Beckham’s Back In Business With A New Rolls Royce

We weren’t really sure what David Beckham’s plan was when he decided to kick his Rolls Royce Drophead Coupe to the curb but from the looks of it he’s decided to stick with Rolls Royce.We’ve spotted Beckham with the car a couple times — first the whole family was out for lunch and you can see the car parked across the street and just recently David was spotted at the gas station having an attendant wash the windshield. Some families go from three to four kids and breakdown for the minivan but when you’re David and Victoria Beckham you go from a Rolls Royce Coupe to a four door more practical Rolls Royce Ghost inste...

Read more »

Posted in: Beckhams,Business,Rolls,Royce

New Porsche CUV called Macan, not Cajun after all, Porsche Announces Macan Crossover for 2013,

The drawing above depicts the 2014 Porsche Macan, the compact crossover formerly known as Cajun. We’ve extensively covered this long-anticipated baby Porsche SUV, but here’s a recap: The Macan will share its architecture with the Audi Q5 and slot into the Porsche SUV lineup—yes, the company now has a lineup of SUVs—below the Cayenne. It likely will use engines pulled from Audi’s parts bin, but as you can see from the design sketch Porsche released today, won’t share its look with any four-ringer.The styling is hardly shocking—it strongly resembles the Cayenne—and it looks very similar to a rendering we published some months ago. So why the name change? Apparently “Macan” sounds good in many languages—it means “tiger” in Indonesian—and, at least...

Read more »

Posted in: after,Announces,Cajun,called,Crossover,Macan,Porsche

Porsche Announces Macan Crossover for 2013

Like when Mercedes Benz stepped foot the SUV market with their ML model, many scratched their heads when sports car maker Porsche entered the fray with the Cayenne. Well a decade later the Cayenne is one of Porsche’s better selling vehicles in the US anyway.With that experience under their belt and the increasingly tight CAFE standards to come, Porsche has plans for a smaller crossover that will share its architecture with the Audi Q5. To be called the Porsche Macan, the company has released a sketch of what the vehicle will look like.Porsche says the the name Macan is derived from the Indonesian word for tiger. They hope the moniker will translate characteristics of “suppleness, power, fascination and dynamic” to the new crossover that has...

Read more »

Posted in: Announces,Crossover,Macan,Porsche