Reviews & Test Drives

2018.04.10Reviews & Test Drives, Porsche Panamera

Driving the Porsche Panamera Turbo in Sport Plus Mode on the Royu Driveway

Sport Chrono Package Our Panamera Turbo came with the optional Sport Chrono Package, which lets you select Sport Plus mode. When you switch to Sport Plus mode, the engine, transmission, and chassis are tuned for maximum performance (the suspension firms up), making it ideal for racing or track use. For more details, see the Car Configurator page. In fact, even though I’d owned the car for six months, I hadn’t really driven it in Sport...

2018.04.10Reviews & Test Drives, Porsche Panamera

Reviews & Test Drives

2018.04.09Reviews & Test Drives, Porsche Panamera

Are Porsche’s Catalog Figures Really Accurate? A CG Magazine Test of the Panamera

Porsche Tests in the Harsh Environment of Death Valley The other day, I came across an article titled “The reason Porsche’s 911 GT3 doesn’t have a turbo or hybrid is because customers don’t want it”. Inside was this passage: The GT3 is the only model in Porsche’s current lineup without a turbocharger. Its 4.0-liter flat-six naturally aspirated engine delivers a remarkable 520ps (according to Mr. Preuninger, this figure was recorded during the scorching summer in...

2018.04.09Reviews & Test Drives, Porsche Panamera

Our Car Life

2018.04.08Our Car Life

First Time Joining the Supercar Gathering @ Royu! Ferrari, Lamborghini, Porsche, and More…

Supercar Gathering @ Royu on Sunday Morning Every Sunday around 8 a.m., there’s a supercar gathering (sort of) at the Royu Driveway’s lookout point. It’s less of a formal meet-up and more of a relaxed, come-as-you-please event where people arrive freely, drive freely, and leave freely. Although I live about a 10-minute drive from the Royu Driveway, I had never actually been there before. That’s because I thought “many people might come just to show...

2018.04.08Our Car Life

Porsche News

2018.04.07Porsche News

Porsche Becomes WEC Car Supplier! Safety Car is the ‘911 Turbo’

Porsche Provides Official Cars for WEC Last year in 2017, Porsche announced its withdrawal from the WEC World Endurance Championship, but it has now revealed a three-year contract from 2018 to 2020 to become the official car supplier for WEC. And the safety car to be deployed is none other than the 911 Turbo! Since 2012, the Audi R8 had been used as the safety car, but with Audi’s contract ending in 2017, Porsche was...

2018.04.07Porsche News

Porsche News

2018.04.06Porsche News, Our Car Life

Celebrating Porsche’s 70th Anniversary with Events Worldwide! What About Japan…?

This Year Marks 70 Years Since Porsche’s Debut Ferdinand Porsche established his design office in 1931, but the first model bearing the Porsche name, the Porsche 356, was introduced on June 8, 1948. That’s where the history of the Porsche brand began, and this year Porsche celebrates its 70th anniversary. I thought it might be older, but it’s only been 70 years. By the way, the Porsche 356 is currently displayed at the Porsche Museum...

2018.04.06Porsche News, Our Car Life

Blog Announcements

2018.04.04Blog Announcements, Our Car Life

Welcome Home, PORSCHE Blog Gets a Fresh New Look!

Blog Renewal! Hello to all our regular readers and those visiting this blog for the first time. Our blog, “Welcome Home, PORSCHE,” has just undergone a major renewal. Along with this, we have migrated the entire blog from Hatena Bookmark to WordPress. (All URLs from the Hatena Bookmark days remain unchanged, so your bookmarks won’t be affected.) A Blog Started on a Whim I started this blog back in June 2017, prompted by a simple...

2018.04.04Blog Announcements, Our Car Life

Our Car Life

2018.04.02Our Car Life

Is a Car a Useless Burden or a Tool to Enrich Life?

To Everyone Who Leaves Comments Lately, I’ve been receiving more comments and messages. Thank you so much. When I first started writing, the number of visitors was really low, and I thought, “No one’s probably reading this Panamera-biased blog anyway… (-_-).” But now, I can imagine the readers ahead of writing each article, and it makes writing worthwhile… I truly feel grateful. Those who comment or message on the blog generally seem to love cars...

2018.04.02Our Car Life