Car companies are amazing.  Even when they make metal, rubber and glass lemons, the sour fruits of their labor still offer a little sweetness.  You just have to know which parts to bite into.  Road & Track magazine definitely does. NEXT

As the restrictions on MPG and CO2 evolve (AKA tighten), sports car manufacturers are faced with the difficult problem of adhering to the laws while keeping people like you and I happy. When F1 announced the engines would lose 2 cylinders and gain a turbo, many people lit their torches or turned their backs, but […] More »

Stickers on a car don’t add horsepower, but the letters “GTS” do.  Fifteen, to be exact. Porsche’s Boxster GTS and Cayman GTS sports cars make 330 and 340 hp, respectively, from their 3.4-liter flat-6s.  Torque is up to 273 lb-ft in the former and 280 lb-ft in the latter. With that bump in output coupled […] More »

Ok, we’ve seen the V6 Mustang vs the Scion FR-S comparo before. That’s fine, I guess, although I’d be surprised if there were more than about three people in the whole country who actually cross-shopped those two cars. Well, now Road & Track decided to get funny and throw a used Boxer into the mix. Guess […] More »

… But it is a pretty good approximation of one. See, compared to that atrocious “f430” this car actually looks pretty good. The proportions are wrong, but it genuinely looks like a Diablo. Replicas don’t have to be bad. It’s possible to take a car and make it look like another one without inflicting mental trauma on all who see […] More »

2013 Porsche Boxster Versus 2013 Porsche Carrera Okay. So we know which one is “officially” the better car. Obviously the Carrera has more everything: more power, more space, more displacement, and more chick magnet potential. It’s the “better” car. But the truth of the matter is that the Boxster isn’t really a “hair dressers” car […] More »

Photo: CarScoop Cayman fans rejoice! Porsche’s redesigned mid-engined sports car will make it’s debut this November at the Los Angeles autoshow. It’s drop-top sibling, the Boxster, got an update earlier this year to rave reviews so we’ve been expecting the Cayman to be getting an upgrade as well. We don’t imagine they’ll change the power […] More »