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Old 03-17-2011, 12:42 AM
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has a date been set for 991 in the US yet? any unconfirmed but reasonable ideas?
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All I have to say is it looks just like all the other spy shots of the 991, except the side air ducts are real (not stickers). The front and rear bumpers look like they are borrowed from the current 997 turbo.

The prototype mule looks to have the standard retractable spoiler of the 991, but I suspect that may change to a more aggressive rear spoiler or a fixed wing when the production 991 turbo is released.
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One of these weekends, I'm going to get extremely bored and tape a bunch of black cardboard **** on my 911 and drive around town, park at a gas station or two, and look spy-ish.
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Originally Posted by am722
One of these weekends, I'm going to get extremely bored and tape a bunch of black cardboard **** on my 911 and drive around town, park at a gas station or two, and look spy-ish.
Old 03-17-2011, 05:33 PM
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Originally Posted by am722
One of these weekends, I'm going to get extremely bored and tape a bunch of black cardboard **** on my 911 and drive around town, park at a gas station or two, and look spy-ish.
Then take pictures of your own car, post some claim here about it having 550HP and a flat 8... and see it published in a national car magazine site-ing the source as rennlist
Old 03-17-2011, 08:09 PM
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Originally Posted by am722
One of these weekends, I'm going to get extremely bored and tape a bunch of black cardboard **** on my 911 and drive around town, park at a gas station or two, and look spy-ish.
I recall Automobile magazine did this a while back before the ZR1 was introduced. They covered a rented Corvette with some strategic cardboard and duct tape, drove around Detroit and waited to see where all the 'spy' shots ended up before fessing up.
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Is it just me, or does it look reeeallly wide in the rear?
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Originally Posted by slipangle77
has a date been set for 991 in the US yet? any unconfirmed but reasonable ideas?
There were some reports floating around a few weeks ago that said late summer of 2012. As I recall, they seemed to be from a fairly reliable source. But I don't recall the source. You can do a search here to find...
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Originally Posted by am722
One of these weekends, I'm going to get extremely bored and tape a bunch of black cardboard **** on my 911 and drive around town, park at a gas station or two, and look spy-ish.
I need to increase your rep for these comments--the "black cardboard ****" in particular. You made my day!
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Originally Posted by am722
One of these weekends, I'm going to get extremely bored and tape a bunch of black cardboard **** on my 911 and drive around town, park at a gas station or two, and look spy-ish.
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Originally Posted by am722
One of these weekends, I'm going to get extremely bored and tape a bunch of black cardboard **** on my 911 and drive around town, park at a gas station or two, and look spy-ish.
You can't. Only the guys with black cars can do that!
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As the layers of cover peel away I can see that the lines of this new 991 are going to be fantastic. It's also obvious that its moving further away from being a sports car and even closer to being a true GT car. But that's ok since Porsche has other cars that fill the sports car category.



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