Car news site has three Porsche articles on cover page

[kach22i]

I just found out about this car news site - check it out.

http://www.autoblog.com/

The site has three Porsche articles on cover page

1. Carrera GT’s ceramic clutch

2. RUF - 650 hp 997 Porsche

3. 2005 Porsche Boxster S: In The Autoblog

NOTE: Pirelli calendar article has a link to more pictures for you "Grid Girls" guys.

[Overpaid Slacker]

DAMN! I Love that color:



JP

[kach22i]

2WD is standard but 4WD is available on request.

She's got a nice rear too.

[bryanthompson]

Looks like nepal orange or Phoenix Red

[RickM]

Interesting they mention Jay Leno who knocks street racing in "supercars". Finishes with: "Even stranger, he praises the Porsche Carrera GT’s ceramic clutch, easily the world’s most stall-o-riffic unit. Still, it’s good to see the former Porsche-basher join the fold."

More from Jay:

"Porsches are different. These cars are built to be driven hard and they can take it when you drive them that way. And they've been like that since the beginning. With a rear-mounted, air-cooled four-cylinder opposed engine, and fully independent suspension, they were advanced from the start. The ceramic clutch in the Porsche Carrera GT is a good example of how they think at Porsche. Clutches aren't sexy, but at Porsche they engineer the whole car and they build it to last. I had a new Porsche Carrera GT on loan and I absolutely hammered it. Surprise: Nothing happened to the clutch. Not that I was trying, but I couldn't fry it. You could put the power down cleanly again and again. The clutch in the new Carrera GT is designed to last some 30,000 to 40,000 miles. Look, I drove it hard--I didn't abuse it--but it's meant to be really driven.

has made a really worthwhile contribution to the supercar genre. The Carrera GT's multiplate clutch is lighter and smaller than any comparable unit. It's patented by Tilton, so there's an American connection and that makes me like it even more. Porsche has been using ceramic-composite brakes for a while, so it was a natural to put this superlight, highly resistant material into service to help transfer the V10's 600-plus horsepower to the pavement. Porsche's Ceramic Composite Clutch is a boon. The clutch-plate diameter is only 6.65 in., which helps the low center of gravity.

The Carrera GT will sprint to 60 mph in just 3.6 seconds, turn 131.6 mph in the quarter and top out at 205 mph. Your results may vary, of course. But thanks to the ceramic clutch, you can do those 0-to-60 runs over and over again. The Carrera GT costs $440,000, but I wouldn't be surprised to see ceramic clutches on much more affordable production Porsches soon.

Early Porsches looked like upside down bathtubs, but they worked right and went like hell. There's a lot of German pride in their engineering. A few years ago, I was traveling on the high-speed German autobahn. Occasionally I'd get off the highway and drive through a village. It seemed that in each little town there would be two churches, located a few hundred yards apart. And on the hour, the clocks in both their steeples would strike at exactly the same time. Precision is the German way."

[Overpaid Slacker]

Honest to god, that is the first new Porsche I've seen in a long, long time that I covet; that made me go "whooooooof", out loud. Not the GT-2, not the C-GT... that Ruf is just freaking iconic!

I want one.

JP

[johncj8989]

Yeah that car really gets my blood hot! Only thing I'm critical of is the rear spoiler and the way it wraps the taillights. Reminds me a little too much of the late 70's camaro rear spoiler. But hey....I could live with it!

[turbocarrera]

I like the bottom half of the rear spoiler - it reminds me of a ducktail, but the movable part kinda turns me off, though it might look worse without it. I also wish the wheels were the same - either flush spokes front and rear or dished, not one of each. The front spoiler is a tough call as it's very similar to a CGT and doesn't seem to suit the softness of the 997 styling, but I've seen worse - much worse.

Sorry to nitpick, it's a gorgeous car - the colour is awesome and the IC intakes are very nice.

[kach22i]

I found out the website is organized into makes.

The Porsche section:
http://www.autoblog.com/category/porsche/

This is an interesting Boxster S description:
http://www.autoblog.com/entry/1234000930032379/

Obviously, the Boxster S’ mid-engined layout gives it an inherent advantage over the rear-engined 911— not in terms of achieveable speeds, but in terms of fun. When pushing the S through a corner, the car comes alive beneath you, shifting its weight from front to back , offering a choice of oversteer or understeer, telling you exactly what’s happening with the chassis and tires. To get that kind of involvement from a 911, you have drive at far higher speeds; maybe even twice as fast.

[PCA 944]

I wonder if they will exchange my 944 for that Rt 12 Turbo? The RUF website has no mention of prices anywhere at all, which frankly scares me.