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  • Eleven Supercars Auctioned for €3.1 million

    A really lucky buyer got eleven supercars for only €3,100,000 (around $4 million) from an auction. The fleet includes two Bugatti Veyrons, a Ferrari Enzo, Porsche Carrera GT, Maserati MC12, Ferrari 599GTO, a Rolls-Royce, an Aston Martin, a Maybach and two Bentleys.

    All these cars were owned by Teodoro Nguema Obiang Mangue who is the son of Equatorial Guinea President Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo.

    During an investigation back in 2011, the vehicles were seized by French authorities after an alleged theft of public funds at home in the African nation. All eleven supercars were seized at the president’s incredible 101-room mansion, which is located near Champs Elysees.

    Some of the supercars were barely driven or not at all, so the value is several times that buyer paid. A second hand Veyron starts from €800,000, an Enzo costs at least €1 million and the Carrera GT is around €300,000, if the buyer decides to sell all of them he will make fast several million €.

    The 11 vehicles were part of a more extensive 26-supercar fleet which was shipped from United States to France in 2009. We wonder what happened to other 15?

  • Porsche Carrera GT with straight pipes = BRUTAL Sound! [HD video]

    Here is a nice video by Marchettino, who filmed a modified Carrera GT. This supercar from Porsche comes with extremely loud straight pipes exhaust system. There are some very interesting moments including full throttle accelerations and high speed flybys.

    This particular Carrera GT has Stage 3 package by EDO Competition including a huge rear wing, a performance package, suspension upgrade, high-performance brake pads and 6-point harness.

    Porsche Carrera GT was introduced back in 2003, but it remains one of the most powerful and fast cars in the world. It has a 5.7 liter naturally aspirated V10 with 612HP (450 kW) at 8000RPM and 590Nm (435 lb-ft) of torque at 5750RPM. The engine is mated to a 6-speed manual gearbox. 0-100 km/h in 3.9 seconds and a top speed of 330 km/h (205 mph).

    However, the EDO Competition Carrera GT boasts 770HP and 690Nm. 0-100 km/h in 3.4 seconds and a top speed of whopping 365 km/h (227 mph). The curb weight remains the same – just 1380 kg.

    Carrera GT rolls enormous 9.5J x 19” rims at the front with 265/35 ZR20 tires and 12.5J x 20” at the rear with 335/30 ZR20.

    Enjoy the video and turn up the volume!

    httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dE6ClBsf6rQ

    2003 Porsche Carrera GT
    2003 Porsche Carrera GT
    2003 Porsche Carrera GT

    Source: marchettino via Youtube

  • Porsche Boxster Arrives in UK Showrooms

    Porsche-Boxster-S-showroom-thumbThe Porsche Boxster hits the showrooms in the UK. Prices will start at £37,589 which means that it still will be the cheapest Porsche around and, because of it’s new profile, it will be more accessible as well. By accessible, I mean more appealing to men as well. Let’s be frank. Up until now, women have been the most common sight behind the wheel of a Boxster roadster.

    Some highlights: two flat-six engines with direct injection and a recalibrated chassis. It’s 35 kg lighter than the old one and has a 60 mm longer wheelbase (shorter overhangs nevertheless). The front and rear axles are wider and the tires on them are larger. Reports come in that the new Boxster S can lap the Nürburgring-Nordschleife in 7:58 minutes – that’s a 12 second improvement over the old one. Take that and the fact that the interior is partly inspired by the Carrera GT and you’ll get why I think it will be now more appealing to men – it’s more aggressive, sleek and quite frankly bad (in the good sense).

    Aggressive and bad are also the drive trains. Fort the Boxster – a downsized (used to be 2.9) 2.7-liter horizontally opposed engine develops 265 hp. That’s 10 more from the old one. The Boxster S (from £45,384) gets 315 hp from it’s 3.4-liter engine. By default, both of these cars will come with a manual six-speed gear box. Optionally, you can get the seven-speed dual-clutch Porsche Doppelkupplungsgetriebe (if you can say this out loud, you get it complementary … not). If you opt for that however, plus the Sport Chrono package, the Porsche Boxster can go from 0 to 100 km/h in 5.5 seconds while the Boxster S does that in 4.8 seconds. In return, with that setup, you get 36.7mpg, and CO2 emissions of 180g/km from the Boxster and 35.3mpg and 188g/km of CO2 from the S.

    Standard equipment for the base Porsche includes in Alcantara interior, 18” alloy wheels, Auto stop/start and Sports mode, remote control hood operation, audio CD with 7-inch colour touch-screen control, a universal audio interface offering MP3 connectivity and a three year warranty.

    The Boxster S has 19-inch instead of 18-inch wheels, “partial” leather interior and Bi-Xenon headlights.

    Porsche Boxster S
    Porsche Boxster S
    2012 Porsche Boxster S
    2012 Porsche Boxster S
    2012 Porsche Boxster S
    2012 Porsche Boxster S
    2012 Porsche Boxster S
    2012 Porsche Boxster S

    Source: Porsche

  • Kubatech releases Stage II power kit for Porsche Carrera GT

    Kubatech, the performance specialist from Germany has released a ‘Stage II’ power upgrade for the exceptional sports ride Porsche Carrera GT. (more…)

  • GEMBALLA MIRAGE GT GOLD EDITION

    GEMBALLA Automobiltechnik are amazing tuners which specialty is to build exclusive sports cars which are based on the Porsche models. The very last exotic addition to their range is called MIRAGE GT GOLD EDITION. (more…)