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Total Croc: Porsche suing popular shoe company over naming rights?

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 hand, is a shoe manufacturer credited with introducing the world to low-cost injection-molded foam footwear. Crocs does not build cars... um, thankfully. What Crocs did do was name its popular sandal the "Cayman" (pictured at right). Of course, ... Read more →

Seven new Porsche models reportedly due over next four years... could there be more? Noah Joseph

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 ...

LA Preview: Porsche reveals new lightweight Boxster Spyder [w/VIDEO] Sam Abuelsamid

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 ...

Oh, Canada! Great White North journos pick their cars of the year Chris Shunk

Guess what boys and girls, the auto show season is ramping up and that means the constant flow of Car of the Year awards is upon us. The biggest auto show award in our quaint little hemisphere is ...

First Drive: 2010 Porsche 911 Turbo is Stuttgart's quickest car yet Michael Harley

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 ...

Porsche releases limited edition "Designed 4 Ambition" calendar 11 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 12 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 13 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 18 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 18 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 19 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 21 days 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 25 days 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 26 days 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 26 days 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 26 days 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 27 days 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 ...

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 ...

VIDEO: Nat Geo airing Ultimate Factories on Lamborghini, Rolls-Royce, Camaro and Porsche 1 month ago on Autoblog

There's a reason cable is kicking so much network butt these days. No, not Deadliest Catch. Well, okay, Deadliest Catch and shows like the National Geographic Channel's Ultimate Factories. What is Ultimate Factories you ask? It's a show where a camera crew runs around the world checking out some ...

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, ...

eBay Find of the Day: Epic custom Chevy SSR thinks it's a Porsche GT3 1 month ago on Autoblog

If you like Porsche sportscars, may we suggest that you avert your eyes. Ironically, we'd still recommend the same if you aren't a fan of Stuttgart's Cayenne. Because if you thought that Porsche having an SUV was tough to swallow, that ain't nothin' compared to what's been done to this Chevrolet ...

VIDEO: Hot Box - TH Automobiles' Volkswagen Multivan takes on Porsche Cayenne Turbo S 1 month ago on Autoblog

Not a lot of people would look at a full-size van and think, "I bet I can make that thing perform like a sports car." Sure, many major manufacturers have had similar dreams of grandeur with their full-size SUVs – sometimes with halfway decent results – but nothing on this scale that ...

Porsche to pull Boxster production from Magna over Opel stake? 1 month ago on Autoblog

After a great deal of international haggling, Magna ended up winning the competition for Opel. One of the many questions to be answered now is: How will the deal affect Magna's engineering and assembly business? Even as companies like VW and BMW have said they would be looking closely at ...

VIDEO: The Belgrade Phantom trailer 1 month ago on Autoblog

While we don't watch many of them, when we do get to see films from the region formerly known as Yugoslavia, we tend to like them. Case in point, check out Emir Kusterica's Underground. But that's not a car film. The Belgrade Phantom, on the other hand, is. Based on true story, the plot is that ...

Heroes or Vigilantes? Canadian citizens go on 100-mph chase in Porsche 997 to catch suspected rapist 1 month ago on Autoblog

Here's the facts: Two Canadian men in a Porsche 997 encountered a woman (who jumped in front of their car) claiming that a man in a nearby Pontiac Wave (that's a Chevrolet Aveo to me and you) had just tried to assault her. The woman climbed in the back of the 997, and with the police on the ...

Porsche club hits the road to celebrate Ferry's 100th 1 month ago on Autoblog

September 19, 2009 would have been Ferdinand "Ferry" Porsche's 100th birthday, and to celebrate his centennial, the Porsche Club of America's Long Beach Region (PCA-GPX) threw a little party. And what better way to honor Ferry than with a spin in one of the most iconic Porsche's of all, the ...

REPORT: CEO says Porsche can sell 150,000 cars per year - it sold just 75,200 last year 1 month ago on Autoblog

Porsche is not a high volume automaker, and it probably never will be. However, Porsche management feels it can do better than its somewhat disappointing 75,200 sales it last year (ending July 2009), but the increase could be larger than most would reasonably expect. Porsche CEO Michael Macht told ...

2010 Detroit Auto Show main floor is full, recession officially OVER 1 month ago on Autoblog

The 2009 North American International Auto Show was a bit of a disaster. The very difficult and uncertain economic conditions resulted in several high-profile automakers dropping out of the exhibition. Among the absent automakers were Nissan, Infiniti, Mitsubishi and Porsche, and a quick jaunt ...

Porsche Panamera already going to fleets, rent one from Avis in Germany 1 month ago on Autoblog

Aside from four primary entry portals and four wheels, Porsche's new Panamera certainly doesn't have much in common with the Ford Taurus of earlier this decade. However, like the former queen of U.S. rental fleets, Porsche's latest will soon be available for visitors to Germany to sample. Avis ...

Frankfurt 2009: Porsche 911 GT3 RS goes 180 mph before coming to the show [w/VIDEO] 1 month ago on Autoblog

"You don't go from A to B -- you drive around in circles." So says Andreas Preuninger Manager of High Performance Cars at Porsche. First -- YES -- we want his job. Second, our buddy JF took a video camera into the Porsche 911 GT3 RS and went 180 mph on die Autobahn with Andreas at the wheel. ...

Frankfurt 2009: Porsche 911 Sport Classic shares a funky tail, funky colors 1 month ago on Autoblog

The seriously limited edition Porsche 911 Sport Classic -- for Porsche, at least -- makes our nostalgic tails wag, even though the gray exterior color is difficult to pin down and we couldn't get over the feeling when we checked out the Espresso-hued internals that we were looking at an ...

Frankfurt 2009: Porsche Turbo Coupe and Cab take all the cake 1 month ago on Autoblog

2010 Porsche 911 Turbo - Click above for a high-res image gallery The 2010 Porsche 911 Turbo differs from the Six Million Dollar Man in one crucial way; while it's better, faster, stronger, it can also be much, much yellower if you prefer. However, the last thing you want to be is yellow if you ...

Frankfurt 2009: 2010 Porsche 911 GT3 RS is pretty dang sweet 1 month ago on Autoblog

Yes, we made fun of the GT3 RS's pink lips when we saw the PR shots. But in person the Guards Red accents look, well, Guards Red. However, even in these hot off the show floor photos, Guards Red comes off pink against the slate gray body. So, the photos are tinted pink, but trust us, in reality ...

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