Porsche will build 1963 examples of the 50th anniversary 911 model – but New Zealand will get only three. “If we have a higher demand (for the birthday model) we will ask the factory for more, but I don’t think we will get more than three,” said Porsche NZ national sales manager Greg Clarke. The production run of 1963 vehicles reflects the year the first 911 was … [Read more...] about Happy 50th birthday for Porsche
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James Dean and the ‘sinister’ Porsche
The 50th birthday Porsche 911 will be unveiled at next month’s Frankfurt motor show – but it isn’t the first and won’t be the last special-edition Porsche. One that is honoured each year in California is the Porsche 550 Spyder, in which heart-throb Hollywood actor James Dean was killed in 1955, eight years before the 911 first appeared. Dean, 24, was on his way … [Read more...] about James Dean and the ‘sinister’ Porsche
Honda’s hybrid NSX on racetrack
Honda is showing a prototype version of its next-generation NSX supercar at a racetrack in the United States this weekend. The hybrid car will do a lap of the circuit (Monday, NZ time) before the start of a sports car race in Lexington, Ohio. The track is just down the road from Honda’s North American research and development centre in Raymond, Ohio. The production NSX … [Read more...] about Honda’s hybrid NSX on racetrack
Future shock: G-Force cop car
Mercedes-Benz says its radical Ener-G-Force concept is a study of how the company sees the future of police squad cars in the United States. It describes it as a “Highway Patrol Vehicle 2025”. The bold SUV was developed for the Los Angeles Design Challenge – an annual feature of the LA show – and previews a bold new look and cutting-edge technology for the … [Read more...] about Future shock: G-Force cop car
Stretched Range Rover for ‘extended’ royal family
The near-production, long-wheelbase Range Rover spy photographers from news agency Automedia have just captured testing in Germany could be the ideal transport for a growing royal family. Proud parents William and Kate left hospital in London with newborn son Prince George safely secure in the back seat of a new Range Rover. It was the standard fourth-generation … [Read more...] about Stretched Range Rover for ‘extended’ royal family