RE: Porsche 917 tribute marks racer's 50th birthday
Discussion
MX6 said:
Looks great, I like the fact that it's a super clean shape with no nonsence.
Porsche need to get into the £zillion oligarch/oil sultan hypercar game, everyone else is doing it now.
Agree with the super clean shape comment. Hopefully we would see more of these clean design (eg. Birdcage concept from 15 years ago) in all segments and types of cars/SUVs/trucks. But, I'm not sure Porsche needs to join the £million club as it doesn't need to prove to anyone it's the best by setting a fastest top speed, quickest 1/4 mile acceleration or highest hp... Porsche need to get into the £zillion oligarch/oil sultan hypercar game, everyone else is doing it now.
Maldini35 said:
Gorgeous
So much prettier than the Moby Dick tribute thing
I rather liked that as wellSo much prettier than the Moby Dick tribute thing
The problem I have with many of the current generation hypercars is that if you scratch off the name (Mclaren, Aston, Ferrari etc) they all look rather similar. Maybe mid engined build/ current aero knowledge gets them all to the same place, but it's nice to see Porsche looking at their heritage and moving it forward a few generations. You could argue that like their slow evolution of the 911 it lacks imagination, and no doubt a production version of this 917 would have more air intakes / wings. But imho as this design stands it looks brilliant....now build it!
Robert-nszl1 said:
I rather liked that as well
The problem I have with many of the current generation hypercars is that if you scratch off the name (Mclaren, Aston, Ferrari etc) they all look rather similar. Maybe mid engined build/ current aero knowledge gets them all to the same place, but it's nice to see Porsche looking at their heritage and moving it forward a few generations. You could argue that like their slow evolution of the 911 it lacks imagination, and no doubt a production version of this 917 would have more air intakes / wings. But imho as this design stands it looks brilliant....now build it!
But take away the Herrmann/Attwood livery and it could still almost be a McLaren.The problem I have with many of the current generation hypercars is that if you scratch off the name (Mclaren, Aston, Ferrari etc) they all look rather similar. Maybe mid engined build/ current aero knowledge gets them all to the same place, but it's nice to see Porsche looking at their heritage and moving it forward a few generations. You could argue that like their slow evolution of the 911 it lacks imagination, and no doubt a production version of this 917 would have more air intakes / wings. But imho as this design stands it looks brilliant....now build it!
MikeGalos said:
Totally agree. It's nowhere near as stunning as a real 917K in Gulf livery which may be the most beautiful Porsche ever made.
I am more drawn towards this one
The 917LH that came 2nd at Le Mans in 1970 in that livery also had electro-luminescent number roundels that glowed green in the dark.
917/30 definitely the second generation Can Am car with closer to 1200 bhp as I recall. I also believed there were only ever two built, for Penske, in the glorious blue and yellow Sunoco livery. Wrong. Turns out there were quite a lot of spare parts left over from when the project was canned, including (I think) three chassis. My mate's girlfriend had one (really)! It ran in the USA in Historic CanAm events and was usually seen exiting the last turn of any given circuit on lap one of the race, with the next car in the race arriving some considerable time later.........
As for this 50th Anniversary concept? Please, please build a few and show us how something like this really should be done.
As for this 50th Anniversary concept? Please, please build a few and show us how something like this really should be done.
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