Chesapeake Region
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45th Chesapeake Challenge
Vic Elford
September 20, 2014
Volume 54, Issue 618 October 2014
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President’s Message
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Murphy’s Garage
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Membership and Anniversaries
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Chesapeake Challenge
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Autocross Schedule
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Autocross No. 6 Results
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Upcoming Events - 1
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In The News - 2014 Carrera Turbo S
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In The News - Facelifted Porsche Cayman
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In The News - 2015 Porsche Cayenne
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The Market
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reetings Everyone!
Region who attended, thank you for your support and we hope you enjoyed the acWith our recently held Chal- tivities which were ongoing all weekend. lenge 45, please allow me a We had excellent participation throughout few moments to acknowledge those mem- the event and your attendance made the bers who made it happen. To start, it was hard work worthwhile. overheard......... To everyone who volunteered and helped “One of the best events we’ve ever had at out, and there were many you as evidenced Porsche of Towson; a better turnout than by those who stood to be recognized Saturday evening, thank you for your contribuour new car launches” - Steve Postol , GM,Porsche of Towson on the Friday tion of time and energy. The Challenge night “Meet and Greet” with Vic Elford was rich in content and ran so smoothly thanks to your efforts. “Certainly one of the nicest Porsche Club weekends I have attended” - Vic Elford at As always, your Board Committee Chairs, the conclusion of Challenge ‘45’ Ron Gordon and Doug Ehmann who cochaired the Concours and the Tech Quiz High praise indeed for Challenge 45 from and Race Car Display respectively, Steve both our very special guest Vic Elford, Graham, Mike Cook, and Bob Purgason who was wonderfully accessible all week- for Rally, as well as Minta and Aaron end, autographed just about everything in Miller who handled the awards, all put in sight, told terrific racing stories on both countless hours and ran wonderful events evenings and who has most certainly seen which are the essence of Challenge. Our quite a few Porsche weekends, as well as Dealer Liaison, Tim Lavery, did an amazour stalwart sponsor, the great team at Por- ing job setting up the very successful Frische of Towson, led by Steve Postol. Biday evening MEET and GREET at Porased opinions you say? Maybe so. Howsche of Towson as well as arranging for ever, on a day which was picture perfect, the cars they put on display at the Chalthe hundreds of volunteer hours contriblenge. Your Executive Committee of uted by our amazing Region members re- Claude Taylor, Michael Murphy, Lynda sulted in a Challenge to remember. Sobus and Mark Hubley worked tirelessly as chauffeurs, registrars, judges, 5 Let me say to all of our Chesapeake mem- and go-fers, anything that needed bers and to our friends from the Potomac to be done to keep the Challenge
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from our president running, thank you all. Michael Murphy, our Region Secretary and Patter Editor, was everywhere, doing everything he possibly could and deserves special recognition for his efforts; thank you Michael! Mick and Meg Whitlock, our Community Service co-chairs, set up and managed a vigorously contested and terrifically successful charity auction for the Blue Rose Project with Mercy Medical NICU. Thanks to the active participation of all of our club members, the auction raised $4,087.00 which, along with a matching grant from our Region will contribute $8,174.00 to the charity! Congratulations to both Meg and Mick and thanks for all the work you put into organizing the auction!
At one level or another we are all volunteers and through our participation in Region events we can contribute directly to our community’s benefit. As you can tell from the above, it takes many hands to carry on the activities of the Region. I was told before I became President that my satisfaction level with our Region would rise proportionally with the time I put into the club. That was wrong; it has risen exponentially with the time and effort I’ve invested. If you’re interested, we have many areas which could use your talents and energy. We would be delighted to welcome your active participation with us. I’m always happy to hear from you at president@pcachs.org and I look forward to seeing you on the road soon!
