Tag: Porsche
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Rare 1986 Porsche 959 Factory Prototype Sells for $400,000 at Barrett-Jackson
Second only to the Countach, the Porsche 959 stands out as one of the most iconic super cars of the 1980’s. The fact that it was illegal to own in the United States made it even more of an attraction. In 1986, it held the title of world’s fastest street-legal production car using 444-horsepower to…
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5 of Motor Trend’s Top 10 Quickest 0-60 MPH Cars for 2012 Belong to the Germans
Motor Trend posted their Top 10 Quickest 0-60 MPH cars for 2012 and the Germans take 5 spots with the 2012 Porsche 911 Turbo S taking the top spot. Here are the cars and what Motor Trend had to say about each: 10. 2013 BMW M5 – 0-60 in 3.7 seconds “The latest generation of…
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Former Porsche CEO Wiedeking Charged Over Failed Volkswagen Takeover
Bloomberg reports that former Porsche CEO Wendelin Wiedeking along with former CFO Holger Haerter have been charged what market minipulation in a failed bid to take over Volkswagen. Claudia Krauth, spokeswoman for Stuttgart prosecutors in an email statement to Bloomberg: “The investigation found the suspects in February 2008 at the latest made the decision to increase…
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Porsche Surpasses Previous Year’s Sales Numbers
Porsche announced record sales numbers for 2012 (which have already surpassed last year’s record sales numbers) with one month still remaining in the year. Bernhard Maier, Member of the Executive Board Sales and Marketing of Porsche AG: “Our current product initiative has continuously improved the attractiveness of the Porsche brand in 2012. The fact that…
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Porsche Boxster S Named 2013 Autoweek Best of the Best/Car
The completely redesigned for 2013 Porsche Boxster S was named Autoweek‘s Best of the Best/Car for 2013. Beating out other competitors in it’s category (including it’s big brother 911, Cadillac ATS, Subaru BRZ and Dodge Dart), this is the 5th major U.S. award the new Boxster has received since it’s debut earlier this summer. Wes…