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South Florida driver part of class action claiming State Farm wasn’t there for them, failing to foot repair bills
Read full article: South Florida driver part of class action claiming State Farm wasn’t there for them, failing to foot repair billsSome South Florida drivers are learning the hard way that just because you pay for full car insurance coverage, it doesn't mean your insurance company will have your back.
Shohei Ohtani gives a Porsche to Joe Kelly's wife for his No. 17 with the Dodgers
Read full article: Shohei Ohtani gives a Porsche to Joe Kelly's wife for his No. 17 with the DodgersAfter the wife of reliever Joe Kelly offered up her husband’s uniform number to help lure Shohei Ohtani to the Los Angeles Dodgers, the two-way star responded by giving her a Porsche.
Miami Beach man took victim for ride after promising sweet deal on new Porsche, police say
Read full article: Miami Beach man took victim for ride after promising sweet deal on new Porsche, police sayAccording to police, a Miami Beach man had an enticing deal to offer a victim: a new Porsche Macan GTS, worth $70,000, for just $57,000.
Miami Grand Prix starts Friday: Here is the schedule of track and fan events
Read full article: Miami Grand Prix starts Friday: Here is the schedule of track and fan eventsNico Hülkenberg, Kevin Magnussen, and Pietro Fittipaldi were already in Miami Wednesday, and the HAAS F1 drivers said they are ready to race.
Volkswagen weathers pandemic with $10.7 billion profit
Read full article: Volkswagen weathers pandemic with $10.7 billion profit(AP Photo/Jens Meyer, file)FRANKFURT – Volkswagen said Friday it made better than expected profit of 8.8 billion euros ($10.7 billion) after tax in 2020 despite the pandemic. 2 automaker said the rapid recovery of China, its largest single market, and resilient sales of luxury vehicles helped the bottom line. Manufacturing companies like Germany's three big carmakers — Volkswagen, BMW and Daimler — have seen their sales and earnings hold up better than those for services, tourism and air travel companies. It tripled its sales of electric vehicles to 422,000 ahead of stricter European Union limits on emissions of carbon dioxide, the primary greenhouse gas blamed for global warming. The company's brands include luxury carmakers Audi and Porsche, where profits per vehicle are higher than for more basic transportation.
Edmunds: Whatever happened to car subscription services?
Read full article: Edmunds: Whatever happened to car subscription services?The brand is the among many that have shut down their subscription services. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)Just a few years ago, car subscriptions looked like the next sure thing. There’s not currently much investment in educating consumers either ― these subscription services aren’t widely advertised on dealership or manufacturer websites. But a major appeal of subscription services is ease of use, which includes avoiding the dealership outright. How subscription services will operate within the confines of dealer networks is an open question, but as things stand these services can’t operate without dealers.
Brazen thieves target pricey cars in Miami’s Belle Meade neighborhood
Read full article: Brazen thieves target pricey cars in Miami’s Belle Meade neighborhoodMIAMI – A Range Rover, an Audi and a Porsche are the three vehicles that have been stolen over the past month, along with many others have been messed with. The two men neighbors and police said may be behind a car stealing spree in Miami’s Belle Meade neighborhood are clearly seen on surveillance video. The owner told Local 10′s Christian De La Rosa that she left the keys inside, an easy heist but the crooks aren’t that smooth. Dalin Holyoak said his 2019 Range Rover was stolen a few weeks ago. Some neighbors also told Local 10 that even their mail is being stolen.
Burglars ransack pricey cars parked inside driveway of gated home
Read full article: Burglars ransack pricey cars parked inside driveway of gated homeMIAMI BEACH, Fla. A group of brazen burglars broke into some pricey rides in Miami Beach. The homeowner said two cars, a Bentley and a Porsche, parked inside the driveway of the gated home were ransacked on Friday night. The owner said the crooks also took off with a gate opener that was inside one of the vehicles. Surveillance cameras captured three men in a dark vehicle, possibly a Honda Civic, take off along North Bay Road after the break ins. Miami Beach police is asking anyone with information to contact them or remain anonymous by calling Miami-Dade Crimestoppers at (305) 471-8477.
Tourist survives getting run over on A1A, lives to tell story
Read full article: Tourist survives getting run over on A1A, lives to tell storyFORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. – A night of fun on Fort Lauderdale Beach turned into a horrifying experience for a group of friends from Norway getting ready to go on a cruise. She said she doesn’t remember anything after being struck in the street nearly three weeks ago in Fort Lauderdale. A Porsche, going northbound, swerves out of the way, but it still strikes the two people and then drives away. Roger Amundsen, who was at his hotel room for the night, received a call from another friend in their group. Andreaasen says she can’t blame the driver of the Porsche, but that he should have stopped.
