Porsche 911 SPR1, Sportec tuning

Although the version of the model series Porsche 911 Turbo with a bi-turbo engine of 3.6 liters develops impressive power of 480 horses, the men from Sportec   wanted more speed.

Boys from Sportec we present a new tuning package for the Porsche 911 because the 3.6 liter engine was modified to develop 858 HP at 8200 rpm. Power is transmitted to all 4 wheels through a manual gearbox in 6 steps.

Weighing 1345 kilograms, the weight / power is 637 HP per ton. Under their new Sportec Porsche 911 SPR1 accelerates from 0-100 km-h in 3.0, and to reach 300 km / h requires only 18.9 seconds. Sportec that SPR1 maintains performance managed to reach a maximum speed of 380 km / h on the Nardo circuit in Italy.

Other features included SPR1 are ceramic brakes, active suspensions in the style of F1, alloy rims of 20 inches inside a cage with bars of protection, and leather-clad interior.

Porsche prepares a version of the Panamera

Germans from Porsche prepare a series of new versions of the Panamera model, which can include a model GTS and an entry-level model, fitted with a V6 gasoline engine.

Porsche officials have announced they will create a version of the GTS’s Panamera, which will become the top choice Panamera. The model will be based on the Turbo’s Panamera and will provide outstanding performance, most likely due to a propeller of 4.8-liter V8, which will be surcharge. Unlike other models in the range Panamera, GTS version will be equipped with a conventional suspension with helical springs, in favor of a suspension in air.

Besides version GTS, Porsche and prepares entry-level model, fitted with a V6 engine, and a hybrid gasoline. Britons from Autocar reports that the Panamera could be available in a diesel version and a two-door model is already in progress. Diesel engine that could be implemented on the Panamera is Audi origin, and could be chosen or a V6 of 3.0 liters and 240 HP or a V8 of 4.2 liters.

Porsche Panamera

There’s no mistaking it for anything but a Porsche, but with four doors and four full seats, the Panamera is like no previous Porsche. Styled by a team of in-house designers under the direction of Michael Mauer, the Panamera is 195.7 inches long, 76.0 inches wide and 55.8 inches tall–making it slightly shorter but wider and lower than the Maserati Quattroporte, with which it shares a coupelike profile. As with all such silhouettes, “the real challenge is giving the rear-seat passengers enough headroom,” says Mauer. “The way that was done was to give a visual message that it’s a coupe–look at the chrome around the window–but make the roofline higher.” Unlike the Pininfarina-designed Maserati, however, the new Porsche has a large liftback, for easy access to the trunk. And the rear seats are individual, with tall backrests that can be electronically reclined. Nominal trunk capacity is put at 15.7 cubic feet, but folding the rear seats increases capacity to 44.7 cubic feet.

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Cayenne GTS Porsche Design

Porsche is expanding its Cayenne range with a new special edition model called the GTS Porsche Design Edition 3. Only 1000 of the Design Edition 3 models will be built and they will be available to order from May. The V8-powered car has been created by the Porsche Design Studio, based in Zell am See, Austria, and uses Lava Grey Metallic paint, chosen to emphasise the sporting stance of the car. This is underlined further by design stripes along the side and on the bonnet and 21″ diameter SportPlus alloy wheels that are colour co-ordinated to match the special exterior colour…more here: www.channel4.com

Porsche 917

Time for a history lesson, boys and girls. So open your textbooks and let’s begin. It’s 40 years since Porsche gave us the 917, one of the coolest, quickest racing cars ever made. If you’re too young to remember it or not beardy enough to know, the 917 won Le Mans in 1970, and again in ’71 – the same year it was immortalised in Steve McQueen’s film about the race. But the 917 didn’t just win – lots of cars have done that. It was the way it did it. In 1971 it set a record 138mph lap, which no car has ever beaten since the organisers plonked a chicane on the Mulsanne straight. And talking of the Mulsanne, Vic Elford drove his 917 to 240mph along the 3.5-mile straight in 1970, in the rain, at night, which pretty much blew the opposition far into the French countryside.

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