Striking Design. Made for Performance. Sports and luxury-lifestyle brand Porsche Design presented a new hard case line that is sure to become a new eye-catcher. Inspired by the sports car, Porsche Design expanded the successful “Roadster” softcase travel luggage collection with new Roadster models with integrated side impact protection coming as a standard. The result: … Read more
Porsche Classic Recreates Dashboard for Historic 911. Like the technical equipment, the classic vehicles’ interiors are subject to normal wear. Solar radiation as well as fluctuations in temperature and humidity attack the surface and materials over time. Today’s materials hold up better; therefore, to help preserve the long-term value of classic Porsche cars, Porsche Classic … Read more
A tiny engine is not the obvious way to power a sports car. But BMW’s dramatic new plug-in hybrid doesn’t do the obvious. Martin Love test drives the i8
Fifth generation Porsche 911 GT3 takes top honors. The Porsche 911 GT3 was named the 2014 World Performance Car at a ceremony at the New York Auto Show. The World Car Awards (WCA) are presented annually in four categories – Car Design, Green Car, Performance Car and Car of the Year. Winners are determined by an … Read more
At the 2014 North American International Auto Show, Acura unveiled the 2015 Acura TLX Prototype showcasing the design and performance direction for the all-new 2015 TLX performance-luxury sedan. Announcing plans to move up to the GT category of the growing and highly competitive Pirelli World Challenge Championship, Acura Motorsports also pulled the wraps off … Read more
The North American International Auto Show next week will see the debut of the retro-inspired Porsche 911 Targa. The 911 Targa, with its distinctive stainless steel roll bar, made its debut in late 1966 as the world’s first ever safety cabriolet. The semiautomatic Sportomatic four-speed transmission joined the lineup in 1967. With the 911T of the … Read more