From the Fleet: 2012 Porsche Cayman R

FROM THE FLEET are brief synopses of manufacturer-supplied rides that happen to end up in my laneway – Jon LeBlanc One look at its sales figures and you’d be forgiven if you thought Porsche was trying to get out of the sports car business. Of the German automaker’s sales of 1,771 units to the end […]

The Crank: Is Lamborghini losing its mojo?

By John LeBlanc It looks like the Italian super sports car brand that has defined “extreme” and continually won the battle of one-upmanship over archrival Italian Ferrari with, well, more of everything, is caving into the new reality of ever-tightening fuel economy and tailpipe emissions regulations. It’s pure speculation at this point, but a teaser […]

Preview: Porsche 918 Spyder Hybrid Concept

[svgallery name=”Porsche_918_Spyder_hirez”] Along came an electric Spyder On the road to production, Porsche previews its hybrid super sports By John LeBlanc CARMEL VALLEY, CALIF.—The idea of an electric-gasoline hybrid with supercar performance is the automobile industry’s version of man’s goal to reach the moon in the 1960s. Over the past year, Audi, Ferrari, Lotus, Mercedes-Benz […]

Road Test: 2011 Porsche Boxster Spyder

[svgallery name=”2011_Porsche_Boxster_Spyder”] Along came a Spyder The last iteration of this generation of Boxster ends up being the best handling Porsche you can buy By John LeBlanc You’ll have a hard time convincing Porsche 911 diehards, but the German automaker’s entry-level sports cars – the convertible Boxster and its hardtop Cayman variant – are the […]

Does the world really need another supercar?

By John LeBlanc McLaren Automotive officially became a full-on, legitimate supercar maker last week with the launch of its MP4-12C two-seat, mid-engine machine. We’ve already been fed the car’s vital stats. This time, though, the all-new supercar company’s grande frommage, Ron Dennis, went to great lengths to highlight McLaren’s credentials: in Formula One since 1966, […]

« go back — keep looking »