Video: Car Nut's Dream Job in New CNBC Series

It's might seem pretty rare these days but there are people that actually truly love what they do for a living and consider their jobs more play than work.

CNBC has set out to find these lucky individuals and share their experiences with television viewers through a new series called –what else- "Best Jobs Ever" that premieres tonight at 9:00 pm ET.

And while a photographer who shoots for Victoria's Secret may top the list of our male readers, you'll be interested to learn that there's a pretty cool car-related job, and no, we're not talking about automotive editors.

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Porsche to Bring New 911 Carrera and a World Premiere to LA Auto Show, What Could it be?

The 2011 Los Angeles Auto Show that runs for the public from November 18 to 27 will play host to two premieres for Porsche including the North American debut of the new 911 Carrera and Carrera S models [codenamed 991] and the first ever appearance of an as-of-yet unnamed model.

The only clues we get from Porsche about the new car is a short statement saying that it will "boast impressive performance and dynamic looks, exuding unadulterated driving pleasure".

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Porsche Offers Drivers First Taste of New 911 through Winter Experience Program

Porsche enthusiasts will be happy to learn that the German sports car maker has launched its new Winter Driving Experience program that offers drivers the opportunity to test-drive the brand-new 911 in extreme conditions.

The company says that regardless of the driver's level of driving skills, instructors will teach them to improve their skills and refine their driving style through a carefully selected mix of theoretical and practical lessons.

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Watch a 2012 Porsche 911 and a Cayman R Chase Each Other on the Laguna Seca

Ever wonder what a 2012 Porsche 911 Carrera S [991] chasing a Porsche Cayman R and vice-versa on the Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca looks like on film? Well, it's your lucky day as Porsche has released such a video, which was shot during the Rennsport Reunion IV.

The two drivers in question are Rolex Grand-Am GT Champion Leh Keen, in a Cayman R, and Porsche Works Driver Patrick Long in the new 2012 911 Carrera S. If you haven't done so already, skip the break to watch the clip.

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Sold: One Brand-New Porsche 959 Sport with Just 207 Miles on the Odo

In 1986, it was the fastest street-legal car in the world with a top speed of 199 mph (320 km/h). Initially designed to compete in the Group B World Rally Championship, the road version was of the most technologically advanced car anyone had ever seen at the time. It remained in production for just three years, and only 337 units rolled out of Porsche's factory.

It is of course the 450HP 959, Porsche's 911-based, high-tech all-wheel drive answer to the raw Ferrari F40 in the late 1980s, and it changed the way supercars were built from that point on.

Now, if you were lucky one to own one of automotive history’s most vaunted icons, what would you do?

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Time Waster of the Day: Lumma Design's Crazy Detailed Porsche Cayenne Configurator

Do you lose sleep at night because you cannot decide if the Porsche Cayenne CLR 558 GT of your dreams will look better with three central or four quad tail pipes?

We feel your pain and so does Germany's Lumma Design that has released one of the most comprehensive online configurators we've seen of late.

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Spy Video: The Sights and Sounds of the 2013 Porsche 911 Turbo Convertible

Want to see the upcoming 2013 Porsche 911 Turbo in some live action? Here's our first video of the convertible model filmed while Stuttgart's engineers were flogging a lightly camouflaged prototype around the Nürburgring test track.

The quad tail pipes seen on the test car suggest that it may be the more potent Turbo S model equipped with an upgraded version of the turbocharged flat-six producing an estimated output of around 550-horses.

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Edo Competition Turns the Porsche Panamera S into the "HellBoy"

You may remember that Edo Competition's most recent Porsche Panamera model was the 750HP Turbo-based "Moby Dick". Now, the German tuning house has set its eyes on the less powerful Panamera S with the presentation of a new model called "HellBoy"(talk about an odd choice of names...).

Described by Edo Competition as coming "straight from hell", the Panamera S HellBoy has been updated in the both the styling and performance divisions.