Finally, there is always one person upon which all other efforts rely and without Have fun and Drive Safely! whom we would not have enjoyed this wonderful weekend. This year’s Challenge chair, Bob Costello; he located the Manor Tavern venue, organized the entire team above, sent out an endless stream of emails keeping everyone engaged and on schedule and most importantly, brought the most delicious doughnuts and pastries I’ve ever had to accompany our Saturday morning coffee! Bob, for all of your time, effort, blood, sweat and tears, a deeply felt thank you from all of us such a memorable Challenge 45!
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The 45th Chessapeake Challenge was again held September 20th and the results of the competition is indicated on pages 10 and 11. See Pages 10 and 11
Autocross No. 6 results are deftly written by your Co-Chair Pat Walker. Vice Rock was the FTD! See Pages 12 to 14
Upcoming Events includes the information for the annual Fall Foliage Drive and the New Member Party! See Page 15
In The News with multiple drivers impression of the 2014 911 Turbo S. See Pages 16 to 19
In The News is a “spy photo” of what appears to be the a “tweaked” Cayman exterior. See Page 20
In The News October’s Paris Auto Show finds Porsche showing eHybrid technology in a 2015 Cayenne. See Pages 21 to 22
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Membership and Anniversaries September 2014
Primary Members: 762
Affiliate Members: 456
Total Members: 1218 Membership New Members: Mark Zajler Barry Ritter Shaina French Carley Nelson Jason Blum
Baltimore, MD Highland, MD Annapolis, MD Columbia, Md
Ellicott City, MD
Transfer In: Damon Lowney
2009 997 Turbo, White 2014 997 Turbo S, Silver 2006 Cayman S, Burgundy 1949 356 2004 Cayenne Turbo, White
Transfer Out: Jeffery Reyes & Jeremy Hawkins
Anniversaries 25th Year Anniversary: Howard Allen & Manny Alban
20th Year Anniversary: Paul Faupel & Steven Gaylor
15th Year Anniversary: Brad Kline
10th Year Anniversary: Don Stolkovich
5th Year Anniversary: Dave Revella, Mark Guringo, Thad Schippereit & Barr Frederick
1st Year Anniversary: Richard Chitty, Len Barnickel, Joseph Ensor, Jon Gibralter, Mick Whitlock, Jeff Bedford, Brent Cohee, Roy Droege, Paul Broccolino, Drew Gantt, III, Barry Robbins, Aniano Arao, Tom Divilio, Aaron Veerothai & Dan Cooper
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Chesapeake Challenge 45th Chesapeake Challenge Results ! LUFTHANSA AWARD WINNER
Concours Results - First Place:
In order to win the 45th Chesapeake Challenge, an individual must enter and score equally well in each of three events, which are:
1. Class 1 - 356: Allen Gunzelman and Jan Bor-
1. Concours d’ Elegance 2. Tour / Rally 3. Technical Quiz
chardt for their historic 1964 356 SC with it’s rare sunroof. 2. Class 2 - 914: No Entry 3. Class 3 - 911/912 1965-1973: Randy and Michelle
Moss for their elegant 1973 911S. and when all of the scores are tallied, the person with the 4. Class 4 - 964/993 1989-1998: Donna Brandt and highest combined score of three events is judged to be the Warren Schultz for the remarkable 1998 993 C4S. winner. 5. Class 5 - 996/997 1999 - 2012: Steve and Janice Graham for their impeccable 2000 996. 6. Class 6 - 924/944/928/968: Lynda and Paul Sobus for their excellent 1987 944. 7. Class 7 - Boxster: No Entry 8. Class 8 - Cayman: No Entry 9. Class 8 - Cayenne / Panamera: No Entry
Concours Best In Show: Dennis Howard is the overall 2014 Chesapeake Challenge winner! Congratulations to Dennis and Terri Howard for their outstanding achievement!
Steve and Janice Graham with their 2000 911 Carrera.
