For the many North Americans who have been eagerly awaiting their chance to catch a glimpse at the latest Porsche model, you can get your chance to do so this coming August 9 to 16 during Monterey Peninsula’s Classic Car Week. The all-new Porsche Panamera Gran Turismo is the first-ever four-door sports car. Porsche’s unique four-seater was conceived and designed as a grand touring car, combining numerous talents in typical Porsche style: sporting driving dynamics, a spacious interior, and the supreme comfort of a gran turismo.

“The exclusive automotive events that take place on the Monterey Peninsula this August are the perfect stage to roll out this extraordinary car,” said Detlev von Platen, President and CEO of Porsche Cars North America. “Our Panamera will feel right at home among both vintage and modern classics and will make quite a splash among the tens of thousands of true automobile enthusiasts there.”

The Porsche Panamera Gran Turismo will start selling by October 17, 2009.

(Source) Press

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Kuwait welcomes with open arms the arrival of the much awaited Audi S5. The Audi S5 is the high powered version of the Audi A5 grand touring coupe, bringing the latest 8-cylinder engine vehicle which was initially rumored to come out last Summer.

The Audi S5 is perfect for the motorists looking for luxury cars on a two-door coupe. The S5 carries a spacious grand touring sports car equipped with the usual four full-sized seats along with a generous luggage compartment and a vast array of luxury add-ons that are sure to perk up the expectations of high-end car enthusiasts.

With the introduction of the S5, Audi Kuwait is now offering customers a choice of 3 engines in this range: the A5 with a 211 bhp four-cylinder 2.0 liter turbo and a 265 bhp six-cylinder 3.2 liter; as well as the eight-cylinder 4.2 liter with a mighty 354 bhp on the Audi S5.

(Source) Zawya

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Car enthusiasts who attended the Tokyo Auto Salon caught a great glimpse of this Toyota Corolla that was transformed into a Super GT300 race car. The said car is set to participate at the All-Japan Grand Touring Car Championship.

The body is chopped down to a sliver and set on top of a full tube frame chassis, race suspension, all motivated by a 295 HP 3.5-liter V6 and a sequential race transmission. The whole package weighs in at a scant 2,425 lbs. More importantly though, The Corolla Axio GT300 might be the first Corolla we’d consider an exciting drive since the 2001 Corolla S.

(Source) Nihon Car

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