Thursday 31st July 2008

Video: 2009 Porsche 911

Porsche shows how a promo video should be done...

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After watching the Camaro driving so slowly there was a real danger of it stalling yesterday we were in real need of a proper promo vid. Luckily Porsche has come to the rescue with a full-bloodied, violin-accompanied corker of a promo for its updated 911.

Yes it's cheesier than a bag of wotsits but at least it makes you want to be there actually driving it. Check out the vid below:

[Adrian W]

yawn!

[Oat$y]

Adrian W said:

yawn!

I stopped watching half way through!

[sprinter885]

Not exactly thrashing along though are they?
However an excellent showcase of Porsche technology & clever CGi ?

Main question is - Do you know where that road is? West coast USA? Looks brilliant.

[ZainR]

great to see porsche design hard at work on the new revision. I spot slightly altered rear lights...then a trip to the pub for the entire design staff.

[Magners P.H]

Hmm watching Walter Röhrl in a GT3 is much more entertaining

[Callughan]

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=NoTIC2HPIh0

best commercial by far

[shotokan]

Nicely produced vid, but BORING & SLOW! Get the hammer down & show the potential of the car FFS!

[Dagnut]

Anyone else think white cars look sh!t? I must be missing something.

[E21_Ross]

Callughan said:

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=NoTIC2HPIh0

best commercial by far

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=hE5iNOZfRrg

[MogulBoy]

sprinter885 said:

West coast USA?

Maybe, but my guess is somewhere in South Africa....

[infradig]

I'm sure a psychologist or some sort of media analyst could explain the dodgy symbolism in this cheesefest. But in laymans terms,this seems like someting to knock one out to for people already signed up.
I have forwarded this video to all the sad 911 owning friends and family members in my address book ( there are more than Mondeo owners,and I don't mix in very exalted circles the things are just that popular!) and two have already expressed mild embarassment.

[Paul Holroyd]

mmmmmm, not up to the high standard we are used to with Porsche, looks like they where only allowed to film on one part of the road...it's all the same.

The racing clips are far better; one thing that does stand out the shift stick looks far more pleasing to drive than the paddle shift

Paul Holroyd
Porsche Motorsport Artist
www.porschesport.com

Edited by Paul Holroyd on Thursday 31st July 14:05

[Paul Holroyd]

mmmmmm, not the up to high standard we are used with Porsche, looks like they where only allowed to film on one part of the road...it's all the same.

The racing clips are far better; one thing that does stand out the shift stick looks far more pleasing to drive than the paddle shift

Paul Holroyd
Porsche Motorsport Artist
www.porschesport.com

Edited by Paul Holroyd on Thursday 31st July 14:09

[corcoran]

that's a weird violin I can hear.. it's like one of those.. piano violins..

that just reminds me of the .. scirroco advert..

[rabw]

yawn, recent alfa spider ad made you want to 'be there' much more IMO.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qL_7KfLph3U

[jackal]

shot in lanzarite by the looks of it .. the coast road to El Golfo

the only factoid that that stopped from falling asleep

[beanbag]

Callughan said:

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=NoTIC2HPIh0

best commercial by far

I'd hate to see your worst!! That has got to be the most boring commercial around!!!!

[MogulBoy]

jackal said:

shot in lanzarite by the looks of it .. the coast road to El Golfo

So that's where all our EU roads budget gets spent then!

Serisouly, I think the video is a bit tame and on the Porsche webcinema site there is some much better stuff. The Cayman - Technik Inspiration video (15mins) springs to mind.

But at the end of the day, if they cut out a lot of this cr@p, they would still sell as many cars as they do today and they might be able to drop the prices a bit (or make more even profit!).

[JKay]

Ok I've watched the video, but where the new 911?

[john_r]

JKay said:

Ok I've watched the video, but where the new 911?

I spotted slightly altered tail-lights AICMFP!