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Old 09-28-2017 | 06:08 PM
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Meh. Saw almost nothing inside or outside that's better than current. Either neutral or worse. Not impress. Some of it is just focus group based fumbling that has nothing to do with the emission nonsense.
Old 10-09-2017 | 03:35 PM
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Some shots of the very 718ish front bumper. Also a whole lot of 959.





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Old 10-09-2017 | 09:49 PM
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Can’t decide if I love or hate the hood cut line.

718 bumper: Bad.
959: Good.
Old 10-09-2017 | 11:21 PM
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Originally Posted by K-A
Can’t decide if I love or hate the hood cut line.

718 bumper: Bad.
959: Good.
Less organic looking hood shape than the 991. It also flattens out the appearance of the fender tops.
Old 10-09-2017 | 11:42 PM
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Flat hood cut line is reminiscent of 1st gen Audi TT.
Old 10-10-2017 | 01:21 AM
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Not a fan of the straight hood cut. Seems out of place with the car's curved lines.
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Old 10-10-2017 | 01:49 AM
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Originally Posted by PJ Cayenne
Less organic looking hood shape than the 991. It also flattens out the appearance of the fender tops.
Yup. It’s the 911 VW would build.
Old 10-10-2017 | 02:24 AM
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Originally Posted by pfan
Not a fan of the straight hood cut. Seems out of place with the car's curved lines.
I see a faint curved hood line in the picture here. Is the straight line a possible camo distraction?
Old 10-10-2017 | 02:25 AM
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I think it looks good. But Porsche has never IMHO gotten the front end of the 911 to look quite right in the water-cooled era. Since '99 they've had to fit large radiators in the front bumper, and cutouts to allow airflow. Just isn't nearly as elegant and clean as, say, a 993 front end.



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man, i really think the 992 shots here look incredibly ugly. that combined with the fact that i've enjoyed driving the N/A cars more than the turbo cars, looks like i may be stuck looking at 991.1s for eternity
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Originally Posted by trayvon
man, i really think the 992 shots here look incredibly ugly. that combined with the fact that i've enjoyed driving the N/A cars more than the turbo cars, looks like i may be stuck looking at 991.1s for eternity
Not a bad eternity.
Old 10-10-2017 | 09:39 AM
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Originally Posted by NA430GTS
I see a faint curved hood line in the picture here. Is the straight line a possible camo distraction?
I think you got it back assward. The faint curved hood line is prob camo, although one can hope.
Old 10-10-2017 | 11:06 AM
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Originally Posted by NA430GTS
I see a faint curved hood line in the picture here. Is the straight line a possible camo distraction?
Nope

Originally Posted by Argon_
I think you got it back assward. The faint curved hood line is prob camo, although one can hope.
Yup.

Straight line is the production panel. The curved line is the disguise to make it appear, at a quick glance, to resemble the current car.
Old 10-10-2017 | 01:11 PM
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The essential headlight pillars keep shrinking and I think Porsche thinks they can get away with it because of fugly abominations like the slant noses and 959. Both were ugly and neither was a 911. The slant nose 911s were the ugliest 911s ever made, and it's as if they're trying to normalize those abominations by gradually sculpting the front to resemble that pinewood derby look. They got the 996 so wrong that there was significant blowback so they made improvements in 997 and 991, but now appear to be going the other way. I'm selfishly glad they're doing this as it removes my desire to trade up, at least to that generation.
Old 10-10-2017 | 01:11 PM
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Originally Posted by pfan
Not a fan of the straight hood cut. Seems out of place with the car's curved lines.
it's not the nicest



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