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JE Design Porsche Panamera

If you’ve bought a Porsche Panamera and just now realized it’s as ugly as the humpback whale that it is, we found a new tuning kit that will make it look like a whale that listens to hip-hop and is into chrome. Really, turning a large executive car into one of these low-rider cruisers is a bit blasphemous.

JE Design has come up with a new front bumper that houses huge air intakes. LED light were integrated as well, while round the back quad exhausts are fitted into a new diffused-tail bumper.

The Porsche Panamera also sits lower to the ground thanks to a lowering kit and comes with 22-inch Pandora Design wheels with performance tires.

On the performance side, the sensible Panamera Diesel 3.0-litre 6-cylinder unit can be boosted to 300 bhp (221 KW) and 650 Nm. But the mode you really want is for the 4.8-liter in the Panamera Turbo, which helps the V8 produce 600 hp and 850 Nm of torque. The tuner says this is enough to push it to 60 mph (98 km/h) in just 3.8 seconds.

2013 Porsche Boxster

The next iteration of the Porsche Boxster may not have made its world premiere in Detroit but the first official photos of the car were dropped onto the internet just as we were getting ready to write up our final post on the show.

This is the third generation of the Boxster since the birth of the series in 1996. The latest version of the two-seater model introduces an all-new lightweight body, upgraded flat-six engines with direct petrol injection, a completely revised chassis and in true Porsche fashion, evolutionary styling.

First of all, the new Boxster sports shorter front and rear overhangs along with a significantly forward-shifted windscreen and an overall flatter silhouette with the front end borrowing several design cues from the 918 Spyder Concept that’s also heading to production. The rear gets a similar set of tail lamps to the outgoing model but with a protruding crease in the middle.

Inside, the most prominent changes take place on the centre console that boast a large screen and an elevated lower section featuring similar controls to those found on the latest 911 and the Panamera.

The longer wheelbase and wider tracks promise to improve space for passengers while Porsche has also added a new fully automatic hood, which now dispenses with a compartment lid for the convertible top when stowed away.

We’re still short on the full technical details, but we know that the new Boxster’s all-aluminium body is significantly lighter than the all-steel model it replaces, while the revised chassis is also expected to shed some pounds.

On the engine front, the long-rumored four-pot did not make its debut on the new Boxster, but Porsche did rework the existing horizontally opposed six-cylinder powerplants, both of which feature direct injection technology.

The base Boxster gets a 2.7-liter flat-six instead of the outgoing model’s 2.9-liter unit. Despite the smaller displacement, it produces 10HP more at 265HP, and can complete the 0-100km/h (62mph) sprint in 5.7 seconds (vs. 5.8 seconds for the outgoing model). The Boxster’s 0-60mph time is 5.4 seconds.

The sportier Boxster S keeps the same 3.4-liter engine but revised to deliver 5HP more at 315HP for a 0-100km/h (62mph) acceleration time of 5.0 seconds (vs.5.2 seconds for the outgoing version). The Boxster S’s 0-60mph time is 4.7 seconds.

Both models are fitted with a six-speed manual gearbox as standard, with a seven-speed dual-clutch PDK transmission available as an option.

Even though faster than their predecessors, the Boxster and Boxster S are also more fuel efficient returning a combined fuel economy of 7.7lt/100km (30.6mpg US) and 8.0lt/100km (29.4mpg US) on the European driving cycle.

A Sport Chrono Package with Dynamic Transmission Mounts and the Porsche Torque Vectoring (PTV) with a mechanical rear limited slip differential are among the many options offered by the Stuttgart automaker.

European sales of the new Boxster will begin this spring while the roadster model will arrive in U.S. showrooms in the summer with prices set at $49,500 for the Boxster and $60,900 for the Boxster S, not including a $950 destination charge.

2012 Porsche 911 GT3 RS 4.0

We believed that Porsche had virtually squeezed everything it might get free from the present 911 (internally called 997), that is because of get replaced through the heavily redesigned and bigger 991 in the Frankfurt auto show this fall. But i was wrong: satisfy the Porsche 911 GT3 RS 4.0, a stripped-down track fugitive designed with the biggest engine ever set up in a series-production 911, a naturally aspirated 4.0-liter flat-six that will reach 500 hp at 8250 rpm. That’s up from 450 hp at 7900 rpm for that Porsche 911 GT3 RS using its 3.8-liter flat-six. The most torque of 339 lb-ft-up from 317-arrives at 5750 rpm.

For that Porsche GT3 RS 4.0, Porsche uses the crankshaft from the Porsche 911 GT3 RSR race car; the connecting rods are manufactured from titanium. We’re pleased to report the only transmission available is really a six-speed manual-no PDK dual-clutch transmission here. Porsche swapped the hood, fenders, and seats for carbon-fiber bits, and used lighter carpeting-some markets will also obtain a plastic rear window-cutting weight to 2998 pounds, 160 less than the RS we’d at our last Lightning Lap. The RS 4.0 also turns into a unique rear wing and air deflectors about the front fascia.

The 193-mph top speed isn’t any improvement within the other Porsche GT3 models, nor does Porsche claim some.0 is going to be any quicker compared to, um, “basic” Porsche GT3 RS. The organization quotes exactly the same 3.8-seconds to 60 since it does for that RS. But we already clocked a GT3 at 3.8-seconds for the reason that sprint. Figure about the RS 4.0 doing the deed in around 3.6-a rear-drive 911 are only able to be so quick.

This isn’t just a last-minute update towards the Porsche GT3 RS. It’s a limited-production run of just 600 copies globally. The conventional color is Carrara White, accentuated with silver and red striping about the front fascia, sides, hood, and roof-and huge “Porsche” lettering about the rear spoiler. The multifarious gimmicks and luxuries of numerous other 911s are markedly absent-there isn’t any stopwatch on top from the dashboard, no cupholder, no navigation system, and, as i’ve already explained, no PDK.

This, obviously, means the Porsche GT3 RS 4.0 is going to be much more expensive compared to non-numbered RS. Some.0 should cost you a minimum of $185,000 when it hits U.S. showrooms later this season, about $70,000 greater than a regularPorsche 911 GT3 but still $50,000 a lot more than the Porsche GT3 RS. You’ll likely be lucky to obtain one.

Porsche Panamera Black Bison

Japanese tuning company Wald International has applied its Black Bison treatment to a new vehicle, with the target now being the Porsche Panamera. Are you ready for a questionable styling adventure? OK, let’s go…

The four-door coupe received a carbon fiber aerodynamic package consisting of a new front fascia with massive air intakes, front fender air vents, beefier rear wheel arches, a boot lid spoiler, as well as a rear diffuser.

In addition to that, the Panamera was fitted with a set of five-spoke lightweight alloy rims that come in a two-tone finish, as well as custom tail pipes. In order to bring the vehicle’s look to a whole new level, Wald International also fitted the vehicle with a suspension that brings it closer to the road.