Car Throttle

Not a single "drops it's top" pun eluding to ladies riding in a Porsche in that headline.  Aww, dammit.  Ruined it already.  To the shock and awe of approximately three people, Porsche debuted the drop-top version of the new (991) 911 in the flesh today. That means that everything which is new on the 991 Coupe is also new on the Cabriolet.  For gearheads, let's talk power.  If you want to ruin your Trump Toupee in a righteous hurry, either of the Cabrio's available engines will do it for you.  The base 911 Carrera Cabriolet has a 3.4L 24v flat-six, now with direct fuel injection.  This one's good for 350bhp,  and can be had with either a 7-speed manual (no typo) or the 7-speed PDK twin-clutch. 

Every car lover's calender starts with a new batch of machines on show in Motor City. I'm talking, of course, about the North American International Auto Show in Detroit, Michigan. The city is famous for being the beating heart of the American motor industry and at the start of every year all the world's manufacturers congregate and show off their new products to see what our stateside friends think of their latest offerings. Here's a half-time round-up of the motors on show for 2012 from each stand from the day so far. Bentley Two new Continentals broke free from the covers at the Bentley stand; the V8 coupe and V8 GTC Cabriolet. Little differences to tell these from the bigger W12 on the outside include a gloss black

Before the much anticipated '991' 911 coupe has even touched British tarmac, Porsche have announced the new 911 Carrera convertible which starts from £79,947 and is on the road from March 2012. Usually new convertibles in this day and age have very fancy and complicated folding metal roofs but supercar manufactures tend to stick to fabric roofs. Old fashioned I know but fabric roofs save weight and space compared to folded metal roofs which pretty much fill the boot and weigh more than a dining room table. In this case there's an engine in the boot so a fabric roof is pretty much the only choice Porsche have. Speaking of engines there's a couple of flat 6 petrols to choose from for the Carrera Cabriolet. A 3.4L

I'm back in North Carolina now, where you can swing a dead cat without hitting a Bentley.  On one hand, it sucks.  I like seeing exotics constantly.  On the other, it's nice that exotics remain exotic. I walked around LA the whole time with my camera around my neck for you guys - so I'll continue now with day two and three of car spotting in LA.  Hope you enjoy it! Classic cars, especially older Japanese cars, seem to have a much longer shelf life in California's relatively mild, dry climate.  This 240Z would have a lot more rust bubbles over here in North Carolina.  I could do without the period window louvers, but YMMV. You could do worse for your commute than driving an

With all the Cayenne, Panamera and Cajun talk coming from Porsche, its nice to focus on the original car that started it all - the 911. We're focusing on that a little earlier than expected too. The 911 was scheduled to make its debut at the Frankfurt Motor Show next month, but new photos of the car have leaked out in advance of that. We aren't complaining! The new 911 greets you with a face that is more wide-eyed, but still recognizably 911. In fact, if memory serves us correctly this is one of the tamer generation changeovers for the 911. However, while styling might be similar, the 911 is no mid-cyle enhancement. The car is all-new, and 2 inches longer than the previous 997.

No, that isn't the next-generation 911 pictured above - it is the special Speedster model. We just wanted a reason to use that picture. However, the release of the new Porsche 911 is nearing. For enthusiasts, a new version of the 911 is always a big event. The 911 is scheduled to make its first public appearance at the Frankfurt Motor Show in September. That means over the next few months we will be subject to the inevitable teasers that come with a major new release. The first has arrived from Porsche showing the 911 hot weather testing in the South African heat. The 911 is in the final validation stages of testing. Porsche is intent on keeping most of the styling changes covered up

Ahahaha, oh my. An "entry level" supercar - right, that makes sense.  It used to be there were sports cars that normal people could afford (Mustang, Corvette, Porsche 944, etc), and Supercars that only oil barons and filthy rich Enron executives could afford (F512M, Countach, Cizeta Moroder, EB110.)  As the industry moves along, though, we've actually developed upper and lower echelons of the supercar.  It's funny to think of something costing nearly a quarter-million dollars as being "entry level," but despite all the insanity of the Ferrari 458 Italia, it's not the craziest thing they make. There didn't used to be a lot of choice here, either - you could pretty much get an F355 or an Esprit, and a few others have crept in here

If you're into cars, or hell, even if you're not, "Zero to Sixty" is a phrase you hear all the time. It's become such a standard phrase it has worked its way into everyday conversation, and media not even loosely related to automobiles.  Hell, there is (or, err, was) a whole magazine called 0-60.  At least in the United States and the UK, 0-60mph has become the standard measure of acceleration.  But why?  And really, why do we care? If common sense prevailed, the standard measure of a car's performance would really be it's power-to-weight ratio.  Nothing determines how a car performs in a straight line more directly than how much it weighs, divided by how much power it has.  Why?  Well, a 500bhp vehicle

In May of this year, Porsche introduced what is known as the fastest Porsche production road car ever - the 911 GT2 RS. Yes, even faster than dedicated supercars like mid-engined Carrera GT. In what has become an ongoing battle between the two, the car also beats the Nissan GT-R's fastest claim around the Nurburgring by 8 seconds. We'll have to see how the new Nissan GT-R fares - this battle is far from over. The limited run of 500 copies of the 911 GT2 RS sold out quickly after order availability opened up in October. All 500 cars being spoken for isn't stopping the aftermarket from trying to woo the car's buyers to up the performance ante even further though. For those

Porsche is a fiercely competitive company, and there have been too many 911 performance variants and offshoots to mention. Each one seems to be aimed at hitting a certain target and competing with a particular vehicle. The 911 GT2 RS is one of such variants - most likely aimed at toppling the Nissan GT-R's performance claims around the Nurburging. Porsche is intent on maintaining its status as the fastest around that track. The GT2 was introduced back in May covered by fellow writer James, who declared it the "baddest Porsche EVER." Porsche says so too, as it is the highest-performance Porsche road car ever. With these figures it isn't hard to see why: packing 620 horsepower the 911 GT2 powers to 62 miles per hour in just 3.5 seconds on