Why is Model Delete so Popular? Or isn't it?
09-29-2005, 06:51 PM
#16
Burning Brakes
The names sucks...but I still want one. And if I get one, I will likely delete the badge. And I really dont care what people think it is. People who know and love sports cars will know what it is.
Wait till the non-S vesion comes out....I bet more people will delete that badge more than the S version. At lease there is an S following the name for the current model, not just plain Cayman..it just looks too much like Gayman. I mean they could of spelled it a couple different ways...Caiman or Caeman. If Porsche likes reptiles so much just call it the gator or the kamotto dragon,lol. I would even prefer any combination of the following even....C7S Coupe, 7SCoupe, Coupe7S, Box-coupe, Boxtop(j/k) or just plain C7-S is fine with me.
Lou
Wait till the non-S vesion comes out....I bet more people will delete that badge more than the S version. At lease there is an S following the name for the current model, not just plain Cayman..it just looks too much like Gayman. I mean they could of spelled it a couple different ways...Caiman or Caeman. If Porsche likes reptiles so much just call it the gator or the kamotto dragon,lol. I would even prefer any combination of the following even....C7S Coupe, 7SCoupe, Coupe7S, Box-coupe, Boxtop(j/k) or just plain C7-S is fine with me.
Lou
09-30-2005, 03:47 AM
#17
The name "Cayman" is a nightmare - if I were an 8-13 year old kid, I would have my permanent marker in hand waiting to christen my first "Gayman"
I think Porsche's marketing team was asleep at the switch if they didn't anticipate a problem with this name. They really didn't think this through AT ALL! I don't know who they're hiring for their marketing, I mean did you see the promo video on the website? My GOD, it's like they assembled a team of 20 year old undergrad students from a local community college, and gave them the instructions "come up with a cheesy promo targeted at homosexual yuppies, and don't hold back on the cliches..."
I think Porsche's marketing team was asleep at the switch if they didn't anticipate a problem with this name. They really didn't think this through AT ALL! I don't know who they're hiring for their marketing, I mean did you see the promo video on the website? My GOD, it's like they assembled a team of 20 year old undergrad students from a local community college, and gave them the instructions "come up with a cheesy promo targeted at homosexual yuppies, and don't hold back on the cliches..."
09-30-2005, 12:48 PM
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Burning Brakes
Sensitive egos has nothing to do with it. Its a terrible way of spelling a name for a car. I am sure there were so many names they were conisdering before some jackass at Porsche decided to approve this one. I just think its a terrible spelling and sounding name of a great car.
Lou
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09-30-2005, 12:57 PM
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Have to agree with Lou on this one. Besides, if they want to honor that damn croc so bad why not spell it correctly! C-A-I-M-A-N. If they insisted on C-A-Y-M-A-N why not just add I-S-L-A-N-D as well or G-R-A-N-D to the front? They should have just put C7S and I am sure there would have been little argument from the faithful following.
09-30-2005, 01:05 PM
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Originally Posted by willr
Both of those are made by Peugeot - perhaps I'll put a lion badge on mine instead of a crocodile...
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09-30-2005, 01:41 PM
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Originally Posted by Dig-It
Alligator (closest relative). Not to mention that Cayman tastes much different than crocodile - just has hard to kill though (or so I've heard anyway ).
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09-30-2005, 06:25 PM
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Originally Posted by willr
I thought they all tasted like chicken
Back to the topic though:
Having personnally seen a cayman in a fight, I believe (IMHO) that it's a worthy namesake. However, I'm still learning about the Porsche lineage and I'm not sure that I understand why they decided on that name. As of late, there seems to be a departure from traditional model designation. Boxster I get, though I belive that the 986/987 name is more traditional. I have no clue where Cayenne came from.
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10-01-2005, 01:20 AM
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Originally Posted by Dig-It
Maybe if you soaked the chicken in swamp water for all its life.
Back to the topic though:
Having personnally seen a cayman in a fight, I believe (IMHO) that it's a worthy namesake. However, I'm still learning about the Porsche lineage and I'm not sure that I understand why they decided on that name. As of late, there seems to be a departure from traditional model designation. Boxster I get, though I belive that the 986/987 name is more traditional. I have no clue where Cayenne came from.
