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Porsche took a gamble on a 4-door luxury sports car – and boy did it pay off.
Enjoy this intriguing video, courtesy of National Geographic… also recently featured on their TV broadcast.
KING OF THE ROAD…
Racing legend Walter Röhrl warms
to the new 911 as he takes us along
on the key stage of the Monte Carlo Rally.
Th e Col de Turini gives driver and car
a chance to shine.
By David Staretz
Photos by Bernd Kammerer
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2012 Audi R8 and the 2012 Porsche 911 Carrera S
Greatness Ain’t Cheap, but It’s Worth It
By John Pearley Huffman, Ancient Correspondent | Published Dec 19, 2011 |
We already knew the 2012 Audi R8 and the 2012 Porsche 911 Carrera S were great cars. Everyone knows they’re great. Now comes the bizarre job of determining their relative greatness. And that can’t be done by pumping the performance test results into a spreadsheet, applying some spiffy algorithms to the performance test results and then dividing by the as-tested prices. The objective tests are only a start.
These are the two best everyday sports cars available today. They’re not fragile like a Lamborghini or overly ostentatious like a Ferrari. You can get in and out of them without a crane; they have enough storage to hold a weekend’s worth of luggage; you’re not going to crack a vertebrae if you hit a bump in either; they won’t skitter out of control at the first hint of rain; and they’ll get up a steep driveway without knocking off body parts.
Taken together, these two brothers under the VW corporate patio awning are the best argument possible for hoping Germany comes out of the Euro crisis strong. These are both real cars, and at the same time, dream cars. So they need to be evaluated as both.
…. Article wrap-up….
Choosing Between Brilliance and Brilliance
Anyone rich enough to buy one of these cars can likely buy both. So buy both, and enjoy the variety.
But of course that would be wasteful, so do yourself a favor and get the Porsche. The 911′s interior is more flexible than the R8′s, it’s somewhat easier to get in and out of, and it rides a squishy bit better when chasing the horizon on long cruises. Plus, while it’s initially fun to attract attention in the 2012 Audi R8, it grows tiresome about the fifth time a stranger comes up expecting a guided tour.
Then, after all that, there’s the simple fact that the 2012 Porsche 911 Carrera S tested here runs about $125,000 as-tested while the R8 comes in at $128,715. Greatness is rarely cheap, but relatively speaking — and even well into six figures — the new 911 Carrera S is a great bargain.
The manufacturer and a private owner provided Edmunds these vehicles for the purposes of evaluation.
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Porsche has ‘overwhelming’ orders for $119,000 revamped 911
Andreas Cremer/ Bloomberg News
December 01. 2011
Porsche AG said it has received “overwhelming” orders in Germany for the revamped 911 sports car two days before the 88,000-euro ($119,000) model goes on sale in Europe.
Porsche will have a “particularly strong rush” for the seventh-generation 911 at showrooms in Europe’s biggest economy, the Stuttgart, Germany-based manufacturer said Thursday in a statement, without giving order numbers. Advance sales of the reworked 911 are in the four-digits, spokesman Dirk Erat said.
“The new 911 will sustain the growth momentum for Porsche,” said Stefan Bratzel, director of the Center of Automotive Management at the University of Applied Sciences in Bergisch Gladbach, Germany. “It’s one of their most relevant product overhauls in a long time.”
Porsche, seeking to merge with Volkswagen AG, aims to double deliveries to at least 200,000 cars and sport-utility vehicles by 2018 as it adds models and expands in emerging markets. The carmaker plans to increase sales to a record 140,000 autos next year, after selling 120,000 in 2011, a person with knowledge of the matter said Oct. 13.
The revamped 911, the first overhaul of Porsche’s iconic model since 2004, was unveiled at the Frankfurt auto show in September. The 350-horsepower model, which has a top speed of 289 kilometers per hour (179 miles per hour) and surges to 100 kilometers in 4.6 seconds, will be more powerful and lighter than its predecessor due to bodywork chiefly made from aluminum.
“The fact that we have an overwhelming number of orders for the new 911 even before its official presentation at our dealerships shows the degree of faith our customers place in the new generation” of the model, Klaus Zellmer, head of Porsche’s German operations, said in the statement.
