We thought that we would take a break from our coverage of the Macan to talk about one of our other favorite sons these days, the Cayman GTS. GTS is what Porsche does to all of its models, so there’s a tendency to say, “Yeah, yeah, it’s the ‘super-sporty one,’ but does it really make […]
A few weeks ago, we stumbled onto one of the cooler modifications we’ve seen in a while. The happy crew of wide-eyed dreamers over at 8bitmiata.com put a quarter slot from an old arcade machine—possibly Galaga? Space Invaders? Michael Jackson’s Moonwalker?—so that by feeding the car a quarter, the engine starts. It still requires the […]
Now that’s how you make a movie. Porsche made a video of driver Patrick Long taking the 918 Spyder through a lap or two at the Circuit of the Americas, and it’s a masterwork of visceral, first-person helmetcam and uber-fluid steady shots reminiscent of David Fincher. The blend of HD shots as if you’re the […]
Well, goodbye to all that. There’s a certain world-weariness that emerges in the cavernous reaches of winter in Raleigh. We like sweet tea. We like humidity. We like mint. Snow falls, and ice drops. Sleet rains and rain stings. These are alien notions to Southern democracy—neither what we stand for, nor what we’ll stand for—if […]
Mystery will get you anywhere. There is a super cool campaign being run by a Dutch agency with an even cooler name (ACHTUNG! which is German for “attention.”) The idea is simple: would you trade your current car for a brand new Porsche without knowing what the Porsche is? (more…)
