By: AutoMoHo
Exceptional Porsche Panamera GTS 2014 (AED 329,000) -- check this car at www.TheEliteCars.com.
PORSCHE PANAMERA FEVER!
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Porsche Panamera Turbo |
 Porsche Panamera GTS |
 Porsche Panamera 4S |
Saturday, November 12, 2016
2014 Porsche Panamera GTS
Friday, November 11, 2016
2014 Porsche Panamera 4S Review
Class in everywhere — Porsche Panamera 4S 2014 (AED 319,000) — check this car at www.TheEliteCars.com.
PORSCHE PANAMERA FEVER!
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 Porsche Panamera GTS | Porsche Panamera 4S |
Thursday, November 10, 2016
2014 Porsche Panamera S
By: franklin8806
Exceptional Porsche Panamera S 2015 (AED 319,000) — check this car at www.TheEliteCars.com.
PORSCHE PANAMERA FEVER!
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| Porsche Panamera GTS | Porsche Panamera 4S |
Wednesday, November 9, 2016
2014 Porsche Panamera
In the realm of premium sports cars, Porsche takes a back seat to no one. But when it comes to back seats, Porsche isn’t the first marque that springs to mind. Every person geeked on cars knows that premium sedans with generously proportioned aft quarters hail from the likes of Rolls-Royce, Mercedes, Audi, Jaguar, and BMW. Porsche builds light, agile two-passenger sports cars, right?
Well, you can hold the dachshund-on-wheels quips and the 911-stretch-limo jokes. Porsche is making a tidy profit selling its five-door, four-seat Panamera luxury sedan. Meaning buyers, particularly in China, which is now the Panamera’s largest market, don’t seem to mind the big Porsche’s proportions at all. With its 911-inspired nose and tail, the Panamera stands out in a sea of sedan sameness. Together with the once equally unlikely Cayenne SUV, the two products handily outsell Porsche’s 911, Boxster, and Cayman sports cars worldwide.
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| Porsche Panamera GTS | Porsche Panamera 4S |
Originally introduced for the 2010 model year, the 2014 Panamera receives a mid-cycle freshening, which is thorough enough that Porsche has decided to dub the car Panamera II. (We will refrain from using this naming scheme, however.) If you thought the Ford F-150 came in every nuance and flavor under the sun, the 2014 Panamera lineup has likewise ballooned—to nine models available in two wheelbases and powered by five different engines. There are some appearance updates—a more-teardropesque shape to the headlamps, bigger nostrils in the front fascia, a flatter liftgate window, lower mounting for the rear license plate, and revised taillamps—but you’d have to be a Panamerologist to notice without the previous-year car alongside for reference.
Likewise, the well-tailored cabin carries forward the upscale feel. It’s surprisingly roomy, with ample leg- and headroom in all four seating positions, even in the standard-wheelbase version. Your six-foot-two author had no trouble fitting in the back when the driver’s seat was set to his preferences. But the big news for 2014 is the addition of two stretched Executive models. These add another 5.9 inches of wheelbase—all of which is dedicated to the rear seats, which move fore-and-aft and recline, with optional fold-down picnic tables. (Porsche appears to have declined to match the 2014 Mercedes S-class’s nearly horizontally reclining seats with hot-stone massage, as well as its fragrance dispenser.)
Tuesday, November 8, 2016
Ferrari abandons manual transmissions, says they don’t perform as well
There was a time when manual transmissions were synonymous with performance cars, but that time is past.
Ferrari is the latest automaker to retire the clutch pedal, a move that will probably seem like a gut punch to fans of stick shifts, but isn’t too surprising given the low sales of manuals in Ferraris and other high-end performance cars over the past few years. And that’s not even the primary reason why Ferrari is ditching manuals.
“Ferrari is design, performance, and state-of-the-art technologies. There’s no manual transmission that can beat this performance and therefore we have decided to stay on the double-clutch gearbox,” Michael Hugo Leiters, the automaker’s chief technology officer, said in an interview with Motor Authority at the recent 2016 Paris Motor Show. Even a well-shifted manual can’t match the speed of modern dual-clutch transmissions, after all.
That argument is a compelling one for manufacturers constantly looking to increase the performance of their cars, both to win over consumers and to achieve bragging rights. For decades, manual transmissions had a performance advantage over those without clutch pedals, but today’s dual-clutch transmissions have erased that advantage. They shift faster, and they help carmakers snag customers that might have been discouraged by having to master a manual.
