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the CAR road test team,
22 April 2013 07:00
Month 8 running a Porsche Panamera GTS: shpuld you buy the diesel Panamera instead? The GTS isn’t faultless, but our only real criticism is its 22mpg thirst. No such trouble with the Panamera Diesel, which won’t dip below 30mpg even when thrashed, will top 40mpg on a cruise, and averages in the mid-to-high 30s – depending on how much thrashing ...
3.5
Chris Chilton,
21 March 2013 10:50
Performance bargain of the moment? Only the current glut of £7k E46 M3s can possibly stand between a £20k 996 Turbo and that accolade. Because this is an extraordinary amount of car for the money, the one supercar that doesn’t require ownership of another car in case the weather’s not right, or you’re too tired, or are worried about parking, or ...
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Ben Barry (photography by Charlie Magee),
11 March 2013 09:00
Porsche's Cayenne is one of the world's best sporting SUVs. Plus, you can now own one from just £7000. Tempted? Read on for the spec lowdown. Talk me through the Porsche Cayenne range The Cayenne launched with the Turbo (444bhp and 466lb ft) and 4.5 V8 S (335bhp and 310lb ft) variants in 2002, both of which got the Tiptronic six-speed auto ...
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Ben Barry (photography by Charlie Magee),
08 March 2013 12:00
Porsche's rear-engined 911 icon: it's yours for £7000. How? The cheapest way into a modern 911 is the 996 Carrera, and it’s not hard to understand why: the 996 was preceded by the last of the air-cooled cars, the 993, so that car’s cult status is assured; meanwhile, the 997 followed it, and that’s essentially a new, improved 996. Want ...
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Ben Barry (photography by Charlie Magee),
26 February 2013 11:00
Want a Porsche for the least money possible? You want a Boxster. You can snap them up from just £5k now. We’re now onto the third-gen Boxster, and everything from the earliest Mk1s to the earliest Mk2s are on the menu if you’ve got £10k or less to spend. Guide me through the Mk1 Boxster range Even those early Mk1s ...
3.5
Georg Kacher,
12 February 2013 12:30
The new ‘981-generation’ Porsche Cayman S is 30kg lighter than the outgoing model, 5bhp more powerful, and boasts same the classy interior as its soft-top Boxster sibling. Is it still the £40-50k sports car benchmark? Porsche Cayman S: the spec The new Cayman is bigger than before: its wheelbase is 60mm longer, and it now rides on 19-inch rims as ...
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Georg Kacher,
22 January 2013 11:00
Wider rear wheelarches and a thin red light strip across the rump: that's all that distinguishes the new Porsche 911 Carrera 4S from its Carrera 2 stablemates. Time to find out if all-wheel drive makes the impressive 991 even better. What's different under the skin of the Porsche 911 Carrera 4S? The latest example of the four-wheel drive 911, this ...
What happens when a 48-year-old Porsche 911 meets a current-day 991? CAR magazine recently found out when we pitted old and new against each other on the marvellous roads criss-crossing the Swiss Alps – and you can watch our video above. The Porsche 911 was named as our greatest car of the past 50 years in CAR magazine's October ...
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Georg Kacher,
11 May 2012 09:31
The Porsche Panamera GTS makes all the right noises, feels almost as fast as a Panamera Turbo and is kitted out accordingly. If your budget does not stretch to the Turbo S, this is the Panamera to have. But beware - there is major facelift coming in spring 2013. Porsche Panamera GTS: the background Like the Mk1 Cayenne, the Panamera ...
3.5
Ben Barry,
09 March 2012 07:00
This is the all-new Porsche Boxster, the third generation of Porsche’s mid-engined drop-top. Just like its big brother, the 991-gen Porsche 911, there are big changes afoot: a new aluminium/steel hybrid bodyshell, significantly tweaked vital stats, a base engine that gets 200cc smaller while also gaining performance, and new electromechanical steering. Read on for our first drive review of the ...
