Sometime last year, a few Photoshop gurus got together and made some very funny “mini” versions of their favorite cars. The trend caught on, and soon lots of people were taking their favorite cars, and through the process of image manipulation, made them mini versions of themselves.
VRAlexander had a tragic accident at the 1st Annual Spectre 341 Challenge hill climb road race event this past weekend (June 26, 2010) in his Porsche 996TT. Very few facts are available at this time, however speculation and rumors suggest there might have been an engine fire failure coupled with a accident involving the non guardrail cliff.
I always thought that a flat black was for people who lived in trailer parks. Spray bombing your car in flat black is easy and easily conceals any imperfections, over spray and dirt that would otherwise be visible on a glossy home made paint job.
Porsche has apparently upgraded the 3.6 and 3.8-liter engines to direct injection making 345 hp (+20 hp), 390 Nm torque (+20 Nm) and 385 hp (+30 hp), 420 Nm torque (+20 Nm) respectively.
Here are just a very small sample of the hundreds of photos I took at the 2009 Monterey Car Week in California. In my first day, I saw a total of 5 Enzo Ferrari's, 3 Bugatti Veyrons, a white Carrera GT, Porsche 959, a dozen Phantom's and Drophead Phantoms, Ferrari F40, F50 and a Saleen S7.
This lovely 911 was on display in the paddock at Laguna Seca. It started life as a mid 80's 3.2 Carrera and is a sort of replica of a 60's 911 ST, bodywise. It runs a 3.8 litre engine giving 425 BHP. It uses a GT3 crankshaft and titanium connecting rods and revs to 8,000 RPM.
In June 2006 a fatal accident occurred during a Ferrari club track day at the California speedway, when two people were killed after a Porsche Carrera GT slammed into a wall at 210 km/h (130 mph).
Porsche Phatzta with full hand beaten body from steel and alloy, 25 year tribute to 1985 Carrera. Due to be finished in 2010. Based on 1985 floor pan, new rear chassis rails fitted with 993 rear sub frame, reshaped 1985 door shells, re-cut 1985 windscreen, 2007 porsche cayman headlights. Pictures from the 2008 SEMA Show in Las Vegas.
The highlight of my weekend was visiting EU Autowerks on Saturday April 5, 2008. Porche meetup in Toronto with a whack of Porsches just taken out of storage on the first beautiful day of spring.
The highlight of my weekend was visiting EU Autowerks on Saturday April 5, 2008. Thanks to Farzook aka Zookie from RennList.com and RennTech.org with the beautiful 2004 Porsche 911 Carrera 4S who invited me out to meet up in person and allow me to take some photos of these awesome machines fresh out of winter storage!!!
Photos and videos of L.A.s Notorious all black Porsche Carrera GT which made its debut with a great videos from the streets of Beverly Hills ripping and roaring causing quite the commotion.
In the Middle East they cover/coat their supercars in chrome (Chrome Ferrari 599 GTB Photos) and apparently in Russia they drive in solid gold covered Porsche 911 996 Cabriolets. More than 40 pounds of the pure gold was harmed in coating this eastern gem. Looks like this yellow brick road could potentially belong to the Wizard of OZ
Autowerks Porsche Meetup April 2008 Photo Gallery 2 (105 Photos) More classic and current porsches on show and out of storage for the first time this year!
Royal Automobile Museum reviews the eventful life of King Hussein through his cars. It is a show case for the history of Jordan and the Hashemite Dynasty.
Car Spotting photos of a Medical Marijuana Van, a slick white Carrera GT with all windows heavily tinted, a silver Mercedes-Benz McLaren SLR 722 and Range Rover Sport's from Dubai... and more
Production of the legendary $440,000 Porsche Carrera GT ended today (Saturday, May 6) at the Porsche plant Leipzig, Germany. Production began in September, 2003. A total of 1,270 units were built \227 27 percent higher than the planned 1,000 units. A reported 53 percent of the cars went to the United States, 12 percent to Germany, and 7 percent to the United Arab Emirates.
In case you missed Pixar’s latest animated car movie called Cars, Sally was a snazzy 2002 Porsche Carrera (voiced by Bonnie Hunt) in the movie. She has been recently spotted in Australia chillling by the ocean.
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