RE: New Porsche 911 Caught Naked

[TUS 373]

XTR2Turbo said:

Might just be the recording but, even for a 911, it sounded terrible when pulling through the forecourt.

That was what I was thinking. To me a fast car should simply purr. That sounds like an old VW Beetle with a sore throat. Hopefully, better in the metal.

It seems that metallic brown is a bit of a fashion colour in Germany and Austra at the moment. Popular colour for new smaller BMWs. (Sorry, not my taste though).

I am sure that despite all this, it will be a great car to drive quickly.

[Streetrod]

Being a designer on the 911 team must be the worst job in car design. How can you show even the slightest bit of originality in your work? I hope they get paid well; they sure as hell need too.

On the flip side, as a well documented hater of the modern 911 why do I then lust after a new 911 GT3 RS 4.0 Go figure.....

[MX7]

benzito said:

wow i see what clarkson's on about now, when are Porsche actually gonna design a proper new 911???

But what for? They have a very successful recipe in not designing a new car.

[Streetrod]

MX7 said:

benzito said:

wow i see what clarkson's on about now, when are Porsche actually gonna design a proper new 911???

But what for? They have a very successful recipe in not designing a new car.

And let’s not forget that this is why the 911 is the most profitable car in the world and has been for a long time. Never having to design a new car means their development costs are tiny compared to most

[taaffy]

LongLiveTazio said:

An expensive option?

Nail on head ....lol

[Bash Brannigan]

I'll take mine with a whale tail and fuchs alloys please.

[urquattro]

Burnham said:

Completely undisguised apart from the disguised lights then?

Anyway, what indeed is going on with that roof?

Its a replacement bath panel from B and Q, he was doing a bit of home shopping and tied it on via the open windows.

[nouze]

at least it doesn't look like 996

[Munich]

kbf1981 said:

I hate these posts where people desperately hope something goes down in price - just work hard and earn more money so you can afford one, rather than wishing depreciation on others and their hard earned.

Unfortunately life doesn't work that way. I know a lot of teachers, and nurses as well as people working in the private sector that work bloody hard, but will never be able to afford a new (or nearly new) Porsche.

[j123]

Just looking at it when it rolled up next to the 1 series I'm amazed how much bigger, the once nimble/svelte sports car is than the BMW. Its a 997 on heavy steroids. And the view from the rear is alarmingly like the panamania.

These are not for enthusiasts anymore. Please let new makers march in with better ideas. J

[kambites]

The 911 has been a big GT type car for a long time. They have the Cayman as a small (although even that isn't particularly small) sports car.

[carmadgaz]

Streetrod said:

Being a designer on the 911 team must be the worstbest job in car design.

EFA

Turn up for work, make the headlights slightly different, then bugger off to the pub for a few years. Jobs a good un

[Hellbound]

The 911 just gets more bloated and more powerful. A few more iterations and it'll be the same size as the Panamera!

The lithe, snap happy 911's of old are long, long gone.

[j123]

"The 911 has been a big GT type car for a long time."

And you know its just gotten a whole bunch wider and longer than it was just now.

I think other makers are beginning to get the idea of making a usable (not so ugly) rightly proportioned sports car thats small, powerful, fun to drive, light-weight and crash worthy. Like here...
http://www.autocar.co.uk/CarReviews/FirstDrives/Gi...

And it wouldn't take that much to add a few more luxuries to this new Ginetta to make it more that habitable for the average enthusiast. j

[M666 EVO]

Munich said:

kbf1981 said:

I hate these posts where people desperately hope something goes down in price - just work hard and earn more money so you can afford one, rather than wishing depreciation on others and their hard earned.

Unfortunately life doesn't work that way. I know a lot of teachers, and nurses as well as people working in the private sector that work bloody hard, but will never be able to afford a new (or nearly new) Porsche.

WOW thanks kbf1981, work hard and earn more - it really is that easy isn't it?!?! Why didn't I work that out ages ago...

[Petrolhead]

Its goiod to see that they have made the front more aggresive. I always liked the front of the 996S and this new one has the intakes similar to that

[jbforce10]

TUS 373 said:

That sounds like an old VW Beetle with a sore throat.

...and in that final still-shot the front-end looks a bit too much like the "new" beetle too.

[nickfrog]

It also makes sense it being bigger in order to make space for a bigger mid-engine Boxster/Cayman replacement next year, which in itself will make space for the possibly forthcoming little roadster in a couple of years.

It's easy to systematically criticise Porsche for their very conservative styling but I don't know many keen performance car drivers that have driven and/or owned a modern Porsche and found it anything but brilliant to drive compared to anything else available. They actually are very very good if you ignore the image/jealousy thing that many systematically express. It's almost a reverse snobbery thing where many Porsche owners could not care less about what others think of them and don't buy a car for what the image it projects, yet the ones who can't afford them seem to be obsessed with that image thing.

[Manks]

That engine lid doesn't look right. Is this really how the new car is going to be?

[Luca Brasi]

Looks nice. But what this up with this current obsession with brownish colours? Looks completely awful on any car imo.