Tourists released from hospital after being run over by Porsche in Fort Lauderdale
Read full article: Tourists released from hospital after being run over by Porsche in Fort LauderdaleFORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. – Two tourists from Norway have been released from Broward Health Medical Center after they were struck by a Porsche last week on Fort Lauderdale Beach, a hospital spokeswoman confirmed Tuesday. Public relations specialist Fara Arca said the victims were discharged a few days ago following the incident that occurred early Thursday morning. According to Fort Lauderdale police, the man and woman were run over by a red Porsche after they fell into the street around 4:15 a.m. Thursday near Rock Bar. Surveillance video released by police captured the entire incident. The outlets reported that the victims’ loved ones are grateful they survived the ordeal, although no arrests have been made.
Surveillance video shows tourists stumbling into street before being struck by Porsche
Read full article: Surveillance video shows tourists stumbling into street before being struck by PorscheFORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. – Surveillance video released Friday by the Fort Lauderdale Police Department shows a man and a woman from Norway stumbling into the street outside Rock Bar before being struck by a red Porsche. The hit-and-run crash was reported just before 4:15 a.m. Thursday in the 200 block of Fort Lauderdale Beach Boulevard. The video shows the duo standing on the sidewalk outside the bar before stumbling into the roadway and falling to the ground. A bystander is seen in the video running to help the victims immediately after they were run over as two others appear to chase after the car. ***Fort Lauderdale police spokeswoman Casey Liening said both victims were taken to a hospital as trauma alerts.
Porsche driver flees scene after striking 2 tourists in Fort Lauderdale
Read full article: Porsche driver flees scene after striking 2 tourists in Fort LauderdaleFORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. – Fort Lauderdale police are searching for the driver of a red Porsche who they said struck two people with their car early Thursday morning and then fled the scene. The hit-and-run crash was reported just before 4:15 a.m. in the 200 block of Fort Lauderdale Beach Boulevard. According to Fort Lauderdale police spokeswoman Casey Liening, a man and a woman were standing near Rock Bar when they fell into the roadway and were struck by the passing vehicle. The friend said the car went over the man, leaving tire marks on his back. The victims’ friends and a dozen other Norwegian tourists in their group are no longer thinking about their cruise plans, but are just hoping their friends pull through.
Ford's new Mustang is an electric SUV
Read full article: Ford's new Mustang is an electric SUVThe automaker will unveil a vehicle bearing the Mustang brand that's not a two-door car. Called the Ford Mustang Mach-E, it's a fully electric crossover SUV that will wear the Mustang's chrome pony. Much remains unknown about the Mustang Mach-E, but Ford could ease concerns over the choice of names by ensuring that it offers performance that lives up to the Mustang name. Once the Mustang Mach-E is revealed Sunday night, interested customers will be able to immediately log onto a website and place a refundable $500 deposit toward purchasing it. Ford will start taking actual orders for the crossover SUV next year.
2 killed when speeding Porsche crashes into building's second story
Read full article: 2 killed when speeding Porsche crashes into building's second storyTwo people were killed when a red Porsche crashed into the second floor of a building in New Jersey. TOMS RIVER, New Jersey (CNN) - Two people died Sunday in New Jersey after their speeding car lost control, launched off an embankment and flew into the second story of a building, police said. The car, a red Porsche Boxster convertible, was "traveling at a high rate of speed" when it hit a median and eventually crash-landed into the second-story offices of Exit Realty Elite, Toms River Police said. DeMartin and his passenger, 23-year-old Daniel Foley -- both of Toms River -- were pronounced dead at the scene, according to police. The crash is currently under investigation by Toms River Traffic Safety officers.
'Spaceship on water': Porsche-designed superyacht goes on sale
Read full article: 'Spaceship on water': Porsche-designed superyacht goes on saleDescribed as "a spaceship on water," the innovative Royal Falcon One went up for sale earlier this month, and it's as sleek as any luxury sports car. Developed by Singapore-based firm Royal Falcon Fleet and designed by Studio F.A. The superyacht was first commissioned in 2009, when Royal Falcon Fleet requested a yacht that "no one had ever built." Royal Falcon One was constructed by ship builders Kockums AB in Swedish town Nynshamn and the project was shrouded in secrecy for several years. Royal Falcon One is listed exclusively on Camper & Nicholsons International and its price is available on application.