Top Ten Rally Results: 1. Dennis and Terri Howard 2. Vincent and Claire Rock 3. Mike and Eve Swartzel 4. Mark Hubley and Christina Devaney
5. Ellen Beck and Linda Gordon 6. Mia Walsh and Vic Elford 7. Kiva Smallwood and Anglea Master 8. Rob Mairs and Max Fisher 9. Lynda and Paul Sobus 10. Dean and Lucinda Wilson
Technical Quiz Winners - First Place: 1. Men:
Claude Taylor
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Chesapeake Challenge 45th Chesapeake Challenge Results ! Street Prepared Results - First Place: 1. Class 1 - 356: Christopher and Sheiliah Brous for their historic 1961 356. 2. Class 2 - 911/912 1965-1973: Rob and Diane Mairs for their 1973 911 Carrera RSR. 3. Class 3 - 911/912 1974-1989: Chuck Visconage for his 1985 928S. 4. Class 3 - 964/993 1989-1998: Clement and Evie Hathaway for their 1996 993 Carrera. 5. Class 5 - 996/997 1999 - 2012: Mick and Meg Whitlock for their 2004 996 Carrera 40th Anniversary Special Edition. 6. Class 6 - 924/944/928/968: Aaron Miller for his 1986 944 Turbo. 7. Class 7 - Boxster: Bob and Joanie Purgason for their 2012 Porsche Boxster S. 8. Class 8 - Cayman: Drew and Tracy Nagle for their 2014 Porsche Cayman. 9. Class 8 - Cayenne / Panamera: Mike and Eve Swartzell for their 2013 Porsche Cayenne.
Best in Show Street Prepared: Chuck Visconnage for his beautiful 1985 928 S.
People’s Choice Overall Winner: Fraser Dachille and Fielding Lewis for their beautiful 1968 Carrera 912.
The Vic Elford Motorsports Living Legend Award: Bob and Roxanne Zach for their historic 1968 Carrera 911 L.
Look for more CC45 coverage and photos in the November Patter!
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Autocross - September 21st PCA Chesapeake Region - Event No. 6 Chesapeake PCA Autocross Event No. 5
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hick areas of fog greeted the drivers for our sixth event of the season, but it wasn’t like foghorns or radar were going to be needed to navigate the course; the AX6 course was the reverse of the AX5. But despite having a prior look, the reverse course was just as – if not more challenging. Guess Vince Rock ate his Wheaties because, just as he did in Autocross #4, he came out swinging in his ’97 993. He completed his first run on cold racing tires in an astonishing 42.394, and after several more runs and further adjustments to his tire pressure, he was able to get his time down to 42.206 seconds - and remained virtually unchallenged until the second run group where
tion of your car, please do not hesitate to contact us at autocross@pcachs.org. With summer winding down, it’s safe to say that we’ve been lucky to have survived another season with no heat related injuries, but we’d be remiss in not reminding you to keep hydrated at the events. Limited drinking water is on hand, so we recommend you bring additional water to ensure you’re taken care of. Headgear, eyewear and sunscreen are also items you should bring along in your track bag – we’re on an open lot with little shade so the sun can be brutal out there! There are plenty of areas for spectators to safely watch the cars during competition, but for their added safety (and to please the PCA legal eagles), please remind anybody who comes with you to the event to check in at the reg-
Vincent Rock with the fastest time of the day of 42.206 Seconds Dave McGrew and Scott Borden broke the light beams with second and third top times of 42.438 and 42.459 seconds, respectively. While the excitement of who will win the title of Fastest Time of the Day makes up a predominant percentage of our autocross events, there is a component that centers around people learning how to drive their cars (preferably Porsches) in a ‘performance-type’ event and the enjoyment that first-timers get at successfully completing the course and seeing their times displayed in lights. If you are thinking about coming to join in the fun, please keep in mind that we are using motorsportsreg.com for event registration. Registration ends at midnight on the Wednesday prior to the event. Please help us speed up the check in and registration process on event day and pre-register. If you have difficulties creating an account or have questions with classifica-
