Porsche’s grand experiment – a first-ever Porsche sedan styled in an elongated, yet familiar, sports car-looking body – is doing well, even in a U.S. economy that’s struggling to recover. No doubt, buyers of the 2010 Porsche Panamera, whose starting retail price is $90,775, are well insulated from the economic turmoil – and that’s before they are encased in the Panamera’s 4,000-pound mass, 16 feet...

It may not come as much of a surprise that the best selling model in the US is an SUV.  You may think $4.00 gas would dampen Americas love affair for the bigger is better rule, but in the case of a luxury nameplate like Porsche, gas mileage is usually of smaller importance. While I still believe that calling these cars SUV’s does them some form of disservice, the trend is in, and the nimble XUV’s are the new Tahoes and...

2009 International Car of the Year. The Nissan GT-R has been rated the coolest trend car of? today by the very famous german car magazine “Auto Bild”. Nissan claims the GT-R can reach a top speed of 192 mph (309 km/h), Motor Trend recorded a top speed of 195.0 mph (313.8 km/h). It has been tested to achieve 0-60 mph (97 km/h) times as low as 3.2 seconds with launch control and 3.9 seconds without (improved to 3.5 seconds in...

Cars.com’s Joe Wiesenfelder takes a look at the 2008 Audi R8. It competes with the BMW M6 and Porsche 911. Shot and produced by: Sarah Gersh & Eric Rossi Edited by: Lindsay Bjerregaard Duration : 0:3:49 (more…) Technorati Tags: 2008, 911, aston, Audi, CARS., carscom, granturismo, m6, martin, maserati, mw, Porsche, R8, v8, vantage

Jeremy Clarkson reviews the new Audi R8 supercar and claims it to be one of the best supercars in the world – only to be interrupted by a competitive Richard Hammond in a Porsche 911. Which one is better – the Porsche 911 or the Audi R8? The only way to settle this argument is through a Top Gear special drag race! Who will win? Watch this clip in full to find out. Don’t forget to hit “view in high quality” at...