Porsche Dragged For 6+ Miles Under Truck - 4 Reason The 918 Spyder Uses A Top Pipe Exhaust Design + 7 more

Published: Tue, 11/11/14

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4 Reasons The Porsche 918 Spyder Uses A Top Pipe Exhaust Design 
Porsche 918 Top Pipe Exhaust System
Does form always follow function? When you're talking about Porsche design philosophy, you can bet it does; it's dogma.  So what functions does the top pipe design of the exhaust on the Porsche 918 perform? We answer that question in this post.
This Is How Porsche Ships The 919 Hybrid And Everything Else They Need For A WEC Race 
Porsche 919 shiping
You think race strategy is hard?  How about organizing 35 tons of cargo in 12 containers so they can fit perfectly into the cargo hold of a 747 as they travel to 8 different tracks on 4 continents for the World Endurance Challenge.   That doesn't even include the the two 919 Hybrid LMP1 cars that need to arrive without a scratch on them.  Sound complicated? It is!  Here's how Porsche gets it done.
UPDATE: Porsche GTS Routes App Now Available On Android 
Porsche GTS App
After our initial review of this App, a number of you complained about it only being available for iOS. Porsche must have heard you because it's now available for Android devices. The link to download is at the end of our original review.
Our Favorite Porsches On eBay: Week 9
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For all of the eccentric and eclectic Porsche collectors and enthusiasts out there, we've decided that it is about time someone aggregated the best of the best that eBay has to offer in the Porsches-for-sale department. We've tracked down six exciting Porsches for folks to purchase today, including a pair of Porsche's first water-cooled 911 Turbos, an exceedingly rare 1989 911 Speedster, a well executed backdate car, a Porsche that proves one of my personal rules of car modifying, and what is possibly the best deal in Porsche motoring today. Some of these cars could be great collection investments, while others might prove to do more financial harm than good.
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Porsche's Worldwide Sale, By Region, Through October 2014
 
In The U.S. the 911 out sold all other models for the first time in a while, while in Canada, they've delivered more than 4,000 Porsche in a year for the first time ever.   

 Here Are The Details For Porsche's Other Markets
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What Is A Climatic Wind Tunnel And Why Did Porsche Just Purchase One?
Porsche in a wind tunnel
It wasn't that long ago that Porsche announced the completed expansion of their R&D facility at Weissach. As part of that $200 Million expansion Porsche opened a new wind tunnel on the property.  So why did Porsche just purchase another wind tunnel off campus?  Details in this post.
Pictures, Pricing And Specs Of The New Base Cayenne And GTS Models
2015 Porsche Cayenne GTS
When Porsche announced the face-lifted Cayenne back in July, the base model was conspicuously absent from the line-up. Last week, Porsche announced that not only is the base model back, but so is its much bigger more powerful brother, the Cayenne GTS. Here are the details.
Porsche Dragged For 6+ Miles Under Truck
Porsche Cayenne Dragged By Truck
This video first crossed our desk almost two weeks ago. At the time we decided not to post it as we didn't know anything about the incident or if the driver was alive or dead.  This weekend we learned the answers to both those questions and have the answers for you in this post.
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