Any future for 911?
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Just thinking about Porsche's future range of vehicles. The new 997 will eventually be a lardy old v8 tourer, laiden with cupholders and gadgets for fat americans, parked up next to the porsche suv. This only leaves the 'entry' level boxter to hopefully cater for no frills sports car exitement, and at the other end the 250k GT supercar. Both of which are mid engined. Is this a pattern appearing here? Maybe Porsche sees it's future in pure sports cars as mid engined only. Looks like the 911 will loose it's original fans as it turns into a bmw 8 series. I guess this will finally pave the way for a really hot boxter with 911 or more power. A lot of people generally agree the boxter is much better handling anyway. Have you heard about RUF's new project? 911 turbo engined boxter!
But due to costs I guess they will share the same chassis - rear engined . This means greater weight to hold the v8 anyway, surely? So the only difference between the 997's will presumably be just suspension settings and the lower output 6 pot option - not idel if there's yet more bulk to haul around!
Every time I hear about the forthcoming 997 it is mentioned that it will no longer look like a 911 anyway. So visually speaking if it looses that famous silouette then the 911 is dead anyway. No matter what badge is put on it. I wonder if it will look like an in between boxter / GT supercar. If it was mentioned years ago that the new 911 was going to no longer be aircooled, flat 6, lightweight, have 'that' silouette etc... 
I'm sure the new car will be good at what it's designed for - touring. It just seems Porsche has had this plan for years to ditch the 911. Everyone knows last time they tried to replace it with a touring v8 decades ago it failed. People kept buying the smaller 911. It seems each new 911 model comes out a major part of it's design is removed. What after the 997? Maybe the final change will be to put the engine at the front in a 998? Ahhh haaa! The tourer Porsche wanted all along!
I'm sure the new car will be good at what it's designed for - touring. It just seems Porsche has had this plan for years to ditch the 911. Everyone knows last time they tried to replace it with a touring v8 decades ago it failed. People kept buying the smaller 911. It seems each new 911 model comes out a major part of it's design is removed. What after the 997? Maybe the final change will be to put the engine at the front in a 998? Ahhh haaa! The tourer Porsche wanted all along!
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