istration/timing table/trailer to sign an insurance waiver release form and get a really cool, fashionable, sexy wristband (suitable for framing). Also, if you must bring a pet it must be on a leash at all times. Remember that the sound levels that many of the cars produce may be distressing to them! Yes, autocross is one of those ‘single-player sports’, but you don’t have to have a stable of Porsches in order to share the experience with friends and family. Codrivers are a common and cost effective way to see who will have bragging rights at the dinner table/water cooler. And just because it’s a Porsche Club event, that doesn’t mean that cars manufactured by more common brands aren’t welcome – all that’s needed is a car that will pass a cursory mechanical inspection, a valid driver’s license, and of course – the registration fee which is: 3
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Upcoming Events 1 Fall Foliage Tour DATE: October 18, 2014 TIME: 10:00am to 2:00pm LOCATION: Mt. Carmel, Graul’s Market Parking LotI-83, Exit 27 https://www.google.com/maps/@39.5915804,76.6741937,17z
It’s October! That means it’s time for football, sweaters and vibrant red, yellow and orange leaves. Not to be missed is our annual Fall Foliage Tour through northern Maryland and southern Pennsylvania. So please join us and enjoy the company of your fellow club members, and don’t forget that camera! Register with Mike Cook by 15 Oct 14 at tour@pcachs.org and indicate the participants names.
New Member Party (Date and Time To Be Confirmed) DATE: November 1, 2014 TIME: 10:00am to 1:00pm LOCATION: Porsche of Towson 700 Kenilworth Drive Towson, MD www.porscheoftowson.com If you are new to PCA and the Chesapeake Region and as a new member you have not attended a New Member Party, well here’s your opportunity to meet your fellow club members, the Region’s officer and committee chairs. This is a golden opportunity for you to find out what activities you might be interested in as well as an opportunity to pickup your “goodie bag”.
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In The News 2014 Porsche 911 Carrera Turbo S
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s the 911 Turbo S the best all-around car on the planet? Signs point to yes. Photo by Josh Scott
ROAD TEST EDITOR JONATHAN WONG: When driven on the street, you wouldn’t think that the 2014 Porsche Carrera 911 Turbo S is the performance animal that it is. Nope, it’s a comfortable and low key feeling experience from behind the wheel when rolling around with the adaptive suspension softened and the dual-clutch sequential manual transmission slotted in full automatic mode. The 20-inch low-profile Pirelli P Zero tires make little to no noise over bumps doesn’t mean harsh jolts filtering into the cabin just as I’ve learned in previous drives of the 991 generation of the Carrera. When you do squeeze the gas pedal a little harder you take off from a dead stop in a more rapid manner than a Carrera S, but it doesn’t feel like it’s going to be that much quicker. Then again, I didn’t dare mash the throttle too hard on the street because a 911 Turbo S with a racing yellow paint job doesn’t exactly blend in with the crowd around these parts. Credit is due to the excellent platform and suspension work Porsche has done to the latest 911. In this Turbo S, you have car that’s streetable
with a nice leather-lined interior, comfortable front bucket sport seats and a lovely sounding Burmester sound system. Since it’s a Porsche, the extra features are going to cost you. In this case, the additional leather covering the dash is an extra $1,710 and that stellar audio system bumps the price up by another $3,500. But I have to say it’s real nice in there. As nice as it is to sit in and how docile it feels during regular driving, there’s some serious equipment on this car to make it go faster, handle better and stop harder. On the Turbo S the Sport Chrono package is standard which features an overboost function that ups max boost pressure by 2.2 psi for up to 20 seconds and