Tests and Features

Test Drives2011 Porsche 911 Turbo S: Superlative Speed4.0/5
In the warmth of the summer sun, with dry pavement below your feet and miles of visibility above, a 911 Turbo is not the frightening monster that many a scribe has made it out to be. Oh sure, it’s faster than a speeding neuron and vastly capable of outstripping your …
First Drives2012 Porsche Cayman R: Athletic and elegant
Porsche used all the features of the Boxster Spyder to create the lightest and fastest Cayman ever – the new 2012 Cayman R, which will be available in Canada as of April at a base price of $75,600. When it comes to performance, weight-to-power ratio is everything. This prompted Porsche’s …
Test DrivesPorsche Camp4 Canada: Crash course in deluxe winter driving
When you love to drive and are passionate about cars, there’s no refusing an offer to ride in a Porsche. Not even in the wee hours of a winter morning when The Weather Network warns that it’s 24-below outside at Mont-Tremblant. The day before the course, two dozen automobile columnists …
Test DrivesThe 2011 Porsche Cayenne & Cayenne S: Mild or Spicy?4.5/5
Almost due north out of Vancouver, just beyond the popular ski resort of Whistler, is a stretch of abused two-lane macadam that rises, falls, and wraps around some of the most gorgeous scenery the Pacific Northwest has to offer. Like so many other mountainous rural routes, its surface is a …
Test DrivesThe 2010 Porsche 911 Turbo: My Automotive Everest5.0/5
On the 10th of September, 1944, Lt. William H. Baker, a navigator with the 600th Squadron, 398th Bomber Group, 8th U.S. Air Force, took off from England, destined for Stuttgart, Germany. Flying at 26,000 feet after dropping 6,000 pounds worth of ordinance from his B-17, Lt. Baker took the time …
Test DrivesPorsche Cayenne V6: The diesel is missing
In most markets, three direct injection V6s are available for the new generation of the Cayenne. First, there’s an updated version of the previously used 3.6-litre engine. Then, there’s a supercharged 3.0-litre engine outfitting the new Cayenne S Hybrid. And, like before, the Cayenne Diesel has a turbocharged 3.0-litre based …
Test DrivesPorsche Panamera V6, complete with Porsche engine
Porsche has added two new models to the Panamera family – both of which are powered by a newly designed six-cylinder Porsche engine. These additions round out this spectacular five-door hatchback’s line of products. With the double-clutch Porsche-Doppelkupplungsgetriebe (PDK) transmission and the automatic Stop-Start function, they’re not technically anaemic versions …
Test DrivesThe 2010 Porsche Cayman S: Life is good!5.0/5
A wise man once said: cars don’t cause accidents, people do. Another wise man said: cars are rarely exceptional, it’s the people behind them who are. People, however, can sometimes make exceptional cars, and that’s no accident – at least that’s what the author of this text says; he is …
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