wjk_glynn

Now please realize I'm a big 944 fan (I've owned 2 of them), but the Boxster and Cayman both have superior handling, and the Boxster starts at ~$50K.

Yup. The early 944s were actually price competitive but over time, their prices just kept increasing (DM -vs- $ and other reasons caused the upward climb). owards the end, they were seriously expensive and it was one of the big reasons for their sales decline.

BReyes

You like the commercial? And how do capture a still of the vid?

Here is some good reading: Chris Poole writes well of the history of the 944 (ie the 924) in his book, The Complete Book of Porsche, By the Auto Editors of Consumer Guide. Marks & Spencer, in The Ultimate History Of Porsche, do lesser. I am reading the 944 section anticipating his writng of the 951.

The commercial is of Panamera's and all of our other cars are secondary.

My first thought of the commercial was, " Now there is a video game that is cool (haven't said that before)". Today I'm thinking it' s Porsche's video game, and we( ie, you) are going to produce more of the same Bonnevile scenes.

Watch out for the four banger zooming by, I mean...

Regards,

GloriaRedStang

Don't know about you guys but I just watched "Welcome to the Family" which was a documentary on IFC mostly about Porsche in general, although the specific occasion that it focused on was the Panamera commercial shoot. Great documentary about the love of P-cars. Seinfeld was in it.

944 was definitely represented at the shooting of the commercial. A guards red very late S2 is clearly visible parked in front of a white 80s Speedster and behind a 917 Can-Am. I know it was a late S2 because you can see the 3rd brake light.

Type_LT

Great commerical, I wonder which one of those would spank a Panamera? Probably quite a few of them on the track I suppose.

I had a chance to ride in a Panamera turbo when they received one at the nearby dealership. I can't imagine a better cruiser, the power was brutal and instantaneous, I love that PDF transmission (I would however hate to pay for it when it breaks!)

Someone ought to shoe-horn one of those variable-vane turbo's into a 944...

Cole

Why do you guys think it's an S2 and not a 951?

GloriaRedStang

You're right, of course, if the 951 came from the factory with the 3rd brake light (I myself don't know), which I clearly saw on the IFC documentary about the shooting of this commercial.

Cole

The 951 did have a 3rd brake light and the link on the Porsche site takes you to a 951.

I was just curious if there was something about an S2 that I was missing.

fpena944

You can perform rebuilds but when Porsche was subsidizing the cost of a remanufactured engine it made more financial sense just to purchase another one instead of rebuilding the existing.

But there are rebuild kits available from some independent shops.

Hey all of these cars have their weaknesses!

odurandina

GISMOZOID: Congrats... we had identified a red "S"/951 from '87/'88 by looking closely at 3 different clips that are available on youtube a few days ago to see if a transaxle 4 had been represented... guess we nailed your car !

gizmozoid

Good catch guys! I didn't see it in the ad, but saw the back end barely in the IFC documentary.

At least it got featured over some other older models on the website :-)

odurandina

Ben -- look very closely at your car passing right in front of the orangish/red 911 at 0:49 of the video

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gWguaRNsmX0

you can see your car clearly at the bottom of the screen for a split second -

Allan -- Massachusetts - 1994 968

odurandina

i am re-posting here with an add on to just have all the links in one post...

the car that looks like it could be a 944 in guards red at 0:29 of the video at the center way off at the rear of the fleet, emerging from behind the olive green 930 is Ben's 951, and you can click on it at this link...

http://www.panamera.com/#/home

and here is the write up of the 944...

http://www.panamera.com/#/classic/944

and the 968 page is this link: http://www.panamera.com/#/timeline/all/id=132

-Jeff/JD 85 944: "Here is another making of the commercial video:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gWguaRNsmX0 --- Keep your eyes peeled at 0:48-0:49" - yep -- square side mirrors.

once again, the commercial. with Ben's car dead center in the frame in the back and emerging from behind the olive 930 at 0:29...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YssFS12jVUU

and Tony Garcia's Guards Red LS1 in the IFC documentary here at 10:35 of the video...

http://www.panamera.com/#/panamera/e...c-b47e40d2d447

and adding Travis's image...

Allan - Massachusetts

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odurandina

saving images from youtube is easy.

1. locate the "prt scr" button on the top right area of your keyboard.

2. plant the cursor on the page but not on the scree.

3. click "print screen"

4. open either adobe photoshop or paint.

5. open File: click: "new"

6. open Edit: click: "paste"

7. crop and make your adjustments etc... and save.

you can save ALL images on your sreen including flash photos that are blocking the right click/save to disc option.