increases peak torque to 553 lb-ft. The all-wheel-drive system has been enhanced to more efficiently deliver power to the ground, while not sounding like the Nissan GT-R’s all -wheel system with loud mechanical whines and chatter. In the handling department, the Turbo S has rear-wheel steering, a torque vectoring rear axle, dynamic chassis control and dynamic magnetic engine mounts that stiffen when hard driving is detected. Standard massive carbon ceramic brakes easily slow things down. We definitely weren’t going to really get to know the 911 S unless we were in a safe and controlled environment with a lot of open pavement. Lucky for us, we had time
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In The News 2014 Porsche 911 Carrera Turbo S This Porsche Carrera 911 Turbo S is an amazing car, as it should be for anything costing $193K. If you’re looking for a serious all-around sports car that can clean up at the drag strip and road course, but also be more than livable and quite luxurious at all other times, then this Turbo S should definitely be on your list of cars to consider. SENIOR MOTORSPORTS EDITOR MAC MORRISON: Porsche’s new 911 Turbo, and in this case Turbo S, is one of the closest -- perhaps the closest -- vehicles on the market to imploding the longstanding notion that no one car does everything. OK, it still has limitations in terms of passenger and cargo room, so I’ll refine: The Turbo S, in performance car terms, especially at this price point, might be without peer as the world’s best all-’rounder. rented out at Michigan International Speedway and were able to wring it You want raw speed? As J. Wong notes, we tested this very Turbo S to the tune of 2.7 seconds from 0-60 mph. Quarter mile? 10.9 seconds and out without the fear of ending up in the slammer for reckless driving. approaching 130 mph. These are uncorrected-for-conditions, really-didStraight-line testing is rather easy with launch control and the ZF-built happen (and easily) numbers, by the way. A handful of hyper cars (at far dual-clutch gearbox ripping off extremely quick shifts. Porsche quotes a higher prices) are a couple/few clicks quicker, but you’ll pay two, three, 2.9-second 0-to-60 mph time, which we managed to better on our first four times as much. And at this accel rate, honestly feeling the differrun with a 2.8-second result. On our fourth try, we got to 60 mph in 2.7 ence between a couple of tenths isn’t easy for most human brains to seconds on an unprepped surface, which is jaw-dropping quick. How process. about the quarter-mile? We did that in 10.9 seconds at 128.1 mph. The car slithered through our tight slalom course, allowing me to apply generous power through the eight-cone exercise with little body roll. The Turbo S does push a bit initially, but like the GT-R, the all-wheel-drive system tidies things up, and I would assume the rear-wheel steering also aided in getting the back side around. On the skidpad, consistent throttle and small steering corrections got the Turbo S around the quickest. At the end of the day, we took advantage of MIS’ infield road course and again experienced the early understeer when entering corners. It’s only for the briefest of moments, though. With the ability to pin the throttle to the floorboards down straights and out of corners, the turbo boxer six-cylinder pulls hard all the way up to redline. Transmission shift response when manually selecting gears via the steering wheelmounted paddles is nearly instant. I’m coming to terms with the electromechanical steering on the 991 now, but still do miss the gobs of feedback that you used to get through the steering wheel in the 997 Carrera. How about the carbon ceramic brakes? No fade to speak of, which is to be expected.
You want comfort? The Turbo S, with its revised PASM active suspension and PDCC chassis roll control offers plenty of it, too. I drove this car to northern Michigan, about 240 miles each way, and whether in normal, sport or sport plus modes, I was never fatigued: not by the irritating, heavy tire whomp familiar to drivers of older Turbos, not by overly high-strung ride frequencies.
