Fun Times: 1970s Lada 2101 Drag Races a Porsche 911 Carrera RS and a Nissan GT-R with 1,000HP

Who said that only exotic supercars and muscular pony cars are allowed to steal the limelight at the drag strip?

If anything else, an unpretentious VAZ 2101 from the 1970s (better known with the Lada brand name outside the former Soviet Union), is bound to draw attention simply for being what it is…

But you should know by now that looks can be very deceiving sometimes and this cherry-red Lada created by the Vintic & Spuntic Workshop has 240 ponies neatly packed under its rickety hood.

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Lamborghini LP 700-4 Aventador Dares 950hp Porsche 911 Turbo by Switzer

With 691-horses (700PS) on tap from its 6.5-liter naturally aspirated V12 engine, the Lamborghini Aventador LP700-4 has a substantial power advantage over any stock Porsche 911 Turbo.

But put Ohio-based Switzer Performance into the picture and then the table turns around with the Porsche sports car gaining the power lead.

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Woman Plows Porsche 911 Turbo Into Store After She Mistook the Gas Pedal for the Brake…

Earlier this year, federal safety regulators at NHTSA released a report saying that women drivers involved in pedal misapplication crashes outnumber men by a margin of roughly 2 to 1 – and before you make a snarky remark, learn that the same study found that male drivers account for approximately 60 percent of all crashes…

We do not know if there's a corresponding study in Turkey, but this past weekend in Beşiktaş, a municipality of Istanbul, a female driver of a latest generation Porsche 911 Turbo (997) with the license plate number "34 GTA 11" mistook the gas pedal for the brake as she was turning into a gas station to fill up her sports car.

Instead of coming to a halt in front of the gas pump, the young woman hit the pedal and freed the 911 Turbo's ponies catapulting the coupe first into a parked car and then into the store behind it…

The driver and her female friend were not hurt but a gas station employee had to be taken to the hospital for minor injuries.

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Spied: New Porsche 911 Turbo Filmed on the Autobahn and the Nürburgring

There are many new Porsches heading our way, but one model of particular interest is the next generation of the 911 Turbo, prototypes of which were spotted testing on both the German Autobahn and the Nürburgring racetrack.

The word on the street is that the new 911 Turbo models (including the Coupe and Convertible in both regular and 'S' trims) will adopt an advanced tri-turbo system for the existing 3.8-litre flat-six gasoline engine.

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U Spy: 2013 Porsche Cayman and Panamera Facelift Snagged on Film

Quiet a day for future Porsche models as Carscoop reader Toldi sent in three videos showing two lightly camouflaged prototypes of the facelifted Panamera sports sedan and the all-new Cayman coupe.

We'll begin with the updated Panamera that receives a mid-life makeover for the 2013 model year. As evidenced by the cleverly placed disguise, both ends of Porsche's second best-seller after the Cayenne SUV will be redesigned to offer the Panamera a fresher look that's more in line with the new 911.

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This Man Wants to Own Every Porsche 911 Built from 1964 to 1973

He might look more like a distant cousin of the Duck Dynasty's Robertson family than a car collector, but Magnus Walker is a true-blue Porsche enthusiast who has owned over 40 911s throughout the years.

His current collection includes every 911 built from 1964 to 1972 and he aims to continue with the 1973 model.

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Porsche Cayenne Driver is THE Tool

Don't you just hate arrogant drivers that believe they own the road? Sure you do. So here we have at least half a dozen motorists on all four corners patiently waiting their turn to pass through an intersection when the Fast & Furious driver of a Porsche Cayenne SUV decides it is his (or her) right to cross the road just because…

See what happens next in the video after the jump.

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Meet Porsche Classis Workshop's Hidden Gems

The Porsche Classic workshop located just outside of the German city of Stuttgart may not look like much from the outside, but it is an entirely different story from the inside.

This is an automotive paradise for Porschephiles, as this is where the German carmaker restores older generation Porsche models, the production of which has been discontinued at least 10 years ago, from the ground up with original components.

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Meet Porsche Classis Workshop's Hidden Gems

The Porsche Classic workshop located just outside of the German city of Stuttgart may not look like much from the outside, but it is an entirely different story from the inside.

This is an automotive paradise for Porschephiles, as this is where the German carmaker restores older generation Porsche models, the production of which has been discontinued at least 10 years ago, from the ground up with original components.

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U Spy: Facelifted Porsche Panamera Prototypes Filmed at Gas Station

The countdown to the launch of the refreshed 2013 Porsche Panamera is definitely on with the Germans having entered the car's final development stages.

Carscoop reader Toldi filmed a couple of lightly disguised prototypes of the revised Panamera while exiting a gas station in a district of Stuttgart, Germany.

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U Spy: Facelifted Porsche Panamera Prototypes Filmed at Gas Station

The countdown to the launch of the refreshed 2013 Porsche Panamera is definitely on with the Germans having entered the car's final development stages.

Carscoop reader Toldi filmed a couple of lightly disguised prototypes of the revised Panamera while exiting a gas station in a district of Stuttgart, Germany.

