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Porsche Panamera Review: 2011 Porsche Panamera V6 AWD Test – Car and Driver
Sticking a 3.6-liter V-6 engine into the
’s ample frame would seem to be as good a performance recipe as chopping off a couple of engines from a Boeing 747, but in reality, the base Panamera is still plenty fast. Okay, so it doesn’t leap off the line and hurtle toward the horizon like its
sibling, but our all-wheel-drive Panamera 4 still posted a 0-to-60-mph time of 5.0 seconds and covered the standing quarter-mile in 13.8 seconds. Those are great numbers, and they’re backed by a 70-to-0-mph braking figure of 158 feet and skidpad grip of 0.96 g. For comparison, the BMW 740i takes 5.1 seconds to reach 60 mph, manages 0.88 g, and stops from 70 mph in 163 feet.
Underhood, the base Panamera has a new 3.6-liter double-overhead-cam, direct-injection 90-degree V-6 that makes 300 hp and 295 lb-ft of torque. Read the rest of this entry »
2009 International LoneStar Harley-Davidson Special Edition – Road Test – Auto Reviews – Car and Driver
Things I did in preparation for driving a big rig: watched Maximum Overdrive (it came highly recommended; I recommend it only to those whose lives seem 97 minutes too long); bought a camouflage hat at a truck stop; checked with the Michigan Secretary of State to confirm that I am legally allowed to drive such a vehicle.
Turns out my Class B commercial driver’s license with air-brake endorsement is sufficient documentation for the authorities, as long as I don’t try to tow more than 10,000 pounds at one time.
When the truck arrives on a Monday morning, it looks like something out of Mad Max—preapocalypse, and if Mad Max had rolled through Sturgis with a giant chrome-attracting magnet. Read the rest of this entry »