RE: Porsche 718 RS 60 Spyder: Time For Coffee

[Mogul]

Wonderful car and a lovely day out for Mr. Bell but I did cringe a little bit too so turned up the speed on YouTube to 2.0x and then it actually looked quite quick - although not sure that we hear it screaming above 7,000rpms though.

Edited by Mogul on Wednesday 11th May 22:07

[Rumblestripe]

Kawasicki said:

Only 4 cyl, so not a proper Porsche. (!)

As everyone knows four cylinder engines sound rubbish...

[angelicupstarts]

J4CKO said:

Dusty964 said:

J4CKO said:

And people say the new Boxster sounds crap ?

Sure its a lovely old thing but doesn't grab me much, looks like the offspring of an Elise and an upended tin bath, sacrilegious, yep but just because its old doesn't mean I have to eulogise about it

Despite being around years before the Elise.....

Really, I did not know that !

Yep , love the type 550 and 356 speedsters ...but even in the their day they were referred to as upended bath tubs ...
but this was the whole function and form ...I think beautiful
but when I had an elise series 1 ...I often wonderd how close they were in driving style and feel
both are very close in size shape , weight , 0 to 60 times , and of course engine size and placement
I would be really interested if anyone can tell me how close they are or miles apart in driving style ?

[dinkel]

550 racer for the road, 356 cruiser.

[stephen300o]

Rumblestripe said:

Kawasicki said:

Only 4 cyl, so not a proper Porsche. (!)

As everyone knows four cylinder engines sound rubbish...

There are plenty of proper four cylinder Porsches, it's the modern ugly brush that grates.

[Equus]

kambites said:

Seeing them together does make the Boxster look comically fat and ungainly.

The same applies to any modern sports car, to be fair: try putting an Elise next to a Lotus 23, or an MX5 next to an Elan.

[kambites]

Equus said:

kambites said:

Seeing them together does make the Boxster look comically fat and ungainly.

The same applies to any modern sports car, to be fair: try putting an Elise next to a Lotus 23, or an MX5 next to an Elan.

Indeed, even a modern Caterham Seven looks podgy next to an original Lotus Seven.

That doesn't change the fact that Porsche's own advertising video makes their current car look crap, though.

[Lowtimer]

kambites said:

Indeed, even a modern Caterham Seven looks podgy next to an original Lotus Seven.

That doesn't change the fact that Porsche's own advertising video makes their current car look crap, though.

Yes, I do think they've made the new Porsche look like it's been on the pies, which of course it has. When it overtook the old car on the corner I thought the Boxster might crush the RS without even noticing it!

Caterham / Lotus, good point, perhaps with the honourable exception of the Caterham 160, which looks very similar in size to a Lotus 7.