If you skip below to Natalie’s comments, you’ll see that she wrote some of them before I had completed my thoughts in this log entry. Yes, I’ve Like in past experiences with virtually every car shod with Pirelli P Zero gone on about the Turbo S being a great all-’rounder and its general tires, they perform really, really well for two to four laps, but then grip comfort. But it’s significant to note because this 911 is so damn screamfalls off dramatically after too much heat gets into them. It’s just the way ing quick, so outright fast, so eager to corner with big gobs of hotthey seem to be, so if you’re going for lap times and your car has P Zetar grip that the experience is often surreal. I launched it ros on it, make sure you get that flyer in early. 17
In The News 2014 Porsche 911 Carrera Turbo S tial, especially on public roads, but whatever you do manage to pull out of it is done so in exciting yet remarkably sure-footed, confidenceinspiring fashion. How good (or bad?) of a roller coaster could you build for $190K? I’m certain this car would be the far better thrill ride. Efficiency? Who cares, you ask? The answer is irrelevant because the Turbo is efficient. Its seamless coasting function contributes to some impressive mileage numbers; I drove a little more than 100 miles on a country road, between 55-65 mph, and crept up to the 28, at times even 29 mpg range. Same distance on the highway, pushing 70-80, and still returned between 26-27 mpg. That’s just a nice bonus. This is perhaps not the 911 for the extra-hardcore enthusiast, in the sense that other than the head-snapping speed, there’s little rawness to it, if from a standstill at one point and didn’t take my foot out until the digital any at all. The 991 GT3 is the way to go for those types of drivers, and Porsche acknowledges this freely. But regardless of the new Turbo’s speedo -- it struggles to keep up with actual road-speed -- flickered to-
ward 160 mph. The whole thing is simultaneously, freakishly exhilarating yet serene. Same goes for pitching into a corner and knowing all the whiz-bang torque vectoring and rear-steering etc. means you can carry way more than enough cornering speed while still getting a bit of controllable oversteer to cause most any passenger to ruin their seat. Point being, you may not be able to extract anywhere near this Turbo’s poten-
refined, passenger-coddling nature, at the end of the day, it’s easy to forget all that and just do the one thing Turbos have always asked you to: punch it, hold on and grin until you come out the other end. SENIOR ROAD TEST EDITOR NATALIE NEFF: Stinkin’ fast. Regardless of how much Mr. Morrison
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feels the need to extol the Turbo S’ excellent all-’roundability, the first thing you notice the moment you step on the gas is the speed. The second thing: how fast it goes. Third? Lordy, this thing screams! Seriously, the 911 Turbo S is blindingly quick. Only two cars come to mind that felt faster: the Bugatti Veyron that Pierre-Henri Raphanel coaxed me into hammering on a narrow country road, and the two-place Indy car I rode rear-seat with driver Davey Hamilton for an awesome hot lap of the track on Detroit’s Belle Isle. That’s not to say I haven’t piloted anything else faster, but 1.) nothing else comes to mind; and 2.) when behind the wheel of the Turbo S, thoughts of every other car flies out of your head. Or gets sucked out, more like. You will never, ever get close to wringing out of this car all it is capable of, not on the street, not at your local autocross, not even at Hockenheim -- unless, of course, your name sounds a lot like Jörg Bergmeister. But that’s kinda beside the point, isn’t it? Anyone who sees you in your racing yellow Porsche 911 Turbo S can only imagine what it feels like to be blasting down the freeway, rear wing standing high, treating every other car like a moving chicane, even if you’re only going 75 mph cruising along with all the rest of us schlubs. The Turbo S is about fantasy,
and if you can spare the $200K to put one in your own garage, it’s fantasy fulfilled. Oh yeah, and Mac’s right, it’s an awfully comfortable car, too, if that sort of thing matters to you. Options: Burmester high-end infotainment package ($3,500); adaptive cruise control including Porsche Active Safe ($2,490); extended interior package including leather trimmed dashboard ($1,710); front seat ventilation ($840); voice control ($595); racing yellow seat belts ($540); light design package ($510); rear wiper ($360); vehicle key painted ($335); headlight cleaning system covers in exterior color ($295); telephone module ($265); leather key pouch ($165); German first aid kit ($15)
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In The News Facelifted Porsche Cayman Nabbed Testing
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ot long after a prototype for the facelifted Porsche Boxster was spied testing, its hardtop brother, the Cayman has also been snapped during preliminary testing in facelifted guise.
the next-generation Boxster and Cayman hit the market as they will introduce a new line of four-cylinder engines.
