2020 NEXT GENERATION 992 SPY PICS & RELEASE
07-22-2018, 12:38 PM
#1892
Rennlist Member
Thanks for posting those pics. Saw the test mule crew yesterday on the north side of GGB, going into the headlands. Wish I had gotten a closer look. I wonder if that back bumper has been finalized. It’s a bit hefty looking.
07-22-2018, 02:28 PM
#1893
Race Director
Thread Starter
Originally Posted by michaelp
Thanks for posting those pics. Saw the test mule crew yesterday on the north side of GGB, going into the headlands. Wish I had gotten a closer look. I wonder if that back bumper has been finalized. It’s a bit hefty looking.
07-22-2018, 02:33 PM
#1895
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Thanks for the additonal pics. I guess we will see how popular the design is after the launch and then sales numbers. From what I am seeing, I’ll keep my 991.
One more note. Right now we have a 17’ 911 and 17’ BMW X3. Our plan was to trade the X3 in a few years for a Cayenne, but there is no way I want two vehicles that look similar from the rear end. I wonder how many people they will deter from buying an additional Porsche.
One more note. Right now we have a 17’ 911 and 17’ BMW X3. Our plan was to trade the X3 in a few years for a Cayenne, but there is no way I want two vehicles that look similar from the rear end. I wonder how many people they will deter from buying an additional Porsche.
07-22-2018, 03:41 PM
#1897
Drifting
Hey great pics STG, thank you!!! Overall I do NOT like the look. Something just says "I have gained wait and I am no longer an athlete or a Porsche sports car". STG you hit the nail on the head when you mentioned that they brought in other feathers from the other models. This is lacking the classic 911 attractiveness.. Even if it drives amazing I will not buy an expensive car if when I walk away I don't turn back to check it out because it looks so fine. This 992 is looking weak for now. Normally I would not be negative. I am a very positive person but I am disappointed in both the rear look and the front look. The profile looks decent except the mirrors. The sound on the above video was muted and feminine, totally unmanly. Go listen to a Corvette or Jaguar, cheaper costing cars but sound so much better than our beloved 911. It is sad to me.
I have owned a 911 or two every year since 1978; that's 30 years of driving 911s and now I am seriously thinking of keeping my 991.1 GTS Cab for a long time. Obviously we need to wait and see the car in person before we pass judgment. The exhaust sound, if they improved on it, could sway most of us to go for it but the examples so far have been more like VW Motors is building our 911.
I have owned a 911 or two every year since 1978; that's 30 years of driving 911s and now I am seriously thinking of keeping my 991.1 GTS Cab for a long time. Obviously we need to wait and see the car in person before we pass judgment. The exhaust sound, if they improved on it, could sway most of us to go for it but the examples so far have been more like VW Motors is building our 911.
...or even 40 years of driving 911s.
Doesn’t time fly...!! 
07-22-2018, 11:05 PM
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07-22-2018, 11:10 PM
#1899
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I dont why why this would bother anyone..stick on PDK and auto cars are ornamental anyway.. you have paddles..but then again I have only had manual cars and don’t see the need for giant stick like in my wife’s Macan
07-23-2018, 02:33 AM
#1901
Instructor
07-23-2018, 05:09 AM
#1902
Here you go :-)
07-23-2018, 07:40 AM
#1903
07-23-2018, 10:36 AM
#1904
Three Wheelin'
Spot on Captainkirk. I've been thinking for weeks about where I've seen that design before, and your remarks triggered it. A Braun shaver !
https://www.core77.com/posts/24437/a...-shavers-24437
https://www.core77.com/posts/24437/a...-shavers-24437
But they spend all that R&D money to improve the PDK shifter, and now the Porsche bean counters, decide lets put a shaver for a stick. Seriously <insert Profanity>.
Did they hire non 911 enthusiasts into the company or hire hipsters and they decided to put a beard trimmer.
Did they hire non 911 enthusiasts into the company or hire hipsters and they decided to put a beard trimmer.
07-23-2018, 11:30 AM
#1905
Awesome vid, capture entire fleet of upcoming Porsche models. Is that a GT4 and a Boxster Spyder I’m seeing?