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Thu, 02 Feb 2012 20:43:10 +0000
Review: 2012 Porsche Cayman R PDK

The Cayman R: lowered, lightened, loudened. A track-day special with carbon-fibre race buckets, featherweight alloy wheels and red seatbelts. All right you hosers, here’s how we review a car like that in Canada. Now, some of you may be somewhat alarmed that the increasing whiff o’ maple sizzurp around the TTAC offices these days might [...]

Mon, 14 Nov 2011 18:24:04 +0000
Review: 2012 Porsche Carrera 4 PDK

I know what you’re thinking. I’m thinking it too. Why me? How, with a host of competent hot-shoes, seriously-journalistic scribes and industry insiders here at TTAC, do the keys to a presser Porsche 911 get handed to the guy who publicly admitted to being not a very good driver and who has an unfortunate tendency [...]

Fri, 21 Oct 2011 19:19:17 +0000
Review: 2011 Porsche Cayenne S

Strongly feel that Porsche should stick to sports cars? Personally, I’m willing to cut Zuffenhausen a little slack. Sports car sales, with their boom-and-bust cycles, don’t provide a sound foundation for corporate financial health. A more reasonable test: does Porsche’s entry look and drive unlike any other, in a manner consistent with the marque? Though [...]

Sun, 25 Sep 2011 05:11:56 +0000
Review: 2011 Porsche 911 Turbo S PDK

Good news, everybody! All that drama with the nice people at Porsche is totally over! Here’s how the phone conversation went: *ringgggg* Jack: STOP CALLING ME! It isn’t mine! I had a vasectomy! I told you beforehand! YOU SAW THE SCARS! Unknown Caller: Jack, this is Gary Fong, from Porsche Cars North America. Jack: What [...]

Mon, 16 May 2011 20:10:07 +0000
Review: Porsche Panamera (4 vs 4S)

The Porsche Panamera: should it exist? Eight years after the introduction of the Cayenne SUV, many enthusiasts remain steadfast in their conviction that Porsche should stick to sports cars with aft-mounted powerplants. While a two-ton four-door is certainly a lesser evil, has Porsche managed to offer one for which there is no available substitute? A [...]

Mon, 07 Jun 2010 19:40:57 +0000
Review: 2010 Porsche Cayman S PDK

300 plus horsepower, mid-engine sportscars are a rare breed. It stands to reason then, that they should be reviewed by someone who can put them into their rarefied context. The kind of reviewer who can tell you the subtle handling differences between each generation of the 911, and whose keyboard is stained with the oil [...]

Fri, 11 Dec 2009 16:52:16 +0000
Review: Porsche 997 Turbo By TPC

The fastest car I have ever driven is, without a doubt, the Switzer P800 variant of Porsche’s 911 GT2, as reviewed here. The folks at TPC have a roughly similar tuning package that retains the Porsche variable-geometry turbochargers, claimed to produce 775 horsepower and rather amusingly called the “775 Blitzkrieg”. This past September, I had [...]

Fri, 04 Dec 2009 17:15:21 +0000
Review: Porsche Cayman S Turbo By TPC

As a child, I owned something called the Lego “Expert Builder Car”. It was a fascinating product. From one box of a thousand or so Lego pieces, it was possible to build many different kinds of cars, up to and including a two-seat roadster with a working transmission. Top-notch fun, and if Lego eventually took [...]

Mon, 02 Nov 2009 15:45:16 +0000
Review: Porsche GT3

Quick: name a major multinational automotive motorsport series where a rear-wheel drive, naturally aspirated vehicle isn’t the dominant player in the field. Sure, there’s a turbo here and Quattro there, but the Porsche GT3’s template is the recipe for success from F1 to the 24 hours of LeMans. This simplistic design demands predictable power and [...]

Fri, 02 Oct 2009 13:51:35 +0000
Nearly New Germans Comparo: First Place: Porsche Cayman S

It’s difficult to put a price on cynicism in this day and age, but allow me to make a suggestion: $13,900. Four years ago, the newly-introduced Porsche Cayman 3.4S retailed for $58,900. The mechanically similar Boxster 2.7 was $45K flat. That nearly fourteen-grand price difference would have purchased a well-equipped Hyundai Elantra, but at Porsche [...]

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