J.Seven:
With 200Kg more and 50hp less the Porsche manage to be faster ...well Porsche is indeed the King of Performance nowadays, finaly they have the product to smach the competition at a lower price and with better reliability. This seems to be like a miracle equation, nobody ever did it before, and I wonder why if I had to choose between the two I wouldn´t even think twice...it would be the Lambo, and why? Because it has a soul Porsche is laking. I think it´s time for Porsche develop a car like the 458, or Gallardo, a "mini CGT", with high performance at 200.000eur and with the soul laking in all 997 versions(GT2RS apart ) but even that one is boring to look at, just like another 997 tuned up visualy.
It would have to sound like the CGT, with the performance of the Turbo S and the looks of an exoctic with very low profile, large and apealing to look at...oh and with 1300Kg
J.Seven
I can see your point but I don't agree with you.
Porsche have been doing things this way (substance before ostentation) since the 60s, and quite successfully too. In this way they cater for a different sort of buyer who seeks other pleasures from car ownership. It is their trademark and what makes them different from others.
Why try to be something they are not and lose credibility? An imitation Ferrari would have been something in the R8 mould. Very competent but looked down as an imitation Italian car.
And what is soul in a machine? A number of flaws and failings and idiosyncrasies that make a machine resemble us, imperfect humans. If I want soul I can find a human being to relate to. In a machine I look for power, reliability, practicality and unstoppable efficiency.
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"Form follows function"