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Since 2001, TECHART GTstreet vehicles have been among the fastest and highest performance sports cars in the world. This high performance is reflected in the GTstreet RS’s statistics - 700 hp and 515 KW – with a maximum torque of 860 Nm.
This power is achieved through the use of modified turbochargers, enlarged carbon inlet pipes, specially developed intercoolers, a sports flap exhaust combined with high-performance headers, modified pressure sensor and a sports air filter.
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This here is most likely the new Porsche 911(998) test mule. Compared to the facelifted 997 the car has bigger wheel cases.
The all new Porsche 911(998) will most likely have a 345 hp flat-six engine for the Carrera model or 385 hp flat-six in the S model. Production is set to begin end of this year.
The new 911 codenamed 998 should debut in 2010.
Future additions to the model line will include Targa version for the Carrera and Carrera 4 lines. Surely GT3 and Turbo variants will also follow after some time.
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This can either happen in Russia or in some oil rich country where people have no idea what to do with their money.
According to Autoblog Netherlands this Porsche 911 (996) Cabriolet is covered with 40 pounds of gold plates.
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Like an Arabian stallion collecting its attention for a jump. Concentrated and full of dynamic body tension. This is how the silhouette of the super sports car called STALLION presents itself. But the latest development of the premium refiner HAMANN MOTORSPORT offers far more than a fascinating new aerodynamics concept.
The efficiency boost to 630 hp and the HAMANN-sport chassis turn the STALLION into one of the most powerful and fastest sports car in the whole world.
Continue to read: Hamann introduces a new supercar based on The Porsche 911 Turbo
Here we have one of the graziest crashes we have ever seen involving a Porsche. Kelvin Burns was racing in Thruxton, England when the car got bumped and lost control.
The car got some air underneath and performed a short “flight” over the fence.
As you can see from the video cameraman was pretty close to the whole thing. Strong nerves!
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Porsche commercials are always different. There is lot of power and emotions in them.
The new generation of the 911 stands out clearly at first sight through innovations in design both front and rear as well as new lights with LED technology. New LED lights look great. Enjoy the video.
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Dr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche AG, Stuttgart, is introducing the next generation of the 911 model series. The four new models – two Coupés and two Cabriolets – with classic rear-wheel drive offer an even higher standard of dynamic performance thanks to their all-new flat-six power units displacing 3.6 and, respectively, 3.8 litres.
And the introduction for the first time of direct fuel injection on a Porsche sports car, together with the optional double-clutch gearbox Porsche-Doppelkupplung (PDK), makes the new 911 even more sporting and dynamic.
Continue to read: Porsche 911 gets a facelift, more power and efficiency
Presently, the introduction to the Sportec Pleasure begins with the SP530 delivering 530hp and ends with the top-of-the-line model SP680 revealing 680hp.
The ingredients for this exclusive high-performance and precision engine from Switzerland are, among others, special Sportec turbochargers as well as a Sportec sports exhaust system with a sound flap system and high-performance catalysts.
Modifications to the suction unit and a special sports air filter with an increased airflow take care of the necessary amount of intake air required for this high-performance and precision powertrain.
Continue to read: Sportec SP600 Convertible (based on 911 Turbo Convertible)
German tuning house speedART has taken the wraps off its latest modified Porsche, a heavily boosted version of the already extreme 997 GT2.
The car comes with increased power and torque, custom alloys and suspension upgrades, lifting performance to the levels expected from only the most exotic of supercars.
Continue to read: SpeedART BTR-XS 650 extreme 911 GT2
Bryce Miller and the Farnbacher-Loles 911 GT3 Cup Car tear it up against Roger Garbow and the Farnbacher-Loles Porsche Cayman GTR during the Opening Ceremonies for the New York International Auto Show.
Thanks to the NYPD and New York State Police for closing down 11th Avenue for us to have a good time. Who won? It was close…
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GEMBALLA - a name which almost every car enthusiast in the world can spell. For over 25 years, it has been creating motoring dreams based on Porsche models that could hardly be more individual.
The latest model from GEMBALLA also gleams with technical highlights and, particularly, a phenomenal design. The Avalanche Roadster GTR 600 is already the finest and most masculine way to drive with the top down.
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Geneva 2008. In hall 2 of the 78th International Geneva Auto-Salon, the world premiere of TechArt Automobildesign will be unveiled. Here, the new TechArt GTstreet convertible will be presented to the press and international public; the car is based on the Porsche 911 Turbo Cabriolet.
Uncompromisingly sporty, unreservedly suitable for everyday use. TechArt is continuing this traditional philosophy with its GTstreet convertible. Since 2001, when the Porsche 911 Turbo model from the 996 series was used, vehicles bearing the TechArt GTstreet logo have been among the fastest and highest performing road-worthy sports vehicles in the world.
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What is created through passionate precision and with the love of detail emphasises the respect towards an inimitable automobile. Dynamic driving through performance and optimum aerodynamics becomes an experience of the highest art with the TECHART Turbo Cabriolet on the basis of the new Porsche 911 Turbo Cabriolet. TECHART Automobildesign merges technology and art to produce a complete work.
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When Tim Brady punched the accelerator in the Porsche 911 Turbo he was piloting down a rural road in Oxfordshire earlier this year, he could never have imagined that the action would become a moment of infamy. After all, he had to feel pretty confident that no police were on speed patrol where he was, else he wouldn’t have wound the car out to 172 MPH.
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As with the 911 Turbo Coupé, the Cabriolet will also be powered by a 3.6 liter six-cylinder ‘boxer’ engine with biturbo turbocharging and Variable Turbine Geometry (VTG). The powerplant already generates 480 hp (353 kW) and 620 Nm of torque at 1950 rpm. With the new, optional “Sport Chrono Turbo Package”, which includes an overboost function, up to 680 Nm is even intermittently possible. The manual transmission version can accelerate from 0 to 100 km/h in just four seconds. With Tiptronic S the time can be cut to 3.8 seconds.
Continue to read: 2008 Porsche 911 Turbo Cabriolet
After much speculation, Porsche has finally decided to produce a 997-based GT2 in early 2008. The new GT2 will officially be the most powerful 911 to roll off the Porsche production line, with 530 bhp on tap from its twin-turbocharged 3.6-liter flat-6. Based on the 911 Turbo, the GT2 receives larger air intakes that feed two hopped-up variable-geometry turbochargers, which in turn send the intake charge into a new expansion manifold. This manifold is specially designed to keep temperatures down and increase efficiency, so much so that Porsche is claiming up to a 15-percent increase in efficiency over the 911 Turbo, despite the additional power.
Continue to read: 2008 911 GT2
