Checkered Flag Porsche

Everyone at Checkered Flag is excited to see Ed Klima and Joe Hernandez take the reigns at Checkered Flag Porsche.  To start 2008 off Checkered Flag brought Richard Hutsko down to Porsche as the General Manager, and Richard has been making some big moves ever since!  Joe is a returning Checkered Flag employee and is now the Used Car Manager.  Ed Klima has worked for Checkered Flag for over 6 years as the Porsche Man and is now the New Car Manager.  Congratulations to both of them!

While we like to chide the Stuttgart crew for "updates" to its 911 range, this newest one actually has some serious substance underneath the tweaked sheet metal. In addition to the revised headlamp and taillight design, CAR is reporting that Porsche will upgrade both the 3.6- and 3.8-liter flat-six boxers with direct-injection. The technology, first employed by Porsche on the 2007 Cayenne, boosted horsepower and torque by around 10- to 15-percent in the SUV, and we hope that similar gains can be made with its iconic six. More impressive, although not entirely unexpected, is the rumored fitment of Porsche's first dual-clutch gearbox. The Doppel Kupplungen transmission will be available on the new 911 after it's unveiled sometime this summer, with sales expected to begin this fall. There's no word on what models will benefit from the DSG 'box initially, nor was there any info about how the new tranny would be implemented on Porsche's all-wheel-drive models.

[Source: CAR]  Article provided by AutoBlog

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