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Porsche CEO 0-60 in 12 Months

If you lease a Porsche, I’m sure you’ll feel all warm inside knowing that, in a small way, you have contributed to making Wendelin Wiedeking, CEO of Porsche, the industry’s official top earner.
Last year, he earned €60 million – 6 times that of his Daimler counterpart (and that’s
excluding bonuses of €70m!)

April 29, 2008 at 8:01 am | Porsche | No comment

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Jaguar XF a Bit Disappointing?

I’ll probably get plenty of abuse for saying this, but am I alone in being slightly under-impressed by the new Jaguar XF in the flesh?
The web was littered with some fantastic looking images prior to it’s roll-out, and Jaguar XF leasing is certainly in demand, but having seen a few on the road, it just doesn’t excite me like I thought it would.
A maroon coloured XF passed me at a roundabout the other day, and I’m sad to report that it looked a bit like a bloated Toyota Avensis! (Although, maroon? It’s no coincidence that the word is an anagram of ‘a moron’!)
I’m hoping it’s just the usual new model trick at play here; bring it out looking average and then start sticking the good bits on to push sales when the initial buzz gets diluted. Even so, I thought this was the reserve of models like the Vauxhall Corsa – it seems a bit of a cheap trick for the XF.

April 28, 2008 at 11:44 am | Jaguar | No comment

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Porsche 911 GT2 – Not For Shopping

I got an email the other day saying:
“Dear my-carleasing.com,
I have recently received my Porsche 911 GT2 which I ordered from your car leasing site last month. This is my first experience of leasing a Porsche, so I was really shocked and unhappy to find that a £131,070 car couldn’t hold all my shopping when I went to Tesco last night. I want a refund please.”
Did I REALLY get this email? Did I b****cks! Anyone even remotely interested in the 911 GT2 knows it’s got **** all to do with practicality; it’s intended to be a raw power, face-stripping, buttock-clenching beast of a machine. And it doesn’t disappoint.
Forget how many baguettes you balance on the boot lid – here are the only stats you’ll want to know:
Engine: 3.6 litres
Bhp: 530
0-62mph: 3.7s
Max Speed: 204mph
Driving Pleasure: 100%!

April 26, 2008 at 11:29 am | Porsche | No comment

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Teenage Plonker Writes Off Dad’s BMW

Alex Brooks, a 19-year-old learner driver from Llanelli, South Wales, decided to take his dad’s beamer for a spin whilst his parents were away on their hols.
Naturally, he made sure he got boozed-up first!!!?? I wonder where this tale is going…?

That’s right – it’s going straight off the A484 at high speed and smack into a chevron sign at a roundabout.
The teen fool narrowly escaped prison as a result of the incident, but he may have wished he’d been jailed as he is unlikely to have escaped his father’s wrath – Brooks senior lost £4,000 in the affair, as his insurer only paid out £15,000 for the £19,000 BMW 325!
If you want to try and limit the damage, Alex, then maybe you could tactfully alert your dad to some tasty BMW lease options… standing a safe distance away, of course.

April 25, 2008 at 8:05 am | BMW | No comment

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