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Old 09-22-2018, 12:26 PM
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Old 09-22-2018, 01:24 PM
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Originally Posted by HenryPcar
Nice, looks very Porsche and yet modernistic. Not sure I care much for the headlights though.
If this was the 992 coming next year, I'd sell my 2018 C4S in a heartbeat. This is where I think the cross-platform styling ques should come from. The Taycan, not the Macan..

This is the 911 of the future
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Old 09-22-2018, 05:36 PM
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Originally Posted by HenryPcar
Nice, looks very Porsche and yet modernistic. Not sure I care much for the headlights though.
In this mocked up image, the front lights are cut and pasted directly from the Mission E/Taycan.
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Old 09-22-2018, 06:55 PM
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Originally Posted by HenryPcar
Nice, looks very Porsche and yet modernistic. Not sure I care much for the headlights though.
911 by Nissan
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Old 09-22-2018, 07:07 PM
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HELL YES on the square hood.

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Old 09-22-2018, 09:55 PM
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HELL YES on the square hood.



Would it have killed them to at least line up the hood with the fender / bumper seam?
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Old 09-22-2018, 11:28 PM
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Originally Posted by blepski
Would it have killed them to at least line up the hood with the fender / bumper seam?
Seriously. Kills the whole aesthetic