This just posted on autoblog this morning....here's hoping!

http://www.autoblog.com/2009/04/20/r...928-successor/

 

Tony's gotta post a link in the comments section of that to his photochopped two-door Panamera/928.

 

Is Panamera a rear-transaxle design? If so, they have a drivetrain and a range of engines available to use for the coupe.

So why wouldn't they? I would think they could bring a base model in around $120 or so, which would be a strong value proposition alongside competitive models from A-M, Maserati, etc. Then they could reach higher with the typical range of S and Turbo variants for the customer who can spend up to $150.

 

Porsche already plans a 2 door coupe for 2012 or thereabouts... rumor I hear is multiple engine variants including a v-10 TT

 

If Porsche calls it a 928 watch the value of our cars go up a bit.

 

The only way Porsche would release a 928 successor would be if it competed in a different market than the 911. When the 928 came out it was supposed to supplant the 911. I imagine a new Panamera Coupe would be priced above the base 911 and hit the Aston Martin/Maserati playboy type of market.

Not that I'd ever be able to own one, hell I don't know how some of you afforded these 928's when they were new or a couple years old.

 

When they first started talking about the 928 successor several years ago they put it in competition with the then Ferrari 575, now Ferrari 599! Hang on to your hats because that is a car pushing $300k in its BASE trim level! SO, if they did it like that it would CERTAINLY be a whole different market segment than the 911!

 

http://www.pistonheads.com/news/defa...?storyId=19780

Same story from a different place

 

Michael Mauer (head of Porsche design) is a big 928 fan.

 

Nope, not a rear transaxel design. Went more traditional on this one.

 

Reading the comments of those links was nice though. Good to see the 928 getting some love and respect.

This cracked me up though. Someone posed the question on what the coupe would look like and this was the answer.

 

Its a bummer that the next 928 (if they call it that) will be based of a SEDAN.....not a clean sheet design that the original 928 was...... I do think it will be cool if they name it 928.....might bring some new attention to existing 928's

 

The numeric designations seem to out of favor ... 911 is marketed as a "Carerra" and the other models are "Boxster", "Cayman", "Cayenne".

Wonder if the faithful even know the model designator for these ... 987 for the current Boxster ... but the others?

 

Cayman is 987 as well.
Current gen of 911 is 997.
Cayenne is 957.

Looking at that I assume that new 928 will actually be designated as 927.

 

Sounds about right. 927 is one less.