This week Porsche launched a new web tool to help customers visualize their very own custom built Porsche. With the addition of the new Porsche Car Configurator to the Fitting Lounge available to Beverly Hills Porsche customers, ordering a new Porsche car becomes an exciting event. Are you ready to build the sports car of your dreams? Let the expert staff at Beverly Hills Porsche guide you through the process with our state of the art Fitting Lounge on Rodeo Drive in Beverly Hills. Press Release: On the occasion of the world premiere of the new 911, Dr. Ing. F. Porsche AG, Stuttgart, is setting new standards on the Internet as well. The Porsche Car Configurator enables every customer to design their own personal Porsche, view it from all sides and against different backgrounds in full-screen mode and order the configuration directly from the Porsche dealer. Porsche is using a newly developed interactive 3D animation for the Porsche Car Configurator so that the customer can picture exactly what his/her new 911 will look like. This enables myriad equipment details of the customised 911, such as a wood, aluminium or leather finish, various sports seats or rims to be depicted in a realistic way. A panoramic tour then enables you to feast your eyes on your customised dream car from every angle. Beverly Hills Porsche, Number One in New Porsche Sales for all of the USA! Intelligent Performance on Every Level. Find us on Facebook! Beverly Hills Porsche is an authorized factory dealership of Porsche cars, SUVs, accessories, parts and merchandise. Centrally located to all of Los Angeles, we aim to be a complete lifestyle destination for all Porsche owners and fans! Like it, Love it, Share it! Subscribe to our blog or click on one of the social share buttons below.
It鈥檚 not as quick to change gear after pulling one of the steering wheel-mounted paddles as we鈥檇 like, and often you鈥檙e left waiting for the change at a crucial moment pre or post-corner. In a small hot hatchback that鈥檚 very frustrating, because maintaining your flow down the road is a huge part of these cars鈥?appeal. The manual gearboxes in its rivals are so much more fun to use as well. Still, the VW鈥檚 engine has the most torque of the three, with its 320Nm maximum arriving at just 1,500rpm. It鈥檚 flexible enough that you don鈥檛 always need to change down to make progress. Longer gearing meant that the Polo GTI was the slowest car from 50-70mph in top gear, though, taking 8.2 seconds, which was more than a second down on the MINI and two seconds adrift of the Ford. However punchy it is, the engine is a bit flat and isn鈥檛 as enjoyable to use as the more characterful units in the Fiesta and Cooper S, despite VW engineering in some pops and bangs from the exhaust. The Ford does this, too, but its engine note is more pleasing.
It鈥檚 a similar story with the Polo GTI鈥檚 chassis: it鈥檚 effective but leaves us a bit cold. The upgraded suspension means there鈥檚 loads of grip and it鈥檚 agile, but the light steering and more neutral cornering stance ensure it鈥檚 not as lively as its rivals. The ride is the smoothest of all three, though, particularly at low speed, where the Ford in particular can start to feel a bit bouncy over small bumps and potholes. At motorway speeds, the GTI is the quietest car inside, so it will be easy to live with day to day. While it will work for some people, the Polo misses out on the crucial fun factor we look for in hot hatches. Testers鈥?notes: 鈥淲e can鈥檛 wait to try the manual version of the Polo, as an auto doesn鈥檛 make much sense here. The Fiesta ST is still the best model in its class - and with it, one of the best cars on sale today.
It鈥檚 fast, supremely fun to drive, usable every day and above all great value for money. Few sports cars are as much fun as the Fiesta ST on British roads, let alone hatchbacks. It鈥檚 just a shame the engine isn鈥檛 an all-time great, as this could have been a true fast Ford legend. With all the praise being heaped on the Fiesta ST, it would be easy to dismiss the MINI Cooper S. But it鈥檚 nearly as much fun as the Ford, while the punchy 2.0-litre engine is brilliant as well. It loses out a little due to higher running costs and pricey option packs that reduce its value for money. It lacks practicality, but if you can afford one, the MINI is a great fun choice. If you鈥檙e looking for a hot hatch you can drive easily in comfort every day, the Polo is worth a look. It鈥檚 practical, fast and mature, but in pursuit of those goals, the Polo is missing a sense of humour that鈥檚 desperately needed in a car like this. The others are brilliant fun all of the time, while the Polo is refined and relaxed - but for us that misses the point of the supermini hot hatch. New: Renault Clio R.S. There aren鈥檛 many supermini hot hatches that feature auto boxes like the Polo here, but the Clio R.S. It鈥檚 a shame the dual-clutch unit is sluggish, although the Renault has plenty of power and fun handling. The previous Fiesta ST is an all-time great, and you can get a used version of the most powerful ST 200 run-out model for around 拢16,000. It鈥檚 stiffer than the new car, but has a more exciting engine and is just as much fun to drive.
Never pity Porsche enthusiasts. For all the griping, armchair moaning, and whiny forum posting about turbocharging and electrification, those who love P-cars鈥攗s included鈥攈ave it unbelievably great. More than any other automaker, Porsche has stayed shockingly true to itself even as the all-electric Taycan looms on the horizon. Remember, we are living in a timeline where you can still purchase a 500-hp, naturally aspirated 4.0-liter flat-six that revs to 9,000 rpm in the GT3. That doesn鈥檛 stop the complaining, which in 2016 grew its loudest since the 911 abandoned air cooling. That鈥檚 when the Cayman and Boxster dropped their free-breathing flat-sixes for a pair of boosted flat-fours. If you believed the purists, this was sacrilege on most high, but once folks drove the cars, they realized the torquey little fours improved performance tremendously. Still, critics and fans warn to stick with the 2.5-liter found in the S and GTS models鈥攁nd to stay well enough away from the 2.0-liter found in the base and all-new T variants. That two-point-oh is a dog, they say.
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