991 Racing Yellow - The Money Shots

[Carl_Docklands]

http://www.autoblog.com/2011/11/11/2012-porsche-91...

[Slippydiff]

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Fail.

I don't care how far the new car has moved the game forward (if indeed it has) It looks horrendous.

[mollytherocker]

I am trying to like it, but I am just not sure. Those wheels are just too big; cartoon-like. The whole thing makes me wince a little.

I need to see one in the metal I guess.

MTR

[kbf1981]

I really like yellow.

I like the idea of Porsche's in more interesting colours, far too many resale / silver colours about imho. I think the new car will look nice in red / white.

[Arenki]

Wheel design most certainly isn't my choice and I'm not a fan of the rear badging at all, however I think it's truly stunning piece of design. That said, the front lower end does look strange, like you've driven over a centralised speed bump a tad too fast and ended up with a speed-bump shaped gap in your splinter (speaking from experience...)

[drpep]

It just looks... Chunky. A 911 shouldn't be 'chunky'.

Like a clay mould where they didn't quite get the proportions right

Reviews look great though; apart from the steering...

[Phooey]

You lot are boring bds

It looks great! A nice refresh and welcome improvement over the tired looking 997 imho. I still can't think of a better / more purposeful looking premium sports car for less than 100k! I can't believe some people are knocking it for a few (easy to remove) badges on it's arse, and rims that have yet to be seen in the flesh (which there are a choice of 4 ffs)

[cardigankid]

I'm sad to say this but it looks seriously ugly. The yellow paintwork just distracts you from the basic design. maybe it is meant to. The earlier images looked better, not sure why, maybe they were photoshop assisted.

It looks as if someone has thrown a blanket over a go-kart. In that respect it has something in common with the 956 I suppose. None of the design details work, from the silly little eyebrows over the front airscoops to the spoiler at the back and the over fussy rear badges, which remind me of nothing so much as the VW Variant circa 1969. The driver looks embarrassed. It is the most cowardly piece of styling dressed up with gimmicks that I think that I have ever seen.

What this does illustrate is that the company may produce fine engineering, but Porsche Design is an Emperor with no clothes. The company was saved by the brilliant Harm Lagaay and his Boxster and 996 concept. Then, encouraged by feedback from 'enthusiasts' (you know who you are, and you only have yourselves to blame) they compromised the 996 design with retro features and gave us the 997, which was fine but a step backwards. Any wonk in accounts could have done that and probably did. The Cayenne and Panamera are badge and electronic engineering, but seem to have worked commercially. Now the accountants are doing the designing, boys, because they think that anything with the Zuffenhausen badge on the nose is going to sell like hot cakes.

Well done, Porsche. Now there isn't a single product I really want to buy, because however good they are dynamically, I want something that looks the part. If Ian Callum hadn't fouled up with the XJ, Jaguar would have wiped the floor with them. Anyone who bought a 997 GTS, well done! You made the right call.

[Mart-1]

The rear end is problematic, even taking off the awful badging - i've not seen a nice looking 911 rear end design since the 993

I'd love Porsche to get a modern 911 right but they keep missing the target IMO

[mikecassie]

I thinks that's not too bad actually. One thing I do notice is that the rear bumper doesn't have those hideous bumps either side of the number plate which I have seen on other US spec Porkers.

[freedman]

No doing it for me, at least so far, the badging is truly horrifc

Though I have little doubt the car will look better in the flesh, and grow with time

A minor point, by why on earth have they moved back to door mounted mirrors?

[mollytherocker]

Its hard to put my finger on the 'wrongness' but studying again;

- Rear lights too high up leaving too much 'panel'.
- Rear lights too narrow
- Front axle too far forward causing too little space between arch and headlamp. From side on it ruins the proportions making it look big at the back and small at the front.
- Front sidelights extend too far (Trying to make front look bigger?)
- Headlamps not quite right - Too elongated?
- Wheels ridiculously big which means arch circumference is far too large.

Rear 3/4 seems to be the best angle.

MTR

Edited by mollytherocker on Saturday 12th November 11:32

[Junior Bianno]

Talk about focussing on the negatives! It's a difficult task to keep reinventing the same basic shape decade after decade, and while it's not perfect it's pretty fine effort. It's a great looking car IMO, with the performance to match by most reports. I don't think the wheels look too big at all - definitely not for those arches anyway.

I'm not seeing a lot wrong in this picture (other than the spoiler being up when it's stationery). I'll have one!

[OlberJ]

It's a bit panamera side on.

[tuffer]

Personally, I like the new shape. May tempt me out of the GTS next year or I may wait until the Turbo comes out.

[El Guapo]

I like the design but it doesn't look its best in bright colours, especially yellow and I agree that the 20" rims are too big.
I'd have one in dark blue or grey and I'd check the badge delete option.

[pete.g]

Could one of you order one in black, debadged, so that I can buy it in 2016?

The last car I saw with that much writing on the back of it was a Hyundai.

[madala]

freedman said:

No doing it for me, at least so far, the badging is truly horrifc

Though I have little doubt the car will look better in the flesh, and grow with time

A minor point, by why on earth have they moved back to door mounted mirrors?

.....the word "horrific" might be not be strong enough.....WTF are they thinking?.....

[rimkah]

Stunning(maybe not in yellow)but looking forward to wide body versions.

[cayman-black]

I like the rear lights.