Porsche Cars Which Ones to Buy and Which One Not To

Porsche cars are synonym for sophistication. With sleek exteriors and extraordinary, hi-tech interiors, Porsche brings to the world some of the most advanced wheels. Founded in 1931 by owner Ferdinand Porsche, the company is known for its 911 which has been on sale since 1964.

Porsche exclusively manufactures high-end luxury and sports cars. Apart from its advanced mechanical inventions, Porsche is also knows for manufacturing the original Beetle for the German car brand Volkswagen. This contract is valid till date as Volkswagen bought over Porsche in 2012.

Porsche manufactures new versions of cars each year. It believes in improving the quality of the care each year by increasing sufficiency, horse power, enhancing interiors and keeping up customer satisfaction.

The best part of owning a Porsche is that you can easily purchase Porsche body kits to customize your vehicle.

Porsche being the best luxury car brand has managed to produce few of the best and not so good cars. Here is a list of Porsches you must and must not buy.

2015 Porsche Cayenne

The Porsche Cayenne is the perfect combination of the legendary Porsche Sports car and the convenient SUV. This al wheel drive has the seating capability of 5 people and has three variants for 2015, the diesel, the S and the Turbo. The Porsche Cayenne Diesel is powered by a 3.0 litre V6 TDI with 240 hp. The Porsche Cayenne S is powered by a twin-turbocharged 3.6 litre V6 engine and 420 hp.

Finally the Porsche Cayenne Turbo is powered by a Twin-turbocharged 4.8 litre v8 engine with 520 hp. All the variants have an 8 speed automatic transmission with an auto start and stop system. To further improve efficiency, active air flaps are integrated in the central air intake.

The car has a lot of safety features that make it ideal for driving and those include the standard Porsche Stability Management, adaptive break lights, Bi-Xenon headlights and LED lights in the front and the rear, the seven airbags include a driver side knee bag, rain sensing wipers, climate control and finally a great audio surround system from Bose. It is priced between USD 61700 and USD 113,600.

2008 Porsche Boxster RS60 Spyder

This is the new edition of the BoxterSpyder that was introduced in 1996 is a flingable little roadster that disappointed its fans and many faithful Porsche fans and owners. These fans have hated every new model ever since Ferry Porsche improved on the original 356. They have hated its styling and the even more disappointing engine.

The Porsche Boxter has been steadily improved upon and they may have a winner with the RS60 Spyder. Unlike the earlier Boxter’sit had a Careera-like treatment to its front end and has a lot of horsepower i.e. 299 hp.

2011 PORSCHE 911 GT2

As many modifications started to be made on the 911 and it started to show its age, Porsche did the unthinkable and switched cooling the engine by making it a liquid cooled engine. The results that Porsche achieved were just phenomenal as the engine got smaller, more powerful, and more efficient and just became cleaner.

The sound generated was also lower as the previous engines gave out the sound of a small airplane. But this change did not get the critics as riled up as they would have expected. The critics were more worried about the lack of changes to the exteriors and not the revolutionary technology that went into the engine.

But the executives took this as a challenge and silenced their critics by releasing GT2 which was really powerful and had two variable-geometry turbos and gave out 620 bhp and reached 0-60 in 3 seconds. The car also topped out at 205 kbps and this made it one of the fastest and the most powerful Porsche in the company’s history.

But now here is the list of the worst cars to come out of the Porsche Factory.

The Porsche 914

This was a light weight and mid-engine RWD Porsche. This is still a beloved car despite the horrible reviews that said it doesn’t look or feel like a real Porsche. This was and still is one of the worst cars to come out of any factory.

Porche 918 Spyder

The company issued a global recall for the 918 Spyder, which were already delivered to a number of their customers. This was done in an effort to do a service inspection on the cars due to a possible electric wiring harness for a radiator fan in vehicles that were manufactured in April 2015. This wiring could have been damaged by a carbon fiber component. After a detailed inquiry, corrective measures were taken in subsequent manufacturing.