Porsche 911 Turbo
The Porsche 911 Turbo production sports car consumes up to 16 per cent less fuel than its predecessor, develops 20 bhp more power, delivers 30 Nm/22 lb-ft more torque, and accelerates up to 8 per cent faster on a reduction in weight of up to 25 kg or 55 lb – not to mention the [...]
Porsche 911 Targa 4
Porsche is completing the fastest generation change ever seen in the 911 model family. Two brand-new engines with Direct Fuel Injection improve both performance and economy at the same time, the fast-shifting Porsche-Doppelkupplungsgetriebe or double-clutch gearbox is replacing the former optional Tiptronic S automatic transmission, and electronically controlled PTM Porsche Traction Management is taking the [...]
Porsche 911 Carrera
Porsche is raising the sportiness, efficiency and environmental compatibility of the classic rearengined 911 to an even higher level than before. The all-new power units in the 911 Carrera models with their 3.6-litre and the 911 Carrera S versions with their 3.8-litre power units come with direct fuel injection and are even available as an [...]
Porsche Panamera
The four-door Panamera combines a wide range of features seemingly contradictory at first sight, and offering a unique synthesis quite unparalleled in the premium segment: The Panamera comes with all the sporting and dynamic characteristics of a genuine Porsche combined with a very high standard of motoring comfort. Despite its extra-low and sleek coupé silhouette, [...]
Porsche Cayenne GTS – Porsche Design Edition 3
Introducing an exclusive series of models to be produced only in a limited edition, Dr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche AG, Stuttgart, is expanding its successful range of SUVs: Production of the Cayenne GTS Porsche Design Edition 3 with its exclusive features will be limited to just one thousand numbered units. With this new model, the [...]
Pagani Zonda R
A Pagani Zonda is never shy of a drive at the racetrack, a fact that was undermined numerous times in the past with records for production vehicles at the Nurburgring Nordschleife. The Pagani team has created the Zonda R using bespoke engineering solutions to meet the performance demands for a trackday version of the highly [...]
Pininfarina Bluecar
Pininfarina and Bolloré set up a 50-50 joint venture at the beginning of 2008 with the purpose of designing, developing, manufacturing and distributing an electric car with revolutionary technical features and formal qualities. The Pininfarina BLUECAR is therefore not a mere concept car but a forerunner of the vehicle which will go into production in [...]
Perana Z-one
The Perana Z-one, brainchild of Jimmy Price of Hi-Tech Automotive in Port Elizabeth, was developed and built in Hi-Tech’s factory and shipped to Europe, where it will be launched at the Geneva Auto Show from 3 to 15 March. The sports car was styled by Zagato of Italy, one of the world’s foremost automobile styling [...]
Peugeot: Birth of a concept car
Forerunners to production vehicles, technological showcases or purely objects of fascination: the world of concept cars is rich in diversity. There is a common aim, however: giving a glimpse of the future of motoring whilst stirring the imagination. The design of a car is always accompanied from the very start by major studies in technology [...]
Pininfarina: The Sintesi
The Sintesi is a sports car with four doors and four seats, developed by a highly innovative approach: it does not consider the car as a shape that covers the mechanicals, but one that gives a shape to the mechanicals around the passengers, starting from the latter. This approach, which is known as “Liquid” Packaging, has overturned traditional volumetric balances, improving weight distribution and lowering the centre of gravity, which are important elements for driving dynamics.