RE: Driving the Porsche 935 at Goodwood
Discussion
gigglebug said:
Maldini35 said:
I’m normally a Porsche fan but I really struggle to like this.
It just looks so big and clumsy compared to the original or even the gorgeous GT2 it’s based upon.
Feels most un-Porsche like to me.
It just looks so big and clumsy compared to the original or even the gorgeous GT2 it’s based upon.
Feels most un-Porsche like to me.
For me there are a few obvious things that help to contribute to the original looking more elegant: firstly the rear overhang on the original is far larger proportionally than the tributes which makes a difference to the overall balance, the nose of the new car is blunt instrument in comparison and lastly the waistlines are completely different when comparing the original to modern car. The glass house of the original looks to make up near enough 50% of it's height where as with the tribute it is a lot less than that.
I don't think that it should be surprise to anyone that the modern iteration doesn't look exactly the same as the original, it is just a tribute after all and a lot of the final result has been dictated purely by the fact that they are using a car that is separated by 30 odd years from it's inspiration as a base.
Edited by anonymous-user on Monday 8th July 14:11
Ahonen said:
Turbobanana said:
Pierre-kma6q said:
Very nice, but the 935 that won Le Mans in 1979 was not a ‘Moby Dick’ version.
Indeed it wasn't, as 2 minutes of Google research confirms. The Whittington brothers (interesting characters...) and Klaus Ludwig drove a 935/77A: Moby Dick was a 935/78.Yet again PH can't be bothered to get the facts right but won't correct themselves or apologise for looking like clowns. Simple facts about things like car types or the correct spelling of the names of drivers they're touching themselves over are deemed completely irrelevant. It's like they do it deliberately, like that fabulous West End show The Play that Goes Wrong.
gigglebug said:
For me there are a few obvious things that help to contribute to the original looking more elegant: firstly the rear overhang on the original is far larger proportionally than the tributes which makes a difference to the overall balance, the nose of the new car is blunt instrument in comparison and lastly the waistlines are completely different when comparing the original to modern car. The glass house of the original looks to make up near enough 50% of it's height where as with the tribute it is a lot less than that.
I don't think that it should be surprise to anyone that the modern iteration doesn't look exactly the same as the original, it is just a tribute after all and a lot of the final result has been dictated purely by the fact that they are using a car that is separated by 30 odd years from it's inspiration as a base.
They are also making 77 of them, which ties into the 935/77 theory. The rear view is also quite similar. I wonder if someone in the marketing department got a bit carried away...
Edited by Ahonen on Monday 8th July 21:55
Ahonen said:
I'm not convinced it was originally conceived as a Moby Dick homage. It looks far more like the 935/77 to me and other fans of the old Group 5 era:
They are also making 77 of them, which ties into the 935/77 theory. The rear view is also quite similar. I wonder if someone in the marketing department got a bit carried away...
Thank you for that. They are also making 77 of them, which ties into the 935/77 theory. The rear view is also quite similar. I wonder if someone in the marketing department got a bit carried away...
Edited by Ahonen on Monday 8th July 21:55
Dodgey_Rog said:
Ahonen said:
Turbobanana said:
Pierre-kma6q said:
Very nice, but the 935 that won Le Mans in 1979 was not a ‘Moby Dick’ version.
Indeed it wasn't, as 2 minutes of Google research confirms. The Whittington brothers (interesting characters...) and Klaus Ludwig drove a 935/77A: Moby Dick was a 935/78.Yet again PH can't be bothered to get the facts right but won't correct themselves or apologise for looking like clowns. Simple facts about things like car types or the correct spelling of the names of drivers they're touching themselves over are deemed completely irrelevant. It's like they do it deliberately, like that fabulous West End show The Play that Goes Wrong.
https://youtu.be/P-KwzOmeyWY
Ahonen said:
gigglebug said:
For me there are a few obvious things that help to contribute to the original looking more elegant: firstly the rear overhang on the original is far larger proportionally than the tributes which makes a difference to the overall balance, the nose of the new car is blunt instrument in comparison and lastly the waistlines are completely different when comparing the original to modern car. The glass house of the original looks to make up near enough 50% of it's height where as with the tribute it is a lot less than that.
I don't think that it should be surprise to anyone that the modern iteration doesn't look exactly the same as the original, it is just a tribute after all and a lot of the final result has been dictated purely by the fact that they are using a car that is separated by 30 odd years from it's inspiration as a base.
They are also making 77 of them, which ties into the 935/77 theory. The rear view is also quite similar. I wonder if someone in the marketing department got a bit carried away...
Edited by Ahonen on Monday 8th July 21:55
Makes me wonder if the comment is that inconsequential, why make it?
je777 said:
Look at all the people whose egos are so fragile they can’t read something as inconsequential as a comment about a car without working themselves into a lather.
Pathetic that any opportunity to make yourself feel like ‘a big man’ by insulting a stranger is leapt upon.
Feel free to have another go, I won't be reading it and - and this is a point you should bear in mind more often - nobody cares.
Pathetic that any opportunity to make yourself feel like ‘a big man’ by insulting a stranger is leapt upon.
Feel free to have another go, I won't be reading it and - and this is a point you should bear in mind more often - nobody cares.
fblm said:
Nerdherder said:
What a thing and experience! Thank you for sharing.
Do wonder what an RSR costs..
700k eurosDo wonder what an RSR costs..
isaldiri said:
fblm said:
Nerdherder said:
What a thing and experience! Thank you for sharing.
Do wonder what an RSR costs..
700k eurosDo wonder what an RSR costs..
fblm said:
isaldiri said:
fblm said:
Nerdherder said:
What a thing and experience! Thank you for sharing.
Do wonder what an RSR costs..
700k eurosDo wonder what an RSR costs..
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