I really don't understand how anyone can dismiss trully iconic cars like the '73 911 RS/RSR, 964RS, 993RS/RSR, 996 GT3 (mk1 & 2), 996 RS, 997 GT3/GT3RS/GT2, yet like the chaved up rubbish that Gemballa and Avalanche churn out (I excuse Ruf as they produced the only acceptable 'tuner' 911... the Yellowbird).
And you can dismiss the Boxster and the Caymen, but besides each being widely recognised as the best cars in their particular class, they have enabled Porsche to continue to produce the most usable and reliable Supercar on the market and run an extremely successful motorsports program.
Oh, and 993GT2 > 959 any day of the week.
what about the Porsche 911 GT3 Carrera 4 Turbo Targa RS SR R? oh wait, thats the 999 model, I meant the 99∞ GT2 Turbo S Cup Sport RS Carrera..... my point is, to a non-porsche enthusiast, it's just a mass of numbers that all point to pretty much the same car, I am not a porsche enthusiast, so all I see is them doing the SAME thing, YEAR after YEAR after DECADE after DECADE, and when I'm dead an gone, my kids are still going to be looking at a car that looks like a squashed and stretched VW Beetle, it'll still be called a 911. I'm also not dismissing their motorsport heritage either, you can't argue with their LeMans cars, and I must have seen a hundred Porsche Cup races (support events for lots of other motorsport), and I recentley had a nose around the Spyder LMP2 car at the Porsche centre at Silverstone.
Why is the Yellowbird not chaved up rubbish and the others are? I think maybe I can like the tuner cars more because they are trying to expand the envelope a little, rather than just turning out the same thing aaaaaaaallllllll the time. I'm not going to bother defending those choices much, they are unique, they are interesting, they are capable....? What else is it that the Yellow Bird has?
There are plenty of examples of reviews where it has come down to personal preference as to whether or not the Caymen and Boxster are the best in class, I'd certainly give you "one of the best choices in class", the main thing I dislike about them (other than the Boxster being butt ugly) is that they were an opportunity for Porsche to do something a little different, and they FAILED, they're just baby 911's, and the Panamera is just a stretched 911, and even the Cayenne looks like a 911 on steroidal stilts! When are they going to be brave enough to do something a little different?
When was the last time saw a concept car from Porsche, genuine question, I can't really think of any... maybe that's because Porsche have no vision, they only look at what they have infront of them and polish it up a little each generation.
.. so to the point of thread, are we to define "Cool" as a car thats great for tooling round a track, or as a car that is just plain desirable, and makes you want it, and want to be seen in it? I don't much like porsches, I'm not saying they're not good cars, but in sincerity, even if I was a billionaire there would still be 100 other cars on my list before I bought a Porsche..
I can respect what they are, but that doesn't mean I like them, and when I see one I simply don't 'want' one, and I certainly hold no specific regard for the owner (specifically, I don't think they are 'cool').
BTW:
"993 GT2 is greater than 959 any day of the week" AND ?... if this cool wall topic were about the 959 I'd have voted über-cool... I see a 959 (actually did once too
) and I think it's cool.. I see a 993 GT2 (assuming I can tell it from any other 911) I think... " ", and carry on walking.
All in my humble opinion of course.
during the course of this post I've consumed 2½ cans of Lager and listened to the whole of "momentary lapse of reason"
. The noise is orgasmic.
