Car and Driver – Park Place Dealerships

July 30, 2014May 7, 2015

Lexus Wants You to Run With the Bulls

Let’s face it, who doesn’t like to go fast? Whether you are a CEO, soccer mom, college student or anything in-between most everyone loves the thrill of speed. As your pulse rate climbs, the hair on the back on your neck stands up right and that natural high of flying across asphalt courses through your veins all while a roaring machine serves as your chariot to this oasis of adrenaline. There is just something that the feeling of going fast gives off that infatuates us as human beings. It especially hooks the people at Lexus and for the first time ever they want to show the people just how much they like to go fast. For the first time in the company’s prestigious history they are releasing three of their new cars on the race track. Never before has Lexus released any of its vehicles on the track to dealers but these cars are different. Each new model Lexus is releasing is inspired from the asphalt up with speed at the fore front of each design.

The new 2015 NX is Lexus’ first ever compact crossover with a turbo charged engine. It is a car that takes everything Lexus is known for: quality, fuel efficiency, reliability, comfort, etc and adds a 2.0-liter, direct-injection, 235-hp, 258-lb-ft torque, 17-psi of boost. In America the 2015 Lexus NX will be available in a two variants, the Hybrid and the Turbo, with AWD available for both and the F-Sport package. Lexus is looking to make quite a slash with these new models and the NX is just where they are getting started when it comes to speed.

The 2015 RC F has a powerful and refined V8 that promises to take both the track and street with its own aggressive style. Under the hood that 5.0-liter V-8 is rated at 460 hp mated to an eight-speed automatic with paddle shifters and a special torque-vectoring differential. The chassis is specially tuned and wider 19-inch wheels are fitted to provide the car with tremendously precise handling. The interior on bot the 2015 RC and RC f models is impeccable with craftsmanship and materials that look just as this chic speed machine should. All three of these cars can run and run fast. The only thing Lexus doesn’t know is if you can handle it.

That is why Lexus is hosting its first ever “Running of the Bulls” starting off in Dallas, TX September 15-16 at Motorsport Ranch to give people a chance to feel the power behind all three of these new Lexus cars. Lexus will be traveling the country showing off these cars and for a full tour calendar of where and when Lexus will be click here.

If you want to see more Lexus vehicles or just want to check out more on these new models come by Park Place Lexus Plano or Park Place Lexus Grapevine to see the nation’s largest stock of new and used Lexus cars.

June 12, 2014May 7, 2015

Porsche’s Roaring Reemergence in the 82nd Le Mans after 16 years of Silence

After a 16 year hiatus, Porsche will once again compete in the top category of what is certainly the world’s toughest car race. In Le Mans, France starting at 3:00 pm on June 14, 2014 Porsche’s attempt to return to glory will begin. Le Mans is a 24 hour long race that consists of only the world’s finest and fastest car, drivers and teams. With 56 cars in the field and over a quarter million spectators in the grand stands Le Mans has been known around the globe by all speed enthusiasts as the premier race since 1923. When it comes to top class automotive engineering, performance and innovation there is no other race that comes close to Le Mans. This is the race where legends are made; the difference between agony and ecstasy is measured in millimeter and milliseconds.

Porsche is a record holder at Le Mans with 16 overall victories, the first in 1970 and the last in 1988 along with being the first to ever win with a turbo in 1976. Yet this year the legendary sports car manufacturer has no experience to benefit from due to its absence over the past 16 Le Mans. For the first year of the LMP1 project the target is to get one of the fast Porsche 919 Hybrids to the finish line at the marathon. The Porsche team consists of 86 members and each of them known the tradition of excellence that they place on their shoulders once they put on the Porsche crest.

Porsche is fielding its most innovative prototypes at the 82nd 24 hours of Le Mans. The two Porsche 919 Hybrid cars with start numbers 14 and 20 will be driven by two trios of drivers: Romain Dumas (France), Neel Jani (Switzerland), Marc Lieb (Germany) and Timo Bernhard (Germany), Brendon Hartley (New Zealand), Mark Webber (Australia). These six world-class drivers have between them a total of 37 appearances at Le Mans.

With Le Mans being the apex of automotive creativity and competition there are some new regulations this year. These new guidelines call for a totally new LMP1 car with an enclosed roof and increased visibility zones to improve the safety of the driver. Other new regulations aim to reduce fuel consumption by 30% in the last 21 years. They hope to accomplish this monumental feat by having all the manufactures utilize hybrid technology through both the recovery of kinetic energy through state of the art breaking systems and the reuse of exhaust from the turbo charger.