The tuning firms starts out with the Porsche's 4.8-liter V8 engine by adding a less restrictive custom sport exhaust system and recalibrating the ECU. As a result, output rises from 400HP and 500Nm to 465HP and 550Nm (406 lb-ft), which enables the sports saloon to accelerate from 0 to 100 km/h (62mph) in 4.6 seconds and reach a top speed of 305 km/h (190mph).

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Seven Major Carmakers Agree on a Common EV Charging Protocol

ACEA, the European car manufacturers’ association, recently called for a common electric vehicle charging standard to be adopted by all automakers. This would be the ideal solution for a unified infrastructure, which in turn, would further boost EV sales.

No sooner had the association’s call been published and seven major manufacturers from Europe and the U.S. but oddly enough, not from Japan, namely Audi, BMW, Daimler, Ford, General Motors, Porsche and Volkswagen, announced an agreement to support “a harmonized single-port fast charging approach” for electric vehicles in Europe and North America.

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Schmidt Revolution Boots Up Porsche Cayenne II for the Winter

As we're approaching mid-October, it won't be long before the winter sneaks in altering (at least for some of us) our driving habits.

For those Porsche Cayenne II owners that choose to use two different sets of tires, one for the summer and another for the winter period, German tuning house Schmidt Revolution has released a new wheel and tire combination.

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Report: Bentley Boss Says New SUV to be powered by W12 Petrol and V12 Diesel Engines, Due in 2015

[The above photo is a rendering from the Xenatec Group]

After Porsche launched the Cayenne in 2002, it changed the sport carmakers’ way of thinking. If the world wants a premium SUV by a top brand, why stick to the past and not ride the wave, increasing production volume and profitability?

After all, despite the initial outcry, it is primarily the Cayenne’s success that we have to thank for the continued existence and evolution of the 911.

At the Pebble Beach festival, Bentley’s CEO, Wolfgang Duerheimer, confirmed that the British luxury carmaker will indeed build an SUV. And he recently replaced chief engineer Ulrich Eichhorn with Porsche’s Rolf Frech who has also worked on the Cayenne.

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Convoy of 2013 Porsche 911 Turbo and Cabrio, Cayman and Boxster Prototypes Filmed in San Francisco

It’s not every day that you get to see a parade of subtly camouflaged Porsche prototypes parked one behind the other on the streets let alone away from Germany and in San Francisco.

If you watch the two videos posted after the break, you will see the new generations of the 911 Convertible, 911 Turbo, Cayman coupe and Boxster roadster, none of which have been revealed yet.

Our best guess is that Porsche held a special driving event either for journalists or North American dealers (perhaps both).

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Nürburgring Sports Car Pileup: In-Board Camera Captures the Second Crash on Film

It was only a matter of time before the first video concerning last weekend's much talked about Nürburgring crash popped-up on the internet.

The 15-minute long clip comes from an in-board camera mounted to look out the rear window. The driver of the car passed through the construction section moments after the first crash happened, but just before the BMW M3 Sedan 'Ring Taxi came smashing into the cars in front of it.

You'll have to speed up the video to around 9:50 to see the damaged cars and wait until about the clock shows 10:20ish to watch the BMW 'Ring Taxi collide in your upper right-hand corner.

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U SPY: New 2013 Porsche Boxster Spotted Cruising in Los Angeles

Even though you have more chances to spot a prototype model of a future Porsche model doing the rounds at the Nürburgring racetrack than anywhere else, the Germans try out their cars in many countries around the world, including of course, the U.S.

Carscoop reader Alex Ranarivelo snapped this lightly camouflaged 2013 Porsche Boxster with Michigan license plates rolling around in Los Angeles.

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Massive Sports Car Crash on the Nordschleife, BMW's M3 'Ring Taxi Involved

A fun track day at the notorious Nürburgring Nordschleife circuit turned into a nightmare for eight drivers this past Sunday.

The vehicles involved in the crash included a BMW E30 3-Series, a BMW E36 3-Series, a BMW E92 M3, a Chevrolet Corvette Z06, a pair of Vauxhall VX220 / Opel Speedster roadsters, a Porsche 911 (964 series) and the official BMW M3 'Ring Taxi.

According to a police report, the drivers came from several European countries, while the accident apparently took place in two phases.

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