One key reason why the new Boxster and Cayman will adopt four-cylinder engines is to reduce the firm’s CO2 Despite the presence of some black camouflage, some deemissions. While Porsche fanatics may be disappointed that sign changes are immediately noticeable. These include four-cylinder engines will be used in the next Cayman and tweaked headlights, LED daytime running lights as well as a Boxster Porsche boss Matthias Muller recently said that this revised rear bumper. Additionally, this prototype was sport- smaller engine will be able to deliver up to 395 hp thanks ing a revised bumper at the rear alongside a new and imlargely to the forced induction! Of course, this new turboproved diffuser. The styling changes have been completed charged flat-four will sound significantly different than the with a new pair of wing mirrors. current 3.4-liter flat-six naturally aspirated engine, but the ster From a powertrain standpoint, we expect the facelifted Por- extra power and extra speed of the next-gen Boxsche Boxster and Cayman duo to remain essentially identical and Cayman will definitely offset any possible 20 sound deficits. to the current cars. Things will really get interesting when
In The News Paris 2014: 2015 Porsche Cayenne
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enne also receives a new front bumper and skid plate as well as blacked out grilles. The foglight, daytime running light and front air intake surrounds are also finished in matte black which gives a very unique look to the sporty SUV.
From a visual standpoint, the 2015 Porsche Cayenne utilises brand new headlights featuring a more compact design than currently used. In the Cayenne Diesel, S and S E -Hybrid variants, the car utilises Bi-Xenon headlights with four-point LED daytime running lights while in Turbo specification, the car utilises LED bulbs alongside the Porsche Dynamic Light System. Maintaining focus on the front end, the 2015 Porsche Cay-
Beyond the visual changes, the 2015 Porsche Cayenne also features a host of upgrades distinguishing it from the current car. Most importantly is the creation of the brand new Porsche Cayenne S E-Hybrid. It shares its hybrid powertrain with the Panamera hybrid’s which sees a 3.0litre supercharged V6 petrol engine delivering 410 hp at 5500 rpm and 435 lb-ft of torque between 1250 and 4000 rpm. This engine is then mated to an electric mo- tor delivering 94 hp. All up, the 2015 Porsche 21 Cayenne S E-Hybrid will hit 100 km/h in 5.4 sec-
he facelifted 2015 Porsche Cayenne is celebrating its world premiere at the Paris Motor Show 2014. The latest Cayenne sees a selection of visual changes from the outgoing model while also receiving a range of new tech. We went to the Porsche booth to snap some pictures of the 2015 Porsche Cayenne Turbo.
In The News Paris 2014: 2015 Porsche Cayenne
onds and a top speed of 243 km/h. For more about the 2015 Porsche Cayenne range, head on over to our previous article. For more coverage from the Paris Motor Show 2014, take a look at our news channel. http://www.gtspirit.com/2014/10/04/paris-2014-2015-porsche-cayenne/ ***
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Items for Sale, Rent, Loan and Free! For Sale 2007 BMW318i Reduced Price! 1997 BMW 318i Cabriolet in very good condition. Garage kept and personally maintained. As I need room in the stable, my original offer of $6,500 is reduced to $5,300. This is a 5-speed with 104,500 miles, never in an accident, and new rear plastic window. If you have a son or daughter going off to college, this would be an ideal and reliable car for them. Contact: Michael Murphy at editor@pcachs.org or 410-491-3254.
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Items for Sale, Rent, Loan and Free! For Sale 2013 Boxster Items Porsche Brand Indoor Car Cover - $175 Coco Floor Mats of Natural Herringbone - $85 Clear Windstop from Pedros Garage - $75 Sold my 2013 Boxster and purchased a new 2015 911, so these items are for sale. Contact: Jim Orrell at jjorrell@comcast.net or 410-592-3847.
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