Jay Leno drives Porsche Panamera Turbo - Pebble Beach promo
Jay Leno made a special appearance yesterday at the specially built Porsche Zentrum facility located at the Quail Lodge in Carmel Valley California. While there he met with old friend David Donohue and the two went on a short drive in a Porsche Panamera Turbo [...]
Fiat Punto Turbo: Has It Been Created Just For the Experience?
Does it make any sense for a carmaker to produce a vehicle just for an event? Sometimes it does, as we have seen with the cars Volkswagen presented recently at the 2008 GTI Meet in Austria such as the Scirocco GT24, GTI Performance Concept and Passat R36 Styling Study. For others, presenting a vehicle as a show car is just an excuse, as the BMW M1 Homage will someday prove, since BMW would not invest so much money just to leave its customers mouthwatering [...]
SpeedART BTR-XL 600 Porsche 911 Turbo Cabrio
It’s safe to assume anyone modifying their 911 to the state of tune offered by the guys at Germany’s SpeedART could be considered a serious performance enthusiast, so why would such individuals want to modify the softer convertible model in Porsche’s lineup? The answer, it would seem, is that there’s a group of individuals out there who desire the feel of the wind through their hair at speeds beyond 300km/h and no car would better suit them than the latest Porsche BTR-XL 911 Turbo Cabrio from SpeedART.
The name BTR-XL is an acronym for ‘Bi-Turbo Racer - Extra Large’ and is completely befitting of a car that’s packing more than 600hp and 800Nm under the hood. Engineers managed to tweak the Porsche-spec VTG turbochargers and added a new sports exhaust system with new headers, a sound switch and black tail pipes [...]
