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992 now has a version of BMW's "Bangle Butt" which alienated their loyalists for about ten years a decade ago but secured new customers in new markets for BMW and created more overall sales....good for Porsche VW strategy in the long term, new loyalists can be recruited with this new design as BMW did....
So now a Porsche designer can be famous for a rear end named after them..
Hope this will not be the legacy as Chris Bangle soon resigned after the 7 series horror as BMW soften the lines the next year back in 2001. Many say this was the mess BMW never recovered from. Time will tell .......
992 buyers will be all like "sure it looks a little off but this is really the first 911 that meets my power and performance and ring time needs for my driving, the older and slower models just don't".
And then buy the base model and merge onto the interstate at 45.
992 buyers will be all like "sure it looks a little off but this is really the first 911 that meets my power and performance and ring time needs for my driving, the older and slower models just don't".
And then buy the base model and merge onto the interstate at 45.
Hope this will not be the legacy as Chris Bangle soon resigned after the 7 series horror as BMW soften the lines the next year back in 2001. Many say this was the mess BMW never recovered from. Time will tell .......
THANKS FOR PROVIDING THIS......THEY WENT AFTER A NEW CUSTOMER AND ULTIMATELY SOLD MORE CARS..........PORSCHE IS DOING THE SAME WITH THEIR REACH INTO ASIAN MARKETS...............WITH THEIR LASER GAMEBOY STYLE REAR END................SOME DESIGNER MUST LIKE THE "KARDASHIAN *** EFFECT".........ON A 911...................
I'd love to see someone explain how that qualifies as a form follows function design element...
I read that the fake tips are to detach the bumper from the exhaust system. Apparently this decrease insurance premiums in Germany related to cost to fix fender benders.
I read that the fake tips are to detach the bumper from the exhaust system. Apparently this decrease insurance premiums in Germany related to cost to fix fender benders.
I read the same thing. Overall, save $$ by not having real tips rather than molded holes in the bumper.
I read that the fake tips are to detach the bumper from the exhaust system. Apparently this decrease insurance premiums in Germany related to cost to fix fender benders.
I'd really like to see what "reduction" in insurance premiums there is,....show me the $$$ first before I believe it. I view this more as a cost savings for VW, er Porsche rather than anything else.
Just an easy way for the new unaware buyers to get scammed a bit compared to the outgoing 991. Dazzle them with screens, de-content other areas.....no one will notice......right......
Now the bumper cover is more expensive,....and what about that new little light bar that may now get mashed in a fender bender? I'm sure that will not be a low dollar item. Seems they just traded one thing for another here.
I am a person who is trying to stay positive about the 992 and try to get others to be reasonable with their comments. But even I am not liking the look of this 992 interior...
11-24-2018, 09:00 AM
