the 2012 Porsche 991 bests the 997 GT3 RS..

Axis approved reviewer at work: According to Chris Harris, the new 991 Carrera S is better than the 997 GT3 RS,. All you Porschistas immediately sell your crappy old outdated 997 GT3's to me for cheap!

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Porsches catch on fire too...

...though apparently it's not as interesting as when Ferraris go up in smoke or clueless their drivers crash them at track days. Insufficient schadenfreude quotient I suppose.

This Porsche 991 cabriolet mule caught on fire during a test run in Steinegg, Germany and was consumed in 15 minutes despite the best effort of local Feuerwehr.
No word if the fact it was a "Chinese market" variant had anything to do with anything... there's probably a joke in there somewhere though.

(infopress24.de, automobilismo.it).

Oh look, a real live Porsche 991...

...photographed while testing that new seven speed manual in traffic right in Fiat's back yard, Torino. You can click on the thumbnails for a larger version, the car still has camouflage on the lights but what details do you notice? One thing I noticed in the accompanying article was the mention of a whole new slew of electronic aides apparently new to the 991.





(via Autoblog.it)
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Next Generation Porsche 991: longer, wider, lighter, faster and...more expensive?

According to UK's AUTOCAR the scoop on the next generation Porsche 911 (991) is that it will be bigger, yet lighter and more fuel efficient then the current 997 but it will also move more upmarket compared to the current models. This is most puzzling, because we wonder precisely what that means, that Porsche can charge more for Boxsters or that there needs to be room made for a $40000 Porsche?

In any case, the article claims the car will be, no surprises here, a refinement of the same basic ideas Porsche has been developing for the last half century: it will not be a mid engined 911. The front end will still be shared with the Boxster, Engines will be a 3.6 with 365hp for the Carrera and a 3.8 with 415HP for the Carrera S. In the continuing war between car designers and people who actually track their cars, score one for the marketing guys, the car will come standard with 20" wheels...

(autocar)

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