Video: GM confirms Camaro ZL1 7:41 ‘Ring lap time

Filed under: Motorsports , Coupe , Performance , Videos , Chevrolet , GM How quickly do you think the Porsche 911 Turbo S can make its way around the N

Video: Road & Track welcomes a select few to the two-second club

Filed under: Performance , Videos There are many ways to measure a car’s performance, and no shortage of benchmarks against which to judge them. The 200 mile-per-hour mark, for example, holds its share of bragging rights. And back in the day, Road & Track would hold shootouts to determine which cars made the cut and which did not. But now the magazine is back with a new benchmark, one that’s a lot tougher to beat: the two-second sprint to sixty.

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Video: EVO drags the 911 Turbo S, McLaren MP4-12C, Ferrari 458, Noble M600

Filed under: Coupe , Performance , Europe , Videos , Porsche , Ferrari , UK , MISC EVO lines up the exotics – Click above to watch the video after the break Americans seem to be uniquely obsessed with drag racing in a straight line as a means of measuring automotive performance, but when British magazine EVO decided to line up the latest set of ultra-fast exotic machinery, not a single piece of American iron was present. Not that we have any complaints about EVO’s chosen group of supercars. Representing Italy is the Ferrari 458 , and from Germany hails the Porsche 911 Turbo S . These two traditional power players are matched up against the best Britain has to offer; namely the McLaren MP4-12C and Noble M600 .

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Video: EVO drags the 911 Turbo S, McLaren MP4-12C, Ferrari 458, Noble M600

What you missed on 6.24.11

Quick Spin: 2012 Porsche 911 Turbo S Edition 918 Spyder After a day of driving the 911 Turbo S Edition 918 Spyder on good roads all around Stuttgart’s farm country and blasting along the no-limit Autobahn, we break down like always and decide it’s pretty damned cool to possess any 911 Turbo S whatsoever. Minis on Top tackles the Mt. Washington Auto Road, we tag along for the drive This is a narrow road with two directions of traffic, no protective barriers and a long drop-off that sits uncomfortably close to your car’s tires.

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Quick Spin: 2012 Porsche 911 Turbo S Edition 918 Spyder

Filed under: Coupe , Performance , Marketing/Advertising , Porsche , Quick Spins Porsche’s Buy-One-Get-One-For-$160K Offer 2012 Porsche 911 Turbo S Edition 918 Spyder – Click above for high-res image gallery If nothing else, the 2012 911 Turbo S Edition 918 Spyder wins the contest for the Porsche with the longest and perhaps clumsiest name ever. But after a day of driving it on good roads all around Stuttgart’s farm country and blasting along the no-limit Autobahn, however, we break down like always and decide it’s pretty damned cool to possess any 911 Turbo S whatsoever. What’s ultimately best about this admittedly opportunistic offering from Porsche’s marketing department is that it doesn’t cost one red cent more than the standard 530-horsepower 911 Turbo S – $160,700 for the coupe or $172,100 for the convertible. You just know that they talked about charging more in a meeting.

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Porsche celebrates 10 years in China with special edition 911 Turbo S

Filed under: Coupe , Performance , China , Porsche , Design/Style , Luxury 2011 Porsche 911 Turbo S China Edition – Click above to enlarge image To celebrate its tenth anniversary in the ever-hungry, ever-growing Chinese market, Porsche is unleashing a special edition version of its 911 Turbo S . The car comes with the Turbo S’ 530-horsepower, twin-turbo flat-six, mated to Porsche’s PDK sequential gearbox. Rather than go crazy with mechanical mods, Porsche is sticking with an appearance package for the commemorative 911 . Outside, there’s special Gold Bronze Metallic paint set off with flat black and carbon fiber accents

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