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    Motorsport: Porsche reveals new LMP1 racecar testing ahead of 2014 Le Mans debut [UPDATE]     1371147300

    Getting ready for its triumphant return to the premier racing class of Le Mans, Porsche has released a handful of images showing its new LMP1 racecar testing. Porsche hasn't run a car in the Prototype class at 24 Hours of Le Mans since 2009, but this racecar – still veiled in secrecy – will be expected to battle against the Audi and Toyota ...

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    Featured: MINI congratulates Porsche on 911 50th anniversary     1370958300

    The folks at Porsche sure know how to throw a good party for the legendary 911 (which, by the way turns 50 this year), as thoughtful birthday gifts continue to pour in from everyone including this awesome vintage photoshoot from close pal and fellow automotive icon Mini. We can only assume the inspiration for this matching yellow gift came after seeing ...

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    Video: Stock Miata beats bunch of high-powered cars in wet 1/4-mile drag race     1370545020

    When is a stock, 167-horsepower Mazda MX-5 Miata quicker than a Chevrolet Corvette, Ford Mustang, Lamborghini Gallardo, Lotus Elise and a Porsche 911? When it's raining. Sort of. Mazda Canada arranged a unique drag race to show off the fact that the Miata's optional power retractable folding hardtop can go from top-down to top-up in just 12 seconds flat. ...

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    Video: 'Ring Queen Sabine Schmitz battles Ron Simons in Porsche vs Ferrari scrap     1370386680

    We hope you have seven minutes to kill. RSR Nürburgring recently took the time to pit Sabine Schmitz and her slightly modified Porsche 911 GT3 RS against Ron Simons and his Ferrari 458 Italia in a sparring match around the infamous Green Hell. The clip begins with the two drivers engaging in a smidgeon of smack talk before the two get down to the ...

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    Official: Porsche celebrates 50 years of 911s with limited edition model     1370369700

    Despite being 50 years old now, the Porsche 911 sure is looking good for her age. And to commemorate this milestone anniversary, Porsche has created the 911 50 Years Edition you see here, which will make its debut at the 2013 Frankfurt Motor Show – 50 years after the original 911 debuted at this very same expo. What's really neat about the 50 Years ...

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    Report: Porsche Macan to debut at LA Auto Show     1369868340

    Auto Express reports Porsche will unveil the upcoming Macan SUV at this year's LA Auto Show. Citing an unnamed "insider," AE says that the five-door will bow with engines, suspension and interior architecture that will help differentiate it from its Audi Q5 chassis mate. Big shocker there. We've been hearing the same line since we first caught word of the ...

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    Video: Toronto supercar video documents visitor to Canada's automotive eye candy     1369670400

    If you're a car enthusiast to the core, and have a sore neck, we strongly advise you avoid the city of Toronto in the summer months. When the weather heats up, so does the amount of rolling exotic car eye-candy. And your neck will get strained keeping up with the automotive exotica roving Toronto streets much like what would see in Vancouver, Montreal and ...

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    Video: Watch Carrera Cup driver Connor de Phillippi's first lap of the Nürburgring     1369327560

    American race driver Connor de Phillippi was recently added to the roster of Porsche Juniors, the arm of Porsche's factory racing program that develops new talent. The 20-year-old is contesting the Porsche Carrera Cup Deutschland series with FÖRCH Racing by Lukas Motorsport, and last weekend, he raced the series round at the Nürburgring. ...

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    Report: Porsche again staring down another US$1.8B in hedge fund lawsuits     1368993600

    The sequence of events from 2007 that began with Porsche's secret attempt to take over Volkswagen, and instead lead to Porsche being taken over by VW, continues to instigate lawsuits against the Stuttgart sports car manufacturer. A group of hedge funds that suffered over US$1 billion in losses sued the car company in New York. Porsche had publicly stated ...

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    Featured: Malaise Era All-Stars     1368824400

    A few weeks ago, we bid a fond happy 40th anniversary to the automotive dark ages of 1973-84 that have come to be known as "The Malaise Era" – the performance ice-age when 160 horsepower was a lot and a 0-60 mph (0-96 km/h) time of under 10 seconds was remarkable. Like music in the 1980s, everything in automobiledom didn't suck, however. There were ...