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Porsche: Plans for new small Roadster dropped

Porsche boss confirms no 21st century Porsche 550 will be built Porsche has finally dropped plans for a new small roadster to sit below the Boxster and based on VW’s BlueSport. The idea of a smaller Porsche to sit below the Boxster has been floating around for what seems like forever. But it seems like the idea has finally been put out to grass by Porsche boss Matthias Mueller.

Wiesmann at 2009 Frankfurt motor show

By Tom Sharpe First Official Pictures 18 September 2009 14:25 German sports car manufacturer Wiesmann chose the 2009 Frankfurt motor show to unveil its BMW M5-engined Roadster MF5. Yes - there's been no special tuning or trickery here. With the same 500bhp 5.0-litre V10 as an M5 Wiesmann likens the Roadster MF5 to a wild animal.

One Lap of the Web: Vintage racers, a 1961 Jaguar E-type and Warren Buffett '...in the house'

We spend a lot of time on the Internet -- pretty much whenever we're not driving, writing about or working on cars. Since there's more out there than we'd ever be able to cover, here's our daily digest of car stuff on the Web you may not otherwise have heard about. -- Whoopsies.