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The rear wing is too small in proportion to the car, and--like the side air ducts--looks like an add-on.
As I compared all the cars, it began to occur to me that the 991 design, without altering the iconic look, could use more curves over the front and rear wheel wells. The new 918 has these characteristics, as do the Boxster Spyder and (to some degree) the new Cayenne.
Like I said before, different markets (people), different tastes.
Personally, I would prefer not to have ANY wing on the 911 Turbo. I hate wings and with modern aerodynamics, you can make a car pretty safe at high speeds even without a wing.
I remember seeing a couple of 911 Turbo or 911 Carrera in the US, some of them had the rear wing/spoiler raised...at very low speeds. Not my taste, sorry.
The Boxster is considered in Germany more of a women's car, so it isn't a good example. The Boxster Spyder is one of the most horrible products Porsche has in it's model range, speaking of showing off. I don't like it at all.
The new Cayenne is a different story but it still isn't what I actually wanted (not expected) from Porsche. The new Cayenne looks sporty and mean but it doesn't scream "Porsche". Can't explain it but it has a similar effect on me like the Panamera. My father even didn't recognize the Panamera to be a Porsche, he thought it is a japanese car.
Porsche takes the US market very seriously and all products get a thorough review by PCNA before introduced. Even during development, they talk to PCNA to make sure that the design is accepted by US customers. Since Germany is the second largest market for Porsche, things are very complicated. We like our Porsches less "obvious" and showing off, we like them actually "simple". This is why the Cayenne maybe got in trouble over here, it simply wasn't the "light" and "fast" tradition Porsche was standing for anymore.
In Germany, the 911 was always the "subtle" sportscar, everybody knew it but it didn't attract attention enough to be offensive. Germans love that about the 911, this is why it was a very successful business car.
Porsche needs to start to offer different products for different markets or at least adapt them. It will be more and more difficult to satisfy tastes and expectations in ALL markets. Impossible task.
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RC (Germany) - Rennteam Editor 997 Turbo, BMW X5 M (on the ship), BMW M3 Cab DKG, Mini Cooper S JCW