Car Porn.......beauty meets speed (SFW)

[Bromontana]

I love how forceful they are with early steering inputs. Anticipate the turn, try to shove the front inside the apex, then deal with whatever oversteer comes.

[Bobby Stainless]

Aston Martin continues to impress me with their projects. One-77, Vulcan, AMRB-001, and now the DB4 G.T.

A client of mine put his deposit down yesterday.

The trend of resurrecting ghostly automobile legends continues with Aston Martin, which announced Friday it's building a limited run of 25 more DB4 GTs. Originally built from 1959 to 1963, the DB4 GT was among the most powerful British cars of its era and a precursor to the modern supercar.

Just 75 DB4 GTs were built during the first run. The GT model was lighter and more powerful than the stock DB4, giving it excellent racing chops. Stirling Moss drove the GT to victory at Silverstone in its competition debut in '59.

http://www.autoblog.com/2016/12/09/a...#slide-4304975



I'm starting to fall in love with 675LTs too. Might even like it more than a Speciale. I'm turning British.

[basinbeater]

The db4 is one of the best looking cars of all time.

[Alaskan Rover]

A driver's car, indeed!

[Bobby Stainless]

J50

[BmillsSkier]

Yo Beer Drinker:

Is this article correct when it says "the first Porsche 911 R available for sale in the U.S. will be soon arriving at Exotic Euro Cars in California."???

I thought plenty were already here for sale including the one younjust flipped?

http://jalopnik.com/the-first-porsch...its-1790036991

And really for $600k is it so damned hard to get the seats right people? This one is halfway there, opting for the houndstooth, but with brown leather? The entire fucking car is black leather! This makes it look like a brown and red two tone interior on a molested white 335i heading for Long Island.

[Tye 1on]

Yesterday in semi-shitty winter conditions I saw two Porsche 911 type on the road, one on Teton Pass, one in Jackson. Never thought of those as winter cars...

[SkiCougar]

Yesterday in semi-shitty winter conditions I saw two Porsche 911 type on the road, one on Teton Pass, one in Jackson. Never thought of those as winter cars...

Last Saturday at the neighborhood Italian restaurant that is next to the local grocery store, they had 24 porsches of 911s, boxsters and a 918. only saw one with any car club stickers, but had to have been the local porsche club holiday deal. I live about two blocks from one of the richest neighborhoods in Houston, but I never see more than a couple of porsches at a time in that lot, that 918 was nice.
(and yes, I took a loop around the lot and counted once I saw more than 5 or so)

[Alaskan Rover]

Yesterday in semi-shitty winter conditions I saw two Porsche 911 type on the road, one on Teton Pass, one in Jackson. Never thought of those as winter cars...

911s are GREAT winter cars!!!. .............. .great at finding ditches. And the Turbos are SUPREME ditch-finders!

[BmillsSkier]

911s are GREAT winter cars!!!. .............. .great at finding ditches. And the Turbos are SUPREME ditch-finders!

Shake yourself.

[Bobby Stainless]

Yo Beer Drinker:

Is this article correct when it says "the first Porsche 911 R available for sale in the U.S. will be soon arriving at Exotic Euro Cars in California."???

I thought plenty were already here for sale including the one younjust flipped?

http://jalopnik.com/the-first-porsch...its-1790036991

And really for $600k is it so damned hard to get the seats right people? This one is halfway there, opting for the houndstooth, but with brown leather? The entire fucking car is black leather! This makes it look like a brown and red two tone interior on a molested white 335i heading for Long Island.

I know of 4 I can buy for less than that, and I have one for sale less than that.

No one wants to advertise, because no one wants to get cut off. GT2RS 700+ hp.

Mine has the tartan brown and black leather. Special for the car.

[schindlerpiste]

Can anyone share thoughts on the Cayenne Turbo S? I've read all the articles, but I appreciate your input. Compare to Turbo, GTS, and anything else.
To date, the only negative that I have heard (other than price) is that the Porsche rims (21") suck, and that they crack and the ride is better with 20" HRE Performance wheels

[basinbeater]

Glorified vw toureg.
Get a real suv, or get a real wagon, or get a real sports car.
In my humble opinion of course.

