Porsche

A casual glance might not say so, but Nissan did a major overhaul on its Z sports car first on the 370Z coupe about a year ago as a 2009 model and lately the convertible version that went on sale last fall as a 2010.

The American Le Mans Series qualifies five classes today for Saturday’s Mobil 1 12 Hours of Sebring.

Nissan did a major overhaul on its Z sports car, first on the 370Z coupe about a year ago and now the convertible version.

Already bargain priced for the handling, power and iconic status it delivers, the Chevrolet Corvette ratchets up its value-for-the-dollar appeal this year with a new Grand Sport model.

Photo by Carl Wagenfohr Belleair resident Patrick Long, pictured above driving his Flying Lizards Porsche at last year’s Sebring 12-hours, will be kicking-off the defense of his American Le Mans Series GT2 championship next weekend at the 58th running of America’s most demanding endurance race.

COSTA MESA, Calif. (March 16, 2010) - The competition in the World Challenge GT Championship heated up dramatically today when TruSpeed Motorsports announced that it will field three Porsche GT3 Cup cars in all 12 races this year.

ATLANTA - March 15 - Porsche’s entries in the 58th Mobil 1 Twelve Hours of Sebring (Saturday, March 20, live on SPEED TV) span the entire line of Weissach-prepared 911 race cars, plus one of the most successful Porsche prototypes of all time.

As we said last week in this post, Audi is considering a street version of its R8 GT3 racing car which will take on the 2010 Porsche 911 GT3.

Bayerische Motoren Werke AG aims to raise deliveries by 54 percent by the end of the decade with new small cars and growth in China and India. Porsche SE has a target of almost doubling sales in the next five years.

ATLANTA - March 14 - With a heritage at Sebring International Raceway unmatched by any OTHER auto manufacturer, Porsche’s entries in the 58th running of the Mobil 1 Twelve Hours of Sebring (Saturday, March 20, live on SPEED TV) take on additional significance in 2010 as this year marks the 50th anniversary of Porsche’s first overall win there in 1960.