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RC:
They wanted to go a Panamera approach, meaning that the wing will extract and fold out but apparently they abandoned this idea for marketing reasons.
Obviously, marketing won over engineering , on this point, as they probably know that some buy a Turbo just for the iconic now vestigial whale tail wing, over a C4S , as some don't drive any 911 model over 50% of its performance potential anyway. I know a neighbor who has owned two C2S cabs who has never redlined the motors ( and doesn't believe in agressive driving ) and bought it just to cruise around Silicon Valley as a weekday commute car because he can afford it and there are probably quite a number of owners of expensive sporty cars like him who would be bored silly reading a car nut board for more than 5 minutes.
OTOH, you don't get him talking about trading in rare American and Swiss vintage pocket watches, unless you have hours of idle time.
I always spot Panamera and 911 drivers in the US driving with their wings up, even at very low speeds. Actually almost every Panamera and 911 I see in the US, seems to have the wing up. At least in Florida. I get it...they raise the wing because at those limited speeds there, they probably never get the chance to use it but to be honest, it looks kind of...stupid. The wing has a certain purpose and this purpose only works at higher speeds. It looks ridiculous in my opinion but on the other hand, maybe I shouldn't judge. Driving a Porsche, I get it that people want the car to look as sporty as possible. I am more of a friend of hidden wing design, I love it when this thing shows up at certain speeds and when it goes down when I slow down. This is actually the best part.
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RC (Germany) - Rennteam Editor Porsche Panamera Turbo S, Cayenne GTS (958), BMW X3 35d (2012), Mini Cooper S Countryman All4