RE: Porsche 911 gets Martini'd

[Evo]

Class - Porsche goes with Martini as well as Mr Bond does.

[DoubleSix]

Beefmeister said:

DoubleSix said:

Personally think it looks odd the stripe stopping at the end of the bonnet....

I agree, I think it should have a 'nose' to finish it off. Cue hastily photoshopped image:

Much better.

Even just disappearing down behind the front plate would look better than their effort.

[FWDRacer]

Get rid of the Viper-esque stripes over the roof/bonnet. Add small Martini branding to side stripes. Voila.

Porsche, you can pay me later.

PS - Someone p/shop this pls.

[BelfastBoy]

JohnGoodridge said:

Porsche will sell you the stickers? So apart from some dash detailing and backlit kick plates why could I not just spec a new 991 this way (should I wish?)

That's what I was wondering too - I imagine you could spec a 'standard' car pretty much the same for an awful lot less than £102k! Or, even if Porsche won't give you the decals, I'm sure somebody else would...

[bagman13]

Martini are PR masters. People will pay to have their brand on their own car now. But its easy to see why.

[threespires]

Cynical me says it's a way of boosting image & sales. I believe 2013 was the worst year for new 911 deliveries for over 10 years and I can see this trend continuing.

[wolfracesonic]

Mmmmmmmmmmm..........Martini tie in in for the 'S' model, what special edition livery for the GT3, Hot Wheels?

[WokkaWokka]

Its cool but I couldn't imagine anyone living with it every day.

Its like a toy for the person who already has 5 cars and this one is a kicker to the collection.

[g7jhp]

I'd have preferred if Porsche would have used this as a template (as seen at the Goodwood Festival of Speed 2013).

[SpeckledJim]

fanplonkertastic!

[mr2j]

Ooooh, I saw a yellow one yesterday - probably a DIY job though - didn't work at all :/

[RosCabezas]

FWDRacer said:

PS - Someone p/shop this pls.

Quick and dirty:

[Gandahar]

All mouth and no trousers.

For posers only.

If they did it with the new GT3 RS and made it even more extreme then fair enough....

[Technomad]

Martini though? How very passé. Completely lacks the understated curves and elegance of the previous generation Martini-liveried cars, alas. Porsche Glasgow have spec'd some very nice custom colour schemes on cars over the last couple of years - I wonder if they're planning a nice local edition Buckie special?

[Technomad]

threespires said:

Cynical me says it's a way of boosting image & sales. I believe 2013 was the worst year for new 911 deliveries for over 10 years and I can see this trend continuing.

Yes, but have you noticed how Gen 2 997 prices are holding? It's an ill wind…

[250GTE]

I love Martini Stripes but they used to kind of swirl over racing Porches...917, RSR etc. These look really cheap, particularly the side stripe.

[canucklehead]

I eagerly await the OPD-endorsed 'psychedelic' wrap and the 'pink pig' wrap, the Brumos wrap and of course the Jagermeister wrap.

Edited by canucklehead on Tuesday 10th June 17:07

[NXXN]

Those stripes look like something you'd buy on a roll from Halfords
At least tailor them to the car.

[epom]

Superb colours aren't they ? Whoever designed those got it right Those stripes are probably a bit too big for the 911, still that black one is handsome

[garypotter]

Save the £102k, buy a any 2nd hand white 911 pop to your local sign writers, £250 private plate from dvla and .... you look like an idiot in a non race spec car with race stripes, porsche diluting the brand?? how many limted editions have they done of the 997?

Porsche also offer spray on rally dirt in a can for $45.00.

ps is it the new GT3 that has the engine problems?