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Showing posts with label porsche. Show all posts

Saturday, October 15, 2011

The Porsche of Bikes. Really. The Porsche Bike S and Bike SR hit the market.




The news that Porsche was going to be releasing bikes designed with Rennsport broke in early July of this year. The high-end bicycles have finally come to market and with a Porsche-like price as well. The two new Porsche Design bikes consist of the aluminum frame Porsche Bike S and the carbon fiber frame Porsche Bike RS.





The Porsche Bike RS
weighs 9 kg, with a monocoque construction high-end carbon frame, 29” Crank Brothers wheels, Magura hydraulic disc brakes and a 20 gear Shimano XTR derailleur with optimized graduation:







Porsche Bike RS retails for $8,538


The Porsche Bike S
weighs 12kg with a hydroformed aluminum frame, 29" high-quality and puncture protection wet grip wheels, Magura hydraulic disc brakes and a maintenance-free toothed belt drive:




Porsche Bike S retails for $4,775

See your local Porsche dealer for more information.
images courtesy of Porsche Bike and Top Speed


Saturday, February 5, 2011

Back In Black. The 2011 Porsche 911 Black Edition.




Combining puristic design, high-quality equipment, and convincing performance, Porsche has combined and concentrated all the aspects of 911 fascination and enhanced them even further. The result is the 911 Black Edition. Available as a coupe and cabriolet, in black. Limited to just 1,911 units.



The Black Edition is a special equipment package on the 911 Carrera fitted with the 345 horsepower 3.6 liter flat 6 engine, which can be equipped with either a six-speed manual transmission or the PDK seven-speed dual-clutch automatic.



The 911 Black Edition is painted in plain black as standard, with basalt black metallic also available as an option. The Cabrio hood is principally of black cloth. The grey top-tint in the windscreen is standard in the 911 Black Edition, rounding off the overall impression.





The special 911 Black Edition is super sexy and black as they come. Here's what makes it special.

•The exterior is painted solid black:

•19" 911 Turbo II wheels featuring a two-tone finish:

•Brake calipers are painted black:

•All black interior:

•Interior accents are painted in an aluminum finish:

•Black instrument dials:

•The rear section of the center console is painted black:

•A black SportDesign steering wheel:

•Black Edition logo on door entry guard in stainless steel:

•Porsche Communication management [PCM] with navigation module:

and a Bose surround sound system.

Prices start at $81,300 for the 911 Black Edition with manual transmission and go up to $95,620 For The Black Edition Cabriolet [PDK].

The 911 Black Edition will be launched in April 2011.
images and information courtesy of Porsche