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Unbelieving that Nissan will set up for 1.0 Litre entry model just only 870,000 – 890,000 Yen compare to Pino Model 660 cc begin at 860,000 Yen.

Nissan could be cut pricing on them because They move to produce at Thailand by A-platform Project and then may be discontinue Pino Sales.

The next March model to be cheapest price of Non-Mini segment.

Today, Porsche AG for the first time presents its Panamera four-door gran turismo interior concept. The much-anticipated addition to Porsche’s performance lineup will make its U.S. market debut on Oct. 17, 2009.

With a continuous center console that extends from the dashboard to the rear seating area, the Panamera offers a new spatial concept for the driver and passengers featuring optimal ergonomic seating with individual cockpit-like spaces for all. Its deep seating position and a sport steering wheel help give the driver and passengers direct contact with the road. At the same time it provides a generous, roomy environment with exceptional leg and head room, unique qualities in a sporting machine yet essential for grand touring. This individual seating allows for optimum passive safety.

Porsche will provide countless opportunities for individual interior customization with 13 color and material combinations including four two-tone leather interiors and seven interior trim options including carbon fiber to Natural Olive wood.

An available four-zone climate control system gives each seating area individual control of functions such as temperature, air distribution and venting direction. In the unfortunate event of an accident, front, side and curtain airbags help protect the front occupants, while standard rear side airbags help protect those in back. The Panamera S and Panamera 4S feature eight-way power seats in front with a driver memory package. In the rear are two individual seats with a folding rear console and plenty of room.

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It perhaps is the ultimate 911, and now it’s getting even better. Porsche will unveil an updated 911 GT3 at the Geneva motor show on March 3 with engine and chassis refinements that bolster its gripping performance.

It goes on sale in the fall as a 2010 model with a sticker of $113,150, including shipping.

The naturally aspirated six-cylinder boxer engine is boosted 20 hp to an output of 435 hp–the result of an increase in displacement to 3.8 liters and vario-cam technology on the intake and exhaust. This grows torque for everyday driving, while the GT3’s performance chops also are reinforced: 0-60 mph in four seconds flat and a top speed on the track of 194 mph.

The driving experience also is helped thanks to Porsche’s active suspension management, which stiffens the springs, and antiroll bars. This makes for better handling in sport mode, the company says. In a first for the GT3, it comes with stability management, which includes suspension mapping like the GT2. Drivers can turn off stability and traction control in separate steps.

Porsche says the naturally aspirated boxer engine offers “a significant increase in torque at medium engine speeds, which is particularly significant in everyday motoring.” Zero to 160 km/h is reached in 8.2 seconds. Top track speed is 312 km/h.

The 2010 Porsche 911 GT3 will go on sale at Canadian dealerships in October at a price of $138,100.

###Press Release###

Porsche AG will launch the most powerful, fastest and most refined 911 GT3 ever at the Geneva Motor Show on March 3, 2009. The normally-aspirated GT3 is the latest addition to the new 911 series and applies a wide range of know-how gained in motorsport – making it truly impressive not only on the road, but also on the racetrack.

The 911 GT3 achieves higher standards in two key areas: performance and driving dynamics. Thanks to an increase in engine capacity to 3.8 litres and the fact that both the intake and, for the first time, the exhaust camshafts are adjusted by VarioCam, the naturally-aspirated six-cylinder power unit develops 435 bhp, up 20 bhp over its predecessor.
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source:motorspain.com

Porsche says it has decided to switch the debut of the Panamera four-door coupe to the Shanghai auto show next April from the Geneva show in early March, as had been planned.

Porsche says the switch reflects the growing importance of China, India and Russia in its global sales strategy. Porsche sold 8,190 vehicles in China in fiscal 2007-2008, more than twice as many as in the previous year.

At the same time, sales fell sharply in the traditional markets of Europe and North America. In Germany, sales fell 5.4 percent from a year earlier to 13,524 units, Porsche said.

Porsche CEO Wendelin Wiedeking says he is hoping for “new market opportunities” and a “stronger presence” in regions like China and the Middle East.

Despite the change in launch venue, Porsche said the driving presentation for the international press still will take place in Germany in June.

Porsche is sticking with its target of selling 20,000 Panameras per year despite the economic crisis. In the text of the company’s financial statement for fiscal 2007-2008, however, Wiedeking offered a qualification.

“In no case will we produce too many,” he said. “In that case, I would intervene myself.”

Reflecting its equity stake in Volkswagen, Porsche generated more pretax profit in the fiscal year ended Sept. 30 than revenue. The company said it had a profit of nearly 8.6 billion euros, or about $11 billion, on revenue of nearly 7.5 billion euros, or $9.6 billion.

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Credit : Carmagazine

Porsche, whose speedy roadsters are synonymous with excitement and luxury, effectively claimed control Tuesday of Volkswagen, born as the maker of the so-called people’s car and now Europe’s largest automaker.

The move by Porsche to increase its stake in VW from 31 percent to just more than 35 percent – a controlling interest under German law – comes amid rising tensions between the two companies, as well as within the Porsche family.

Ferdinand Piech, the chairman of VW, is a cousin of Wolfgang Porsche, but the two men seem to be on a collision course, even as their two companies grow closer together. Last week, Piech skipped a crucial board meeting, giving the upper hand to Volkswagen employees who opposed Porsche’s attempts to integrate the two companies further.

“Piech effectively voted against his family, and the message is that there will be a war and we will see who is the winner,” said Ferdinand Dudenhöffer, the director of the Center for Automotive Research in Gelsenkirchen.

By upping its stake, Porsche wrote a new chapter in a saga that began three years ago, when it first acquired a 20 percent stake. Since then, Porsche’s hard-charging chief executive, Wendelin Wiedeking, has slowly asserted his smaller company’s control over the Goliath-like Volkswagen.

Now, VW’s unions fear Porsche will push through aggressive efficiency moves and reject their demand for a pay raise. A union official declined comment.

For the 71-year-old Piech, a onetime chief engineer at Porsche who has spent the past few decades at VW and its Audi subsidiary, observers say his concern is retaining VW’s engineering prowess while resisting Porsche’s more profit-oriented approach – along with preserving his  legacy.

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