Archives for July 2009

Porsche Boxster vs. 4 Other Convertibles

How do you think the Porsche Boxster stacked up against 4 other “popular” convertibles including……..a Bentley?! Watch to find out. You may be surprised by his final pick at the very end.

Vintage Porsche 911 Commercial

This is a great old Porsche commercial I came across today.

Weekly Porsche Wrap

Pretty good 2009 Porsche 911 Carrera review – I like reading these reviews. Especially the shorter ones not written in the usual car magazine jargon. Seems like everyone’s got a little bit different take on the cars they review. This one is worth the 5 minute read. I’ll spoil the conclusion for you: “The Porsche […]

Weekly Photo Highlight

This week’s photo highlight represents a situation no Porsche owner ever wants to find himself or herself in. This photo was sent in by “FF” who just scored another 5 entries into our Porsche Giveaway. “Just snapped this one a couple hours ago and I thought the image was priceless!  I dont even know which […]

Jay Leno Porsche Carrera GT Video

Brad, yep the same guy who sends in all the Boxster and Carrera GT content, sent this video in. It’s a great follow up to the infamous Leno Spin video I had up a few weeks ago. Jay talks about the Carrera GT, some of the things he likes and “the spin”. Click anywhere on […]

It’s Official

I should have posted this yesterday, but couldn’t bring myself to do it. The Associated Press is reporting that Porsche is indeed becoming part of Volkswagen. It looks like the merger could be wrapped up as soon as the end of summer. Volkswagen CEO Martin Winterkorn is promising that Porsche will remain autonomous, even though […]

Some Fancy Driving

What do you get when you mix a soft serve ice cream cone, boiling hot Americano and a Porsche 911 Cabriolet on a sunny day? Check out this quick video snippet we took after lunch today.

Porsche’s “Superman” Wendelin Wiedeking Resigns

It’s a sad day for Porschephiles as we close a pretty dang exciting chapter in Porsche’s history today. Last night (US time) Wendelin Wiedeking resigned as CEO of Porsche. We’ve heard rumblings of this for the past few weeks and lots of speculation indicating it was inevitable. You still hope those things won’t actually end […]

L.A.’s Finest…Dismantler That Is

This post was submitted by Jeremy, one of our PorschePerfect.com readers. He decided to take a little field trip to a local “Porsche” vendor and share what he found there. Thanks Jeremy! A few weeks ago I was reading the LA Times business section and came across a cool article about a SoCal couple who […]

Porsche Story

This Porsche story was submitted by Mitchell. I love hearing about how people gained an interest in Porsches. My first real exposure to the Porsche was through a high school friend of mine who used to wash/detail cars for his dad’s friends. They were a rich(er) family and of course the circles they traveled in […]