May 22, 2005 10:00:43 PM
- SoCal Alan
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May 22, 2005 10:00:43 PM
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dsts6 said:
The chassis apparently is aluminum, not just the suspension.
Someone screwed up on the translation. See my post above where I explained how this must have happened.
May 22, 2005 10:15:35 PM
May 22, 2005 10:47:39 PM
May 22, 2005 10:56:48 PM
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SoCal Alan said:There seems to be an extreme wide range of viewpoints here. Some love it and some hate it.
May 22, 2005 11:42:20 PM
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RC said:
I'd say that in the US, the Cayman S should cost around 8000 USD more than the Boxster S. This is just an assumption, not a fact. It may be a little bit more or a little bit less.
May 23, 2005 2:33:12 AM
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Grant said:
Dr. Phil - You're right that the roofline of the Cayman isn't nearly as graceful as the 997, but maybe that extra tall profile above the side windows will allow for more headroom (I can't fit in a 996 with a helmet...).
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Dr. Phil said:
The car looks great from the rear, and the front is very close to a 987, so that's fine, too
The side is....well, let me put it this way: Whoever designed that needs to stop sniffing glue, smoking carpets and snorting coke..at the same time.
The car is almost as ugly as a Z3 with a hardtop. Day-uhm! The roofline and door contours are absolutely horriffic together.
Check this picture to see how os SHOULD have looked. The 997 is a textbook example of a great piece of classic Porsche design.
Never mind that the Cayman doesn't resemble the 997 or 987 - it doesnt have to, but IMO it's simply an un-Porsche design.
And those wheels. What went wrong? Looks like something that belongs on a Mazda 323.
And the price. Who are they kidding? Fixed roof cost MORE than a cabrio??
HELLO?? Sure, you get 15 BHP more, big deal, but that's some seriously clumsy pricing IMO.
Let's see how they are gonna sell a car that is less beautiful than the 987, no cabrio and costs more...
Probably drives like a dream...just close your eyes when you enter it