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Will 911 GT3 touring pack affect the value of 911R ?

Recently at the Frankfurt Motor Show, Porsche revealed its new 911 GT3 Touring Pack, and the people, the media and almost everyone else went crazy about it majorly for two reasons, first one being that it is an affordable manual 911 from Porsche and the second one being,” It will lead to depreciation of the 911R” which is a purists car with a manual that costs about $5,00,000(price today) base price and had only 991 units made. But this is not the case, Porsche isn’t cheating its premium paying VIP customers and taking a sh*t on their face by dumping the car world by “a more affordable 911R”. Let me tell you what exactly are these cars. THE 911R : It’s the purest 911 ever made, it’s 3900 pounds being the lightest 911 ever, it comes with a 4 litre engine from GT3RS producing 500 horse power. This car is a project by Porsche to remind the world that making a great supercar is not only about setting lap times and a great 0-60 time but also about the driving experience, it de...

Jaguars Electrified Classic

What will happen to the classics if the world goes electric? Yes, the car world is slowly going electric, big car companies are slowly dropping their massive naturally aspirated engines, and trying to incorporate electric drive trains into their production cars. The governments in various countries are trying to set higher pollution standards and many countries as well as automotive manufacturers have decided to go “all electric” by 2020 and some by 2030. And as a car guy I hate electric cars, not ‘cause they are faster than normal cars but because I do love the sound of the growling V8s,10s,12s and 16s, and that will soon be replaced by the whining noise of an electric motor. Even though electric cars are way better than ICE’s (Internal Combustion Engines) when it comes to putting more power on the ground, increasing efficiency, achieving higher torque ratio’s and even beating the oil gulping beasts in the world’s greatest drag race . But change is necessary there is a who...