Awesome Porsche

The controversial four-door returns to Porsche’s sports car roots. With a 430hp 4.8L V8, paddle shifters, and a top speed of 178mph, this ain’t your momma’s family sedan. More details here.

RIM and Porsche Design have created the sexiest Blackberry yet: the P’9981. Has 1.2GHz CPU, 768MB RAM, a 2.44″ touchscreen, 8GB storage with a microSD slot and a 5mp camera with flash.

The iconic 911 has been tweaked just a smidge for 2012, with a 2″ increase in length, a 3.4L direct-injected flat-six with 350 hp and 280 lb/ft of torque and a downward sloping console on the inside.

Flip the lid on the stylish black metal P 6520 watch from Porsche Design, and it reveals a liquid compass for helping you find Magnetic North. As a Porsche, it’s appropriately limited to 911 units.

TopCar worked their magic on the Porsche Panamera, replacing nearly the entire body with carbon fiber and Kevlar fabric. Performance tweaks mean the car has more than 600hp at its disposal.

Limited to just 500 cars, the new Cayman S Black lives up to its name with a sleek black exterior, black 19-inch wheels, black interior, black tailpipes, and bright bi-xenon cornering headlights.

With a 500hp 4.0L flat six engine, a full roll-cage, rear wing and carbon fiber parts, the 2,998lb. Porsche 911 GT3 RS 4.0 is practically a street legal race car. Limited to 600 units at $185,000 each.

This is Evolution Motorsports’ EVT1500 Porsche 997.1TT, aka Mayhem. Listen to it roar. EVOMS tweaked the Type 997 engine to crank out 1500hp. Current top speed? 234.6mph. More here and here.

Petty cash: for $160K+, Porsche is offering a special edition of the 911 Turbo S exclusively to customers waiting for their 918 Spyders; the vehicle features exclusive decals, colors and trim.

It may look lie a classic 70s or 80s Porsche 911, but the Singer 911 takes an early 90s 911, wraps it in carbon fiber body parts, spices it up with a max. 3.9L, 425hp engine, and many more upgrades.

Combining energy-efficiency with sporty handling, the new Panamera hybrid has a 2.9 liter, 333 hp V6, which, combined with an electric motor, hits 380hp, tops out at 168 mph, and gets 34.5 mpg.

Limited to 987 cars, Porsche’s sexy 2012 Boxster S Black Edition has 320 hp with 273 lb/ft of torque, Bi-Xenon headlights, 19″ wheels, and lots of glossy black paint. Coming this Spring. (Thanks Chris!)

Edo Competition gave a Posrche Panamera Turbo a whale of a makeover. The Moby Dick has Mansory aerodynamics parts, new exhaust tips, a 750hp engine and a custom electronic lowering module.

Some of the finalists in the Radically Porsche pattern design contest. The winners will get a masters degree scholarship and will have their designs applied on actual Porsche Caymans.

Porsche has revealed their latest concept, the 918 RSR. Combining racetrack technology with the GT3 R Hybrid, the 918 RSR uses a flywheel energy recovery system for added power and traction.

Porsche Design’s new plastic bobsleigh is inspired by Olympic racing bobsleds, and features slightly concave runners and optimized camber angles to make carving down a snow-covered hill a breeze.

The Porsche Classic Workshop is dedicated to restoring even decades old Porsche models to their original condition, even if it means fabricating parts that are no longer being produced.

The lightweight Cayman R bests the Cayman S, bulking up its 3.4 liter V6 to 330hp, and 120 lb. weight loss to provide 0 to 60 times around 5 seconds flat, lower with the 7-speed Sport Chrono.

Porsche Design has created a million dollar Advent calendar which conceals some outrageously luxurious surprises, including a rose gold P’6910 Indicator watch, a P’7340 kitchen and a yacht.

Placed somewhere between a Carrera S and GT3, the new wide-track Carrera GTS out-guns the standard Carrera by 23 horses, with its 3.8-liter, 408-hp power plant. It sure looks purdy, too.

Remember the eco-conscious Porsche 918 Spyder concept? Well, the hybrid sports car prototype actually drives. Last week, Porsche took the 918 Spyder Hybrid out for a ride in Monterey, CA.

Only 100 of the 2-seater convertible will be made, and will include a 3.8-liter, 408-hp engine with the X51 Carrera power kit, 19-inch wheels, and sell for about $200k. Get out your checkbooks.

This mechanical chimera is a 1982 Porsche 928 fitted with a Boeing T-50 jet engine. Surprisingly, it’s specs are not off the roof – 365hp with a top speed of 160mph. And it runs on diesel.