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New Photo Gallery and On the Road Video of 2013 Porsche Cayenne GTS

We've unearthed a new set of pictures (including the first of the interior) together with an official video of Porsche's latest creation, the 2013 Cayenne GTS, which will receive its public premiere at the Beijing International Automotive Show, also known as Auto China, in the last week of April.

You can read the full details in our previous post, but to put in a nutshell, the GTS is a sportier edition of the Cayenne S boasting an additional 20hp for a total of 414hp (420PS), a modified chassis with a 24mm lower ride height and a cosmetic package for both the exterior and interior.

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Porsche 911 Turbo S Vs. Twin Turbo Honda NSX with 700Hp

We all know (or should know) that any car is as good as its driver. This is why surprises can, and will, happen often in races between cars that are not equally matched on paper.

In this 1 mile (1.6 kilometers) drag race, a completely stock Porsche 911 Turbo S rated at 530-ponnies doesn't seem to stand much of a chance against a heavily modded Honda (Acura in North America) NSX sporting a twin-turbocharged V6 that pushes out 700-horses to the rear axle, but numbers alone can be deceiving.

Sprint over the break to watch the video of the race and how it wend down.

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Possibly the First 2012 Porsche 911 Crash

Unlike other more exotic and therefore rarer sports cars, due to the number of Porsche 911s sold around the world, there's not as much interest when one of them crashes. Unless of course, it's the first or one of the first of a new series like the 991.

The owner of this brand-new 2012 Porsche 911 coupe had the unfortunate experience of being the first we've heard of to be involved in an accident when he met a Volvo V50 in the Netherlands.

If you're interested, you'll find more pictures in the video that follows below the break.

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Porsche 911 GT3 RS Door Bursts Out Flying During Race

We're not saying it doesn't happen, but it's not that often you see a door coming off a car during a race without the vehicle coming in contact with another racer.

One such incident took place at last weekend's Losail International Race Days in Doha, which is Qatar's largest city, when race driver Rob Frijns bid farewell to the door of his Porsche 911 GT3 RS.

It looks amusing until the video switches to the dash-cam view of the driver following behind. As you can see, this could have easily turned very ugly…

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Porsche 911 Owner Drives Straight into Wet Concrete

Can it get more embarrassing than this? The answer is probably yes, but driving a relatively new Porsche 911 straight into a patch of fresh, wet cement isn't exactly something you'd like to share with the rest of the world.

Regrettably for the owner of the 911, we live in a high-tech world where everyone has some sort of filming device and at least one person filmed the aftermath when the road construction workers were trying to get him out of the sticky situation...

The incident occurred on Thursday morning on a San Francisco street that was been repaved at the time. We still don't know for sure how the driver ended up in the cement, but we reckon it won't be long before the full story comes out.

For the time being, head over the jump to watch the video.

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Tickle Me Pink: Jenni Finds 604-Horsepower Porsche Carrera GT Hilarious

Do you remember Jenni – not the one from the block, the other one that participated in the...ahem...science project to see how a pair of silicone implants react to the full force of 1,250 horsepower, courtesy of a twin-turbocharged Lamborghini Gallardo? Sure you do.

Well, the folks over at HightechCorvette have summoned Jenni once again, this time to take her rightful place on the passenger seat of a Porsche Carrera GT.

Who would have known that 604-ponies could make you laugh so hard? Video follows after the jump.

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Porsche Names its Upcoming Compact SUV "Macan", Releases First Official Teaser and Video

As it turns out, Porsche won't be keeping the name Cajun for the production version of its upcoming junior SUV as the Stuttgart-based automaker announced today that it will be named "Macan". Porsche says that the name is derived from the Indonesian word for tiger.

“The Macan combines all sports car characteristics with the benefits of a SUV and is a genuine Porsche”, said Bernhard Maier, Member of the Executive Board Sales and Marketing of Porsche. “The name of a new Porsche has to fit with the brand, sound good in very many languages and dialects and evoke positive associations.”

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Evoms Tuned Porsche 997 Turbo with 610HP is No Match for Godzilla SPE750

Remember a video of an SP Engineering-tuned Nissan GT-R 750 being chased on a twisty road by a Ferrari 458 Italia that we showed you last November?

Well, the same person that uploaded the aforementioned clip has released a fresh video with the 750-horsepower Godzilla playing around with an Evoms Porsche 997 Turbo with 610HP on a straight line.

See how it plays out in the video that follows after the jump.

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EVO Pits Porsche Boxster Spyder Against Audi’s R8 Spyder

The second-generation of Porsche's Boxster roadster has been superseded by a brand-new model, which will make its official debut at the Geneva Motor Show next month. Porsche’s tradition of rolling out special editions of its standard models is legendary, but understandably, it's too early for anything other than the standard Boxster and Boxster S in its range.

Likewise, the Audi R8 is expected to get a mild facelift this year, with the most significant change being the replacement of the so-last-year single clutch semi-automatic gearbox by a modern twin-clutch transmission.

Despite all this, EVO magazine has decided to compare the 2009 Boxster Spyder against the V8 version of Audi’s R8 Spyder. The two cars have certain things in common: they are both open-top, mid-engined sports cars made by German premium manufacturers and they were launched in 2009.

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