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Volkswagen to start building Porsche Cars

David Walker, LeaseTrader.com — Mon, 19 Mar 2012 15:26:15 GMT

Volkswagen to start building Porsche Cars

Volkswagen still has to go over the river and through the woods before it can close the deal to take over Porsche, but this fall it will begin building them. Primary Boxster production will commence this summer at Porsche's factory in Zuffenhausen, where the 911 is also built.

Overflow production will be handled by VW at its Osnabrück plant, which also handles assembly for the VW Golf Cabriolet and overflow Porsche Cayman production. The arrangement isn't unexpected, with plans for the Osnabrück option mentioned as far back as 2010.

[ Source: WARDS, AutoBlog.com ]

Win a 2012 Porsche Carrera S via Electronic Arts “Need For Speed”

David Walker, LeaseTrader.com — Fri, 14 Oct 2011 15:01:56 GMT

Win a 2012 Porsche Carrera S via Electronic Arts “Need For Speed”

Electronic Arts seems hell bent on capitalizing on its unique deal with Porsche, announcing a new contest to win a 2012 911 Carrera S as part of a promotion for its upcoming Need For Speed: The Run video game. Apparently, all you need to do to be entered into the giveaway is log into your EA account or register a new account for free. No actual purchase of the game is necessary.

Naturally, there's some fine print – the contest is only open to people living in the United States, Canada or the UK, for instance. We know there are some angry (and very vocal) fans of the Forza series out there holding a Porsche-shaped grudge against EA, but we're guessing even the hardest of the hardcore Forza fans of the world would be willing to accept a free Carrera as at least partial compensation...

Link to enter - Electronic Artsv Need For Speed

[ Source: Electronic Arts, Autoblog.com ]

VIDEO: Disgruntled Porsche owner got fed-up with problems and killed car

David Walker, LeaseTrader.com — Thu, 23 Jun 2011 16:42:38 GMT

VIDEO: Disgruntled Porsche owner got fed-up with problems and killed car

Ever dreamed of taking revenge when you're cut up at the lights by a flashy sports car?
Well these pictures will be a dream come true... a Porsche 911 riddled with 10,000 bullets.
The silver sports car was donated to an American gun club by a wealthy motorist who was fed-up with the vehicle's constant engine problems

This silver Porsche 911 had suffered a number of problems to the engine and cooling system and was going to cost the owner more than $16,130 to put right.
So instead of fixing the sports car he gave it to Massachusetts' Commonwealth Second Amendment, which campaigns to 'reserve and expand the rights of gun owners' in north-east USA.

They teamed up with Northeast Shooters in New England and placed the Porsche in a makeshift 'no parking' spot on a shooting range before opening fire on the machine.
Aiming at the $96,800 motor, 140 members were permitted to shoot at will

Men, women and children fired off more than 10,000 rounds using machine guns and automatic weapons to leave the Porsche a bullet-riddled shadow of its former self.
The incredible pictures were taken at the weekend by video game animator John Beauchemin, who was one of the 140 people to fire weapons at the car.
He said: 'The car was 100 yards from the line, and we had lots of new and inexperienced shooters and people using pistols.

We were accurate enough to shoot the spokes out of the wheels pretty quickly when someone suggested it.
'I managed to put a few rifled 12ga slugs into her myself - I just wanted to destroy something beautiful.
'Fun times were had by all - except the Porsche.'

Porsche 918 Spyder coupe may be unveiled at Detroit show

David Walker, LeaseTrader.com — Fri, 07 Jan 2011 15:20:12 GMT

Porsche 918 Spyder coupe may be unveiled at Detroit show

BERLIN (Bloomberg) -- Porsche SE plans to present a coupe version of its 918 Spyder at the Detroit auto show next week as the sports-car maker returns to the event after four years, two people with knowledge of the matter said.

The two-seater vehicle will be a concept race car with a V8 engine relying on about 600 horsepower, said the people, who asked not to be identified before a Jan. 10 presentation.

The car will be based on the same platform as the 918 Spyder hybrid, a model that soars to 100 km (62 miles) an hour in 3.2 seconds and costs about 500,000 euros ($670,000) in Germany, the people said.

Porsche approved limited production of the 918 Spyder last July. Next week's premiere may not include pricing details as the coupe version isn't a serial model, they said.

Porsche, which is merging with Volkswagen AG, will expand its four model lines with a goal of doubling annual sales to as many as 150,000 vehicles by 2014.

The carmaker agreed in November to develop a compact sport- utility vehicle called Cajun alongside its 911, Boxster, Cayenne and Panamera series.

Porsche declined to comment on its Detroit plans. In a Dec. 27 press release, the company said its Detroit premiere will be broadcast live on www.porsche.com/detroit.

U.S. deliveries increased 21 percent last month to 2,567 cars and SUVs, extending the full-year gain in Porsche's biggest market to 29 percent for a total of 25,320 vehicles, the company said Tuesday.

Porsche recalls every Panamera made

David Walker, LeaseTrader.com — Wed, 28 Apr 2010 18:38:09 GMT

Porsche recalls every Panamera made

FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Performance sports car maker Porsche AG's <PSHG_p.DE> sterling reputation for quality took a severe dent on Tuesday, when it recalled every Panamera it built only months after the model line was launched to much fanfare.

The announcement comes on the heels of a quality scandal at Toyota <7203.T> and serves as a bitter pill for Michael Macht, who headed up production before being named the brand's chief executive late in July.

The Panamera grand tourer was supposed to catapult Porsche to new levels of growth and help the brand steal customers away from such four-door coupes as the Maserati Quattroporte or Mercedes-Benz CLS.

In recent years, Porsche has repeatedly received top marks from J.D. Power for its industry-leading quality benchmarked in the research and consulting firm's annual benchmark surveys.

Porsche said all 11,300 Panameras would be brought to the mechanic to fix possible faulty seatbelt tensioners.

European automotive holding Porsche SE controls 51 percent of Porsche AG, with the remainder held by Volkswagen <VOWG_p.DE>.

The news could prompt VW to take action. Martin Winterkorn, who serves as CEO of both Volkswagen and Porsche SE has repeatedly said that the better a brand performs, the more autonomy it gains within the overall group.

Volkswagen's reputation is also indirectly at stake, since its Hanover plant supplies the Panamera's painted bodies-in-white for assembly in Porsche's Leipzig plant.

Source: [ CNBC ]