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They got rid of the smoking package which gave the nice covered little cubby? It looks like it is replaced by the basketball hoop size cup holder which doubles as a kfc chicken bucket holder.
lets all jump in and beat this dead horse, here's my contribution -
so you would have to first press the P button under the new plug in shaver, and then reach down, pass the giant cup holder for those who order extra large big mac meals at mcdonalds, and then press another P button to engage the e brake?
hey of all the features that everyone says was designed with China in mind, the big gulp cupholder/big mac holder is surely targeted for the USA market. No one else has take out drinks that big
lets all jump in and beat this dead horse, here's my contribution -
so you would have to first press the P button under the new plug in shaver, and then reach down, pass the giant cup holder for those who order extra large big mac meals at mcdonalds, and then press another P button to engage the e brake?
Or just turn off the engine, let park and the e-brake engage automatically, grab your fast food, and attempt to extract your fat *** from the car...
my god the whining. If you don't like the design, don't buy it. Porsche doesn't care one way or another since plenty of people (yes in china) will line up to buy it.
You hit the nail on the head. Companies don't design products for the stagnant US market anymore, where prime buyers (millennials) are too squeezed by student loans and housing costs. If you want to know why the car is so seemingly illogically designed, it is because it was designed to appeal to the asian market. None of the executives and marketing people at Porsche care what you people in the USA think about the car.
just trim... which makes it even more frustrating that they put it there. cheap shiny black plastic is my single least favorite design element in a car interior.
Mine happens to be the awful "tablets stuck on the dash" infotainment look, but anything finished in gloss is a close second...
It's only removable, and the shame is that if you'd purchase the "smoker package", unlike the 991 where you had that emply spot closeable (for the coins i.e.), you have an ugly ashtray...
WTF had smoke the designer that night?!?!
Better question is, where's the lighter?
I like smoking package in 991 because it lets me have additional USB charging ports in a convenient location.
FYI, on the Macan the parking brake won't activate when driving. In the same spot pretty much. That's the least of the issues here with the 992 design.
hey of all the features that everyone says was designed with China in mind, the big gulp cupholder/big mac holder is surely targeted for the USA market. No one else has take out drinks that big
I'm all in on the big gulp holder. Nothing like a nice tall Diet Coke on ice for a good long drive*. Come at me!
It's almost like they had the Pano in mind and forgot to put lit up soft touch buttons on the cheap black plastic. All this time during the spy pics I thought they planned to mimic the Pano. Very odd. There isn't a option to make it aluminum or wood either. There is sure to be after market parts for that soon.
Frankly I don't care, just kind of sad because someday I might want to own one and that whole area will be a mess, it won't wear well.
The whole reason they went to the 3.0 liter engine was for the Chinese market. Now the center console nubbin clearly is for the Chinese market. ha ha Hmmm...but they hold the reveal in Los Angeles.
The door sills are tacky with the label...liked the old one better. Need to improve that.
FIX THE NUBBIN - I shift with my PDK lever all the time in my Turbo.
Or just turn off the engine, let park and the e-brake engage automatically, grab your fast food, and attempt to extract your fat *** from the car...
Let park? How do i "let park" in this without pressing one of the two P buttons?
Also the macan e brake in similar position as the "park" button of the 992, not where its e brake P button is
My thing is if they are gonna take out the shifter they might as well have gone all the way and taken the whole thing out, and give some space back in the center column area like mercedes. But i guess they were also constrained by the need to leave space there for the manual cars.
compromising the design to encompass two very distinct use cases, the single best way to sacrifice quality
Please see this pic. There is absolutely no reason to go with this functionality. Where did German logic go? now, I have to press P to put the car in Park. I do not do this with my other cars; just move the stick in position. Why an extra useless step. The location of electric handbrake option is in the worst possible location; makes accidental tapping very high. Worse is sometimes, coffee gets spilled - guess where it will land? - on the button. Who is the "super genius" for this design logic?
Aren't the best Porsche customers have some pull with Porsche Management?
We all can do something about this....
I'm not fond of the 992 interior... but this thread is stupid. Take the time to understand what's going on instead of crying like a baby.
There's no extra step in putting the car in park. You just come to a stop and push the park button. Most cars with electronic shifters are like this... this isn't some 992 exclusive thing.
Secondly you won't trigger the parking brake accidentally while driving. Firstly if you rest your hand on the parking brake switch and happened to apply enough force down to push the button... you'd be disengaging it... not applying the parking brake. Secondly if you pull up on the switch (quickly) while driving... the parking brake is designed not to engage while in motion.
The whole reason they went to the 3.0 liter engine was for the Chinese market. Now the center console nubbin clearly is for the Chinese market. ha ha Hmmm...but they hold the reveal in Los Angeles.
They hold the reveal in LA but the time of the reveal suits the Chinese market. 😉
It seems like they could have just carried over the new Panamera shifter, which has "manual" mode and better placement of the park and brake buttons, although the brake button probably has to be elsewhere to accommodate the MT shifter. This is a crude render but it seems like it could have worked, so why remove the manual shift feature that so many like and some really need when the paddles aren't in the right place...
11-29-2018, 06:57 PM