[Bromontana]

Only with a warranty based on what I've seen. Pretty sure I'd enjoy driving one, but wouldn't enjoy the maintenance.

[schindlerpiste]

Not too long ago, I took my 10 year old R Class M-B to the shop. I was talking to a mechanic about the G550. He told me that M-B has more problems with the G than any other vehicle. He said that sales people can't "sell" those units to anyone, but if someone wants one, then they ca't talk them out of it, either. I think that all Range Rovers are high maintenance vehicles. I can only imagine the maintenance cost of the new Bentley. My point is that high-end vehicles usually cost a lot to maintain (and insure). Porsches seem more reliable than anything really nice out there.
Glorified Toureg? I doubt that. In fact, I think that the only things that the vehicles have in common are the body and maybe the chassis. One has to be getting something for the extra $130ishK.
I have heard that the traction options of Cayenne Turbo S are off the hook and even exceeds the top Range Rover off*road. Couple that with 911-like handling and 4.2sec to 100kph, the Porsche finish and I think that you are way beyond a Toureg.

[Alaskan Rover]

Not too long ago, I took my 10 year old R Class M-B to the shop. I was talking to a mechanic about the G550. He told me that M-B has more problems with the G than any other vehicle. He said that sales people can't "sell" those units to anyone, but if someone wants one, then they ca't talk them out of it, either. I think that all Range Rovers are high maintenance vehicles. I can only imagine the maintenance cost of the new Bentley. My point is that high-end vehicles usually cost a lot to maintain (and insure). Porsches seem more reliable than anything really nice out there.
Glorified Toureg? I doubt that. In fact, I think that the only things that the vehicles have in common are the body and maybe the chassis. One has to be getting something for the extra $130ishK.
I have heard that the traction options of Cayenne Turbo S are off the hook and even exceeds the top Range Rover off*road. Couple that with 911-like handling and 4.2sec to 100kph, the Porsche finish and I think that you are way beyond a Toureg.

There is a $43,000 premium of the Turbo S over the Turbo. There is a $100,000 premium of Turbo S over the standard Cayenne.

Damn!!!!

[schindlerpiste]

I know. Right? A lot of people say that it isa lot of money for 50bhp, some extra torque, 20mph more on top end, .4sec to 60mph., extra torque vectoring, ceramic brakes and better anti-roll stability. ...or is it? Yikes!

[cdubski]

Friend's gt3rs. I like the older more square back; really fun to drive. Never took it out in the snow though.

[thommy21]

Can anyone share thoughts on the Cayenne Turbo S? I've read all the articles, but I appreciate your input. Compare to Turbo, GTS, and anything else.
To date, the only negative that I have heard (other than price) is that the Porsche rims (21") suck, and that they crack and the ride is better with 20" HRE Performance wheels

If you want an SUV with no room in the back for gear then go for it. Same with the VW model. We passed on both because of those reasons.

[Svengali]

[Bobby Stainless]

Can anyone share thoughts on the Cayenne Turbo S? I've read all the articles, but I appreciate your input. Compare to Turbo, GTS, and anything else.
To date, the only negative that I have heard (other than price) is that the Porsche rims (21") suck, and that they crack and the ride is better with 20" HRE Performance wheels

I've sold quite a few, and I have never seen a 21" crack.

Cayenne Turbo S and Turbo are pretty similar, except for price. I prefer the GTS to both.

You get ceramics with the S, which are loud, and overkill for a SUV. Never have to do rotors though!

The new GTS has the V6. So go for the last gen.

[basinbeater]

GIVE IT TO 'EM NORMAN!!

https://youtu.be/OwTlyqKEvxA

[Mazderati]

^ Land Cruisers are awesome but it's hard to believe that one made it through without breaking.


This looks fun.

[guroo270]

That's so rad it deserves to be embedded.

That's one of the greatest ads I've ever seen.

[Bobby Stainless]

Listed for $999,999.00. (Not by me, I don't do drugs, only weed)