Mar 16, 2004 4:28:42 AM
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Mar 16, 2004 1:41:42 PM
- Paulo_Rangel_Melo
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Mar 16, 2004 2:03:14 PM
- EricAlain
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Re: Nice CG Image
What a beautiful looking car ..... where can I sign-up for one?
Too bad it's going to be a 4-door saloon instead ..... BUT to be fair to Porsche, the market segment is much bigger than the GT 2+2 .... so it's smart to go after the bigger cake ... less glamorous but may be more lucrative.
Mar 17, 2004 2:10:11 AM
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Re: Nice CG Image
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Bilal Siddiqui said:
Take away the targa roof, and that should be the next 911.
I wonder how long Porsche will go from 993 design to 996 and back?
They've been doing so for 40 years, doesn't look like it will change anytime soon.
I agree on the change issue, 40 years, same stuff. However, we can only hope Porsche decides the 998 is the time to make a radical change in design. I think it's time. Make something lighter, faster, aggressive looking. 40 years is enough of the same basic shape. Some would say don't mess with it, but I hope the "same old Porsche" days are limited...
Mar 17, 2004 2:29:04 AM
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Re: Nice CG Image
GM is absolutely right, most Porsche customers want and dream of a 911. This car is a living legend and Porsche can't change it.
914, 928, 924, 944, 968.... have been failures ..... So far the Boxster and the Cayenne are the only non 911 sucessful products. Guess why the Boxster is a sucess ..... because it looks like a 911 ... The Cayenne is a totally different beast ...
So the next 911 (998) is very highly likely to be quite similar to the current 996/997.
Mar 17, 2004 9:34:59 AM
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Re: Nice CG Image
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EricAlain said:
GM is absolutely right, most Porsche customers want and dream of a 911. This car is a living legend and Porsche can't change it.
914, 928, 924, 944, 968.... have been failures ..... So far the Boxster and the Cayenne are the only non 911 sucessful products. Guess why the Boxster is a sucess ..... because it looks like a 911 ... The Cayenne is a totally different beast ...
So the next 911 (998) is very highly likely to be quite similar to the current 996/997.
I agree completely with you guys, and Porsche is very aware of this. Its the only thing I am sure of about Porsche.
Mar 17, 2004 11:33:40 AM
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Re: Nice CG Image
Well thats disappoiting, because trust me, if I was looking at a sportscar (don't laugh, seriously) 
, And Porsche made that CG the next 911, I would buy it in T or GT3 trim, SERIOUSLY.
Swilsonator, I'm sure someone said the same thing 20 years back, that "oh I hope they change the shape radically", but 20 years on, look where we are, and where we are about to go, back to the 993!
, And Porsche made that CG the next 911, I would buy it in T or GT3 trim, SERIOUSLY.Swilsonator, I'm sure someone said the same thing 20 years back, that "oh I hope they change the shape radically", but 20 years on, look where we are, and where we are about to go, back to the 993!
Re: Nice CG Image
I remember Harm Laggay (chief design at Porsche) said to Peter Robinson in a recent interview.
The 911 constantly evolves, but two things will never never ever change:
1-The engine is a flat 6
2-and it's mounted behing the rear axle.
This is what defines the car.
I guess that leaves the door opened for the way it looks then. But I love as it is, and I'm pretty sure the 998 won't be very different, it'll have a sleeker front, maybe CGT ish, but it'll be undoubtebly 911, that's why we buy right?
PS: I guess that also confirms rumors about a V8 for the 911. Being an engineer, I knew from day one that that rumor would never happen. A Carrera with 70% of its weight on the rear axle would not be a good idea... Fact.
The 911 constantly evolves, but two things will never never ever change:
1-The engine is a flat 6
2-and it's mounted behing the rear axle.
This is what defines the car.
I guess that leaves the door opened for the way it looks then. But I love as it is, and I'm pretty sure the 998 won't be very different, it'll have a sleeker front, maybe CGT ish, but it'll be undoubtebly 911, that's why we buy right?
PS: I guess that also confirms rumors about a V8 for the 911. Being an engineer, I knew from day one that that rumor would never happen. A Carrera with 70% of its weight on the rear axle would not be a good idea... Fact.
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Fanch said:
I remember Harm Laggay (chief design at Porsche) said to Peter Robinson in a recent interview.
The 911 constantly evolves, but two things will never never ever change:
1-The engine is a flat 6
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PS: I guess that also confirms rumors about a V8 for the 911. Being an engineer, I knew from day one that that rumor would never happen.
Also, a flat opposed cylinder configuration keeps the heavy parts of the engine closer to the pavement than a "V" arrangement (unless one uses a 6" ceramic clutch with the "V" engine).
Low center-of-mass is a good thing
P.S. Fanch, what sort of engineering do you do?
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