Ferrari isn’t alone in leaving the manual transmission behind. Lamborghini and McLaren don’t have a single manual between them, and Porsche has made the dual-clutch PDK transmission mandatory on the highest-performance versions of its 911. Porsche still offers manuals on lower-level models, though, and Aston Martin still offers them throughout its range.
Manuals are also much easier to find on less-expensive cars. Once you leave the six-figure realm, they start to become more common on performance cars. The manual transmission is definitely on the endangered species list, but it’s not extinct … yet.
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Saturday, November 5, 2016
Saying Goodbye To The Rolls-Royce Phantom Is Bittersweet
It's hard to believe that the seventh-generation Rolls-Royce Phantom was introduced way back in 2003 and yet, it still continues to lead the way in the premium sedan market, offering opulence and luxury unmatched by any of its rivals.
At the end of this year, however, the current Phantom will die, making way for the next-generation that's set to launch for the 2018 model year.
To help send off the current Phantom in style, Carfection jumped behind the wheel of the latest model, tracing its 13 year history and briefly, the illustrious past of the British brand itself.
While Rolls-Royce is owned by BMW, the Phantom doesn't simply receive reject parts from its German overlord. It is instead crafted by the finest materials found anywhere in the automotive industry and, to this day, offers a ride like no other.
While saying goodbye to the current Phantom is bittersweet, the next-generation car is expected to be even better, particularly thanks to its aluminum architecture, selection of advanced technologies from BMW and potentially, the availability of a plug-in hybrid variant.
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Thursday, November 3, 2016
Rolls-Royce offers wardrobe-matching special editions
Do you have trouble deciding which of your cars to drive on a given day?
Is hiding from the paparazzi one of your daily problems?
If so, Rolls-Royce suggests you consider its spring/summer 2017 couture collection, which features its Dawn model Inspired by Fashion.
While some of us may have trouble deciding which tie — or T-shirt — to wear on a given day, or whether this blouse goes best with those heels, there are people who extend that scenario to the garage.
“For Rolls-Royce owners, choosing which car to drive is like the rest of us choosing what outfit to wear,” a company spokesman said, noting the typical Rolls owner has between seven and 10 cars, or perhaps 20 from which to choose.
In a blending of the worlds of automobiles and fashion, the “House of Rolls-Royce” is rolling out Dawn models in Andalucian White, “the neutral canvas” on which your choice of three “vibrant” colors will be accented — Mugello Red, Cobalto Blue or Mandarin.
“Subtle accents of these colours adorn interior aspects of each Dawn,” the House of Rolls-Royce news release reports, “whilst the ‘Silent Ballet’ of the roof as it rises to provide shelter from the paparazzo’s lens unleashes a brushstroke of colour to catch the style-spotter’s eye.”
Seems to me that instead of taking the time to put up that colorful top, you could just use the 563 horsepower provided by the car’s twin-turbocharged V12 engine to just speed away from those pesky pursuers, leaving them with nothing more than a blurred image.
“Our clients are the very arbiters of fashion, tastemakers who sit in the front row of the couture shows, themselves influencing evolving trends,” Giles Taylor, director of design for Rolls-Royce Motor Cars, is quoted in the news release. “To them, the commissioning of fine luxury objects represents a deeply-involving curatorial process — with different forms of luxury design, craft and execution serving as inspiration for the other.
“‘Dawn — Inspired by Fashion’ beautifully expresses the notion that inspiration for truly personal objects is drawn from the passions, tastes and lifestyle of its patron.”
The styling details on the cars were done by a team of designers not just from the Rolls-Royce staff but also the worlds of fashion, textiles and luxury goods. “Their work has seen the incorporation of fine silks and unexpected textures into the interior environment” of the cars, Rolls reports.
In addition to their brightly colored convertible tops, the fashion-inspired Dawns feature interiors in Arctic White leather and black trim, with accents in the same color as the car’s roof. Dashboards are done in Piano White with aluminum particles “resulting in a silk-like appearance” through a lacquering process that takes nine days.
Each car gets a bespoke clock, which Rolls characterizes as a piece of jewelry that emits “a silver-on-silver effect, evoking the metallic fabrics seen on this year’s catwalks.”
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