DoubleNutz

This a poll and petition that we hope will generate enough signatures to get a snapshot of who would become a new car customer of Porsche if they began building a front engined V8 sportscar. You may only vote once.

After you vote- first tell us what you would be willing to pay for such a new car and then provide a small list of standard features and options (please keep your options realistic). Then finally if needed, tell us if you would be willing to supply contact information for yourself at a later date if this poll is successful.

Lets set a goal of 1000 signatures acheived in 250 block increments.

DoubleNutz

I would be willing to pay as much as $85K USD if it were equipped this way-

Standard-
HP output 490 HP @ 7000 rpm
Torque 563.5 Nm @ 5000 rpm
Transmission- 6 speed
Front wheels-255/40 ZR 18
Rear Wheels- 295/35 ZR 18
Brakes- both fixed calipers in aluminium alloy
Front -6 pistons with differentiated diameters 1.5 in./1.8 in.cross drilled discs, diameter 13 in.
Rear- 4 pistons with differentiated diameters 1.2 in./1.3 in., cross Drilled discs, diameter 12.2 in.
Car weight- 3600lbs

Options-
2+2 seating
rear passenger sport seats
carbon fiber console
PCCB (Ceramic Brakes)
PSM
AWD

Lizard928

If I had the money, I woudl buy 1 w/o even blinking

M Danger

I would be willing to pay as much as $80-100K USD if it were equipped this way-

Standard-
HP output 490 HP @ 7000 rpm
Torque 563.5 Nm @ 5000 rpm
Transmission- 6 speed sequential in the rear!!
Front wheels-275/40 ZR 18
Rear Wheels- 235/35 ZR 18
Brakes- both fixed calipers in aluminium alloy
Front -6 pistons with differentiated diameters 1.5 in./1.8 in.cross drilled discs, diameter 13 in.
Rear- 4 pistons with differentiated diameters 1.2 in./1.3 in., cross Drilled discs, diameter 12.2 in.
Car weight- 3000lbs 45f/55r balance.

Carbon aluminum chassis
hatch back, no trunk.
Dont make it look like a 996

Options-
turbo with 550-650hp
RS lightweight version
No sunroof
Convertible
how bout some gullwing doors?

I want a car thats comprable to the viper/zo6/575 etc should be wide and low; a real true sports car

Jessa

So far, I'm agreeing with all the features, and will add:

6 speed sequential: This is the perfect choice for the next generation 928. It gives all the control of a traditional manual, doesn't have a torquer converter (depends out one implements it), and can be programmed to have computer-controlled automatic modes. The great auto/manual debate is solved, and used car buys will be happy, too

3,000lb. 3,400 as an upper-limit. That's what the 928 weighs, and more is really getting big. There's a whole world of newer materials and technology available now to build cars lighter, and this one should take full advantage. Lighter is better!

AWD - yes, with a heavy rear bias like current 996s.

Give it its own, new name. How many different, yet simmilar, models are called 911 by marketing? Its confusing, and doesn't give the newer cars credit for being the new and different beasts that they are. This car will have simmilar design and performance goals as the 928, but dervsers its own name - both for its sake and the 928's legacy.

I would love to buy one in a hearbeat - but the wallet says otherwise. Maybe in a few years, when I have more money, or when they hit the used market. If they made them at a price I could afford now, they'd be compromising somewhere and it wouldn't be worth it.

Flint

Keep in mind, Aston Martin is coming out with a new DB9 (2+2), and Ferrari is replacing the 456 (also 2+2), Bentley is coming out with the Continental GT (2-door, 4 seat), Merc has the CL600/CL55 (same set up as B.). Even BMW is entering the race with the new 6 series and possibly an 8. Porsche will most definitely need a competing Grand Tourer vehicle.

Nicole

Unfortunately I cannot vote, as your options don't apply.

IF I had money coming out of my ears, I would pre-order one. But since I don't, and I doubt that Porsche will ever make another vehicle with a design so innovative and timeless, I think I'll wait and see, watch the used car market, and maybe - just maybe - get a used one some day.

I do like the little Aston Martin also. No wonder, the Aston Martin CEO Dr. Ulrich Bez used to be head of Porsche engineering in the 80ies, when they enhanced the 928 and worked on the 989 development...

DoubleNutz

Ahhhh thank you Nicole i was ondersing where those photos of the 989 were.

Shane

If they came back out with the 928 with all the new technology then yes. I really like the lines of the 928 and the bonus of the car is the front engined V8. A new 928 GTS with more HP (maybe a Twin Turbo option or Kompressor option) and I'd say yes!

Dave H.

i'd rather see a mid-engined car like the Jag XJ220 or Bugatti EB 110. shorter nose, longer back, but still with 928 cues. aluminum/composit frame 2 seater, 1 piece rear body work for engine/trans access. maybe a speedster version like an F50...

Flint

Doesn't the Carrera GT kind of do that? That's mid engine and definitely in that price range (i.e. too high)

Dave H.

why yes it does! but it doesn't look like a 928...

Bill Coleman

I'm sure I wouldn't be able to afford a new one. The last 3 Porsches I've bought were 10 years old (and the 928 is the only one I still have).

PeteS

Interesting list of desired features. It would be a great car. And you're thinking of paying less than what a 10+ year old 928 cost when it was new?

DoubleNutz

I thought of that and arrived at this conclusion becuase of the cost to purchase a 911 as it was entering the 90's is as much now as it was then (in today's dollars) and the cost to build the Cayenne and offer it so close to a BoxsterS price point for a non-turbo and a 996 C4S for the turbo version. Also the newly arriving V8 competion (specifically, the Cadillac XLS which has it sights focused on Porsche) will competeing at just about that price. Finally, I have read that- if it were built, it is not likely to be built on the Leipzig Cayenne platform. I dunno if that is true or not, but I have to beleive that Porsche will not be producing this car with the help of VW, Mercs, and I hope not but perhaps even BMW could be a possibility too (since they already fabricate 996 body parts). That could drive down the cost for this dream car quite a bit.

I don't believe Porsche will build a car that they anticipate will see a demise as the 928 did. They will build a quality Porsche product that will endure for many years as part of its product line and, potentially also compete with a BMW 3 servies V8 on the future track (oh yea, I think BMW has every intention to drop a V8 in the 3 Series as a production car and when they return back to racing it {becuase it is banned at the moment}, Porsche better be ready, becuase in their class the 996GT3 Cup cars where getting abused by the 3Series V8 Bimmers pretty badly that were finishing LAPS AHEAD of the closest 996.