The 2011 Porsche Carrera GTS is the last of the type 997 Porsches before the new type 991 car hits the streets.
It has about every go fast goodie that you can currently out on the 911 including 23 more horsepower and the turbo's wide body style.
So is it worth the almost $120,000 USD sticker price as the last of the 997 breed?
Watch the video review to find out.
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The 2011 Porsche 911 Carrera GTS is one of the best and perhaps most expensive 911's ever built. It has 408 HP 3.8L horizontally opposed six cylinder engine...that become a classic of all 911's.
It also has massive steamroller 19 inch center lug wheels on the back and enough power to blast from 0 to 60 in just about 4 seconds.
How do you review a car that's the best of the breed?
Simple you mash it up against something completely different.
So is the 2011 Porsche 911 Carrera GTS fast enough to beat Nissan's new NV Cargo Van in a drag race?
Watch the video below to find out.
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Let's face it, electric cars are here to stay.
In fact many people believe that all electric cars are the future of transportation. In this mashup match-up we take the mundane but affordable 2011 Nissan Leaf and review and compare it to an all electric Porsche Speedster replica built by Duke's Garage just North of Denver, Colorado.
Which car best represents the future of EV cars, and perhaps more importantly can electric cars also be fun to drive?
The answer is in the video below, but here's a serious hint: electric cars can and are as fun to drive as cars with more traditional internal combustion engines...at least as long as you have a full charge in the battery.
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What's the best car to take to your High School reunion?
Here's a hint: It's not a Ferrari, Rolls Royce, or even Bentley. In fact, the answer may surprise.
The 2012 Porsche Cayman R is perhaps one of the best handling Porsches ever built.
The Jaguar XK convertible is perhaps on of the most classy Jaguars ever built. But which of these two very different cars is the best one to drive to your High School reunion?
Just watch the video below to find out.
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No over-steer, no under-steer, no dip, no shimmy… nothing. This scrappy little Porsche charged through the most challenging section of my performance loop and it laughed at me. No sports car I’ve tested has come close to what was done so easily by the Cayman R. TFLCar.com has been working for a long time to bring Porsche back to the Rockies. Not only did they return, they brought with them one of the most driver-centric vehicles we’ve tested – ever.
The 2012 Porsche Cayman R is a stunning machine. It packs a 330 horsepower 3.4-liter flat 6-cylinder engine that produces 273-lbs-feet of torque; it weighs just 3,083 lbs. The weight is superbly balanced. Quarter mile times vanish in 12.7 seconds with the Cayman flying past a 111 mph. The 0 to 60 time of 4.2 seconds is impressive too. But, as the more astute of you will notice, none of those times are that much faster than the Porsche Cayman S.
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BIRMINGHAM, Alabama—The extensively redone 2011 Porsche Cayenne SUV finally looks like a Porsche. The bland appearance of its predecessor, however, didn’t stop it from being Porsche’s top seller here soon after it arrived in America in March 2003.
Porsche always had been a sports car company, but it ignored protests from many Porsche owners and its often rabid fans when it introduced the Cayennne.
But business is business, and Porsche needed the money the Cayenne would produce. Besides, it has lots of pride and was tired of seeing its sports cars sitting in garages next to expensive SUVs from competitors.
