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Porsche Macan on its way to New Zealand

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  The long-awaited Porsche SUV named after the Malyasian word for tiger has been spied wearing very little camouflage ahead of its debut at the Los Angeles motor show in November and its arrival in New Zealand in June next year. The mid-sized model has been photographed many times during its development but almost always disguised with modified bodywork from the … [Read more...] about Porsche Macan on its way to New Zealand

Happy 50th birthday for Porsche

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  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

James Dean and the ‘sinister’ Porsche

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  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

Women’s world car a small Ford

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The winner of the Women's World Car of the Year for 2013 is the Ford Fiesta 1.0l Eco-Boost, a small hatchback powered by a turbocharged three-cylinder petrol engine. The Fiesta had earlier won the economy category of the women’s awards before edging out the Mazda CX5 and the Range Rover for the grand prize. The Fiesta’s 1-litre powerplant was also chosen in separate awards as … [Read more...] about Women’s world car a small Ford

Porsche Macan spy

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Here are to you the first images of the real Porsche Macan, a brand new SUV from the German automaker, which is supposed to have sporty valences and a coupe-ish body style. Porsche is moving ahead at blistering speed with development of the Macan, and they look set to bring the goods to market on schedule. The platform for the Macan is basically borrowed from the Audi Q5 and … [Read more...] about Porsche Macan spy