Back to the topic though:
Having personnally seen a cayman in a fight, I believe (IMHO) that it's a worthy namesake. However, I'm still learning about the Porsche lineage and I'm not sure that I understand why they decided on that name. As of late, there seems to be a departure from traditional model designation. Boxster I get, though I belive that the 986/987 name is more traditional. I have no clue where Cayenne came from.
Personally it doesn't really matter what the car is called.. but it's still a ridiculous name.
10-01-2005, 12:06 PM
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Maybe part of our problem is that we just don't like names much; we like numbers better. Using model numbers allows us to keep our insiders' jargon from being inderstood by outsiders; most of whom don't know what numbers like 951, 964, 993, 986, 996, 987, and 997 refer to. Of course, almost everyone knows what a 911 is by now, but Boxster even gives some of us problems.
Last edited by Jim Michaels; 10-01-2005 at 12:08 PM. Reason: correction
10-01-2005, 01:19 PM
#26
Panamera at least references Carrera Panamericana, the legendary border-to-border Mexican road race in which the 550 Spyder performed so well.
Cayenne and Cayman are just random words, presumably chosen because they go well with Carrera.
Porsche has 50 years of racing history from which to draw inspiration. Instead, we get vehicles named after cooking spice and reptiles.
Cayenne and Cayman are just random words, presumably chosen because they go well with Carrera.
Porsche has 50 years of racing history from which to draw inspiration. Instead, we get vehicles named after cooking spice and reptiles.
10-01-2005, 02:10 PM
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Originally Posted by Sean
Panamera at least references Carrera Panamericana, the legendary border-to-border Mexican road race in which the 550 Spyder performed so well.
Cayenne and Cayman are just random words, presumably chosen because they go well with Carrera.
Porsche has 50 years of racing history from which to draw inspiration. Instead, we get vehicles named after cooking spice and reptiles.
Cayenne and Cayman are just random words, presumably chosen because they go well with Carrera.
Porsche has 50 years of racing history from which to draw inspiration. Instead, we get vehicles named after cooking spice and reptiles.
I wonder when the next brilliant name will be something like "Dominator" or "Destroyer" or "Slasher"
there's no limit to how cheesy they'll get, if it pleases their new market base
10-01-2005, 02:19 PM
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So true......if you notice several U.S. auto makers are following the trend used with MB, BMW, P-Car, etc with numbers instead of these cheezy names. It would not have killed them to call the Cayman the 987 SC (Sport Coupe') or C7S.....but then that would look like the Vette C7? Anything but a fricking croc.
We could go round and round trying to figure this out but I am sure as p964 said, some young MBAs with no idea what Porsche means to the faithful came up with this crap name. Off my soapbox now.
We could go round and round trying to figure this out but I am sure as p964 said, some young MBAs with no idea what Porsche means to the faithful came up with this crap name. Off my soapbox now.
10-04-2005, 07:37 PM
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On the Cayman's type number, I quote the TECH NOTES from Excellence, November 2005.
... I am unsure of the model number for the Cayman S. Is it classed as a 987, or something else entirely?
The Cayman is not a Boxster, but it still uses the 987 type number. It's based on the Boxster platform, of course, but the Cayman's coupe bodywork means it has a different chassis in terms of configuration and stiffness. The Cayman S is labeled as 987-120 internally, while the regular Cayman that will follow caries (sic) the designation 987-110. The standard 987 Boxster is called the 987-310 within the factory's walls while the Boxster S is the 987-320. So the Cayman won't have its own model-number prefix.
The Cayman is not a Boxster, but it still uses the 987 type number. It's based on the Boxster platform, of course, but the Cayman's coupe bodywork means it has a different chassis in terms of configuration and stiffness. The Cayman S is labeled as 987-120 internally, while the regular Cayman that will follow caries (sic) the designation 987-110. The standard 987 Boxster is called the 987-310 within the factory's walls while the Boxster S is the 987-320. So the Cayman won't have its own model-number prefix.
10-04-2005, 08:59 PM
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Originally Posted by Jim Michaels
Maybe part of our problem is that we just don't like names much; we like numbers better. Using model numbers allows us to keep our insiders' jargon from being inderstood by outsiders; most of whom don't know what numbers like 951, 964, 993, 986, 996, 987, and 997 refer to. Of course, almost everyone knows what a 911 is by now, but Boxster even gives some of us problems.