As the Porsche team hits the track in hope regain its status as a Le Mans powerhouse you can show your support for the team by putting the crest on your chest as well. Park Place Porsche has a huge selection of Porsche accessories and clothing items available to let every race fan show their support.

June 9, 2014May 7, 2015

The 2015 Jaguar F-Type Coupe: What It Feels like to be Alive

How alive are you? That is the tag line for Jaguar’s new showcase of ludicrous performance and Jetson-esc technology that is encompassed inside all their new vehicles. The question is one that begs an answer yet the answer cannot be given properly until you find yourself behind the wheel of Jaguar’s newest fiend; The 2015 F-type coupe.

The Jaguar brand connotes picturesque images of James Bond villains and British royalty zooming through the long, windy roads that the Beatles sung about. The new F-Type coupe does not stray from those iconic imageries. It not only meets the top shelf criteria of Jaguar, but also takes the legendary brand to the next level. The 2015 F-type coupe is one of those machines that drives past you on the other side of the road and your car swerves into the next lane because the second you caught a sight of it your eyes instinctively had to follow it. As you attempt to get your head back on straight and cool off from the vision, you catch one last glimpse of the F-type as you glance into your rearview mirror but it is already gone. The 2015 F-type Coupe launches you from 0-60 in a mere 3.6 seconds. If that wasn’t enough to get your blood pumping then try one of these British beasts on a quarter mile track where your will be pressed to the back of the seat because you will be flying down the track at a top speed of 122.3 MPH.

The design of the car exudes luxury and class while having that vibrant sprinkle of nostalgic charm flowing over each of its carefully crafted curves which only a Jaguar can deliver. When you strap in and find yourself at the helm of this speed demon you suddenly feel the need to loosen your tie, roll up your sleeves, throw your sunglasses on and press the gas pedal to the floor board.

The sound alone from the 2015 F-type coupe is enough to bring a grown man to his knees. Motor Trend said “The F-Type Coupe R sounds like an autopomorphic soccer hooligan. As if the big cat’s genetically predisposed to pelt the other cars with empty lager cans. And that’s just while cruising up and down the block. Open this monster up and boy howdy! The Coupe sounds good, incredibly, raucously, dirty, filthy double plus good. If you’re another car, you’ll be embarrassed that you almost certainly don’t sound anywhere near as sexy, as evocative, and as angrily hostile; you can’t compete with this mad Jag.”

If you are looking to walk around with the keys to what could be 2015’s most exhilarating new car or you simply want to experience the thrill of having your hands on the brink of automotive ecstasy then come by Jaguar of Plano or Jaguar Dallas to see for yourself the beauty that is the new 2015 Jaguar F-Type coupe.

May 22, 2014May 7, 2015

Porsche Exhaust Audio Clips; Sounds That Will Give You Chills

3, 2, 1, go. You feel it – those chills down the back of your spine, goose bumps cover your skin, the hair on the back of your neck raises. You feel that lethal combination of nervous and excited, then all at once the rush hits you. Adrenaline pumping through your veins from a sound that runs through the memories of your childhood when you used to watch your older brother and his friends tinker with and race cars.

It is a sound like the roar of the king of the jungle, but at the same time is unmistakable as a man’s machine. It is that sweet purr your ears are blessed with when you press the gas pedals to the floor board. When you sit behind the steering wheel of a Porsche, place your heavy foot on the pedal until the floor pushes back at you, the sensation is intensified tenfold and the people at Porsche know that.

That is why the good people of Porsche have created the Porsche Exhaust Sound Bites/ Audio Clips. They provide a chance for anyone who wants to experience the hair raising sensation of hearing the roar of a wide variety of the legendary automakers’ vehicles’ exhaust systems. Go ahead click around. Enjoy the almost sensual sound of a Porsche 911 Carrera (997) or listen to the smooth scream of the Boxster 981.

If just hearing the sound isn’t good enough for you or simply hearing it is music to your ears leaving you wanting more or maybe even wanting one of your own, you should come by Porsche Dallas located on 6113 Lemmon Ave Dallas, TX 75209. Here you can see, hear and feel any one of Porsche’s moving works of art in person. We have nation’s largest selection on new Porsche cars for sale and are the number one used Porsche dealer in the country.

We promise to provide you with an unrivaled world class experience in customer service at Park Place Porsche Dallas.

Click on the vehicle exhaust image to hear each Porsche exhaust system in action.

Porsche Boxster 981

Porsche 911 Carrera (997)

Porsche 911 Carrera (991)

Porsche Cayenne S