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Key members of the Porsche family bought 129,600 nonvoting shares in Porsche Automobil Holding SE last week for 7.7 million euros. Ferdinand Oliver Porsche bought 95,000 shares and Wolfgang Porsche bought 34,600 shares. Read more ...

The first electric Porsche will go on sale next year. Read more ...

VW, Audi Mull Low-Cost, Mid-Engine Sports Cars

Will Porsche object? Or will it join with a reincarnation of the 356?

At the Los Angeles auto show in November, Volkswagen will unwrap a new mid-engine sports car concept. This marks the third iteration of a theme that started in 2003 with the Concept R and continued in 2005 with the EcoRacer.

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This is one mad Porsche
There is a few amount of information on this S Sport model but we can say this : The power will come from a 3.4l engine with six cylinder that blows 303 bhp .

The price for this limited edition Porsche will get up to 100,000 $ and the release will be in August 2009

Porsche Cayman beware , the Lotus Eagle is out and about looking for trouble . This is the new shape of Lotus Elise .
The official release will take place at the British Motor Show also Lotus will let us know what is the real name of the car (Eagle is the project name)

The power will come from a 276 bhp 3.5 l V6 engine with a top speed of 160 mph. Lotus says that they will squeeze a 0-60 mph time under 4 seconds .

The price is expected around 90,000 $
We will come back with more details later as the project progresses

More photos of the new Porsche 911 Carrera

The price will start from 60,000 $
The Carrera will have a 3.6l 345bhp engine
The Carrera S will have a 3.6l 385bhp engine ( 0-60 mph in 4.3 seconds )

Behold the successor to the Nissan 350Z
The 370Z will come in November at the LA Motor Show .
With a 3.7 l V6 engine giving 330bhp connected to a seven-speed auto or a six-speed manual gearbox the Nissan 370Z will be a high performance car – Porsche beware

The new car will be more agile , more refined and with a higher quality build

Ferrari is launching a new supercar . The California is expected to appear on the market in 2009 at a price of aprox 130,000£
This new Ferrari has a 2+ seating arrangement , meaning that you can take a third person on vacation or more luggage . As we expect this Ferrari takes more and more features from the F1 cars , the California will be a piece of technological art .

The suspensions will be fine-tuned to perfection.
The engine will be a 4.3 litre V8 454bhp powerplant connected to a seven-speed dual-clutch transmission – 0-60mph in 4 seconds

A new feature in the Ferrari stable is the standard folding hard top on all versions

As we know Ferrari in in competition with a number of great cars (Porsche , Aston Martin) , the new California stallion comes to back it up
With great looks and great performance the success is almost guaranteed