Porsche takes over Scania…or maybe NOT – Porsche made it’s minimum bid for Scania as required by law after it upped it’s holding of Volkswagon past the 50% mark. Even though it has indirect control of the Swedish truck maker, Porsche obviously has no strategic interest in acquiring the company. [Via MSNBC] Abu Dhabi Porsche […]
Weekly Porsche Wrap
January 18, 2009 by
Here’s a few interesting things I ran across this last week in Porsche related news: Man intentionally crashed into lawyer’s Porsche – Looks like car jacking isn’t the only thing you have to worry about while cruising around in your Porsche. A man in Dallas slammed into a 2009 Porsche Carrera driven by a local […]
Weekly Porsche Wrap
January 11, 2009 by
Some big news this past week for Porsche, just mostly focused around a couple of events: Porsche takes a majority stake in VW – Monday, Porsche announced it had increased its ownership of VW shares to 50.76%. Not surprising news other than the timing. I didn’t expect his to happen until later in 2009. [Via […]
Virtual Auto Show
January 7, 2009 by
The NewsMarket will be unveiling it’s new Virtual Auto Show service on January 11, 2009 at http://www.tnmlive.com/. The service promises to dramatically reduce costs for both carmakers and attendees while providing a more effective communication channel connecting with a significantly broader audience. A number of carmakers including Porsche, Nissan, Land Rover, Mitsubishi and Suzuki have […]
Weekly Porsche Wrap
January 4, 2009 by
Here are some things I found interesting and/or entertaining from the last week: Electric Porsche conversions available from Florida company: EvPorsche I wouldn’t be surprised if 2009 is known as the “year of electric cars” as we see more and more of these conversion companies pop up in conjunction with manufacturers offering stock electric versions. […]
Porsche Human Performance Center: Performance For Man AND Machine
January 2, 2009 by
Just in time for kicking off one of the most popular New Year’s resolutions: getting in shape. You can schedule a visit to the Porsche Human Performance Center. The PHPC is based at the world-class Porsche Driving Experience Center at Silverstone circuit in Northamptonshire, UK. Sounds like there is a broad range of services offered […]
A Couple of Big Awards for Porsche
December 22, 2008 by
In the last couple of weeks, Porsche has won two of the industry’s most coveted awards for several of its cars. The first is the Automobile Magazine All-Star award. Every year Automobile Magazine’s staff get together to drive and compare ten different categories worth of cars. The 2009 911 is just the latest Porsche to […]
Weekly Porsche Wrap
December 21, 2008 by
Here’s what I found interesting last week having to do with Porsches: Porsche adopts new marketing policy: Just say “NO” Looks like Porsche has snubbed the 2009 Canadian International Auto Show in Toronto in February. Porsche officials claim they’re conserving marketing dollars by trying to connect at a better level with potential consumers. Pebble Beach […]
Next Gen Porsche Speedster
December 20, 2008 by
I’m venturing to guess that I’m not the only one who loved the movie Top Gun. I’d also be willing to bet that the movie propelled the 356 Speedster into more hearts than just mine (even though it WAS a replica). I remember thinking “I love this car!” every time I saw the movie. At […]
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