV thunder? Or maybe the Gladiator is mad 'cause ENCO Exklusive dressed up the "Zuffenhausen" Bull in a Bugatti-like two-tone (and silly looking) black and crimson paint job? ...

Volkswagen group reportedly considering entering F1 1 month ago on Autoblog

Automakers appear to be pulling out of Formula One en masse. Jaguar and Ford withdrew a few years ago already, Honda canceled its participation at the end of last season, BMW is leaving at the end of this one, and both Toyota and Renault are reportedly considering canceling their programs as ...

REPORT: Porsche Panamera Convertible is coming soon 1 month ago on Autoblog

According to a recent report, Porsche will produce a Panamera Convertible. Now, it's not the hoped for four-door convertible. Rather, in the interest of keeping some semblance of chassis rigidity, Porsche is going with a two-door, four-seat convertible. Two doors will also help to keep the ...

AB stops at the 27th Concours d'Elegance at the St. Regis Monarch Beach Resort 1 month ago on Autoblog

For its 27th iteration, Orange County's most prestigious classic car show returned to the St. Regis Monarch Beach Resort in Dana Point, and finally dropped the "Newport Beach" from its name. No longer would it be known as the Newport Beach Concours d'Elegance, instead adopting the Concours ...

More details leak out about Porsche's reported plan for entry level model 1 month ago on Autoblog

Remember the Porsche 914? Most Porschophiles do, although some choose to forget the mid-engined sportscar built from 1969 through 1976. But the four-cylinder model was something of a sales success for the German automaker, handily outpacing the firm's range-topping 911 series throughout its ...

Sniff & Shift: Porsche Design completes the package with new scent, driving shoes 1 month ago on Autoblog

We've all seen people stepping out of exquisite sports cars dressed like total slobs, and the whole image thing just goes up in a cloud of smoke. Porsche Design seems to have made it its mission to complete the package, and to that end has released two new product lines. Among the sportswear, ...

Lumma Design takes on the Porsche Panamera with the CLR 700GT 1 month ago on Autoblog

Beauty, they say, is in the eye of the beholder. And with the whole world beholding the new Porsche Panamera, the myriad tuning firms specializing in Zuffenhausen's finest have been lining up in an effort to give the new four-door a makeover. Following earlier mods released by Gemballa and 9ff, ...

2010 North American Car of the Year nominees announced 1 month ago on Autoblog

Here in the car journalism biz, this is that time of year when everyone is evaluating all the recently introduced cars to determine which ones truly stand out. Here in town, the crew from Car and Driver are doing their 10 Best testing this week. Elsewhere other magazines are doing their own ...

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