Boeing and Porsche team up to develop flying electric car
Read full article: Boeing and Porsche team up to develop flying electric carBoeing and Porsche announced Oct. 10, 2019, that they are teaming up to "explore the premium urban air mobility market and the extension of urban traffic into airspace," through "a fully electric vertical takeoff and landing vehicle." (CNN) - Boeing and Porsche, meet George Jetson. The US aircraft giant and German sports car maker announced Thursday they are teaming up to "explore the premium urban air mobility market and the extension of urban traffic into airspace," through "a fully electric vertical takeoff and landing vehicle." It has already shown a prototype of a self-driving electric powered flying car earlier this year. "Porsche and Boeing together bring precision engineering, style and innovation to accelerate urban air mobility worldwide," said Steve Nordlund, general manager of Boeing NeXt, a unit of the company working on next generation vehicles and aircraft.
Tesla takes on Porsche with superfast 'Plaid Mode'
Read full article: Tesla takes on Porsche with superfast 'Plaid Mode'Many Tesla cars already offer Ludicrous Mode, which is quicker than the previously available Insane Mode. Using Ludicrous Mode, a Tesla Model S can scurry from a dead stop to 60 miles an hour in less than 2.5 seconds. Plaid Mode will be faster than Ludicrous Mode and is expected to be available in about a year. The names Ludicrous Mode and Plaid Mode are taken from the movie Spaceballs, a 1987 parody of Star Wars directed by Mel Brooks. A few days later, Tesla tweeted that a Model S equipped with new Plaid Mode had set an unofficial record on California's Laguna Seca track.
Porsche's first electric car does 0 to 60 mph in under 3 seconds
Read full article: Porsche's first electric car does 0 to 60 mph in under 3 seconds(CNN) - Porsche unveiled its first electric car, called the Taycan, Wednesday. The car was introduced in two high-performance versions, the 670 horsepower Taycan Turbo and the 751 horsepower Taycan Turbo S.The "Turbo" in the name might be a little confusing. But Porsche is now using that name to distinguish high-performance versions of the electric car. While Porsche has previously shown concept versions of the Taycan, the car shown Wednesday is the actual production car that will go on sale soon. Following a Formula E electric car race in New York City in July, a professional driver took journalists around the tightly curving track to show off a Taycan prototype's impressive cornering ability.
1930s Porsche fails to sell after auction snafu
Read full article: 1930s Porsche fails to sell after auction snafuA bulbous race car from the 1930s was expected to be the most expensive car with the Porsche name ever sold at auction. (CNN) - A bulbous race car from the 1930s was expected to be the most expensive car with the Porsche name ever sold at auction. Technically speaking, the Type 64 isn't really a Porsche because the company didn't yet exist when Ferdinand Porsche created the car in Nazi Germany. This was the same basic idea the Porsche car company would use in its first car, the 356, and later in the 911. In 1947, this Type 64 was restored by the Turin, Italy, auto design and manufacturing firm known today as Pininfarina.
Man, 19, carjacks pregnant woman at gunpoint in northwest Miami-Dade, police say
Read full article: Man, 19, carjacks pregnant woman at gunpoint in northwest Miami-Dade, police sayMIAMI-DADE COUNTY, Fla. - A 19-year-old man was arrested Monday weeks after he carjacked a pregnant woman at gunpoint in northwest Miami-Dade, authorities said. The woman told police she told Moss her son was in the back seat of her vehicle and begged him to allow her to take him out. Get out quick,'" the victim told Local 10 News reporter Liane Morejon. According to the arrest report, the Porsche was used in an unrelated armed carjacking the next day in which a BMW was stolen. Police said Moss was later identified by the pregnant victim in a photo lineup.
Never-released photos of James Dean's fatal car crash up for auction
Read full article: Never-released photos of James Dean's fatal car crash up for auctionThe collection consists of 12 overhead views of the intersection where the accident occurred and 18 "ground-level" photos. (CNN) - Photos of late actor James Dean's fatal car accident that were to be used in court are going to auction in August and are expected to bring in $20,000. In Dean's passenger seat was his Porsche mechanic, Rolf Wtherich, who survived the accident. "The early death of James Dean reverberates to this day," said Bobby Livingston, executive vice president at RR Auction. Six of the photos have inside and outside views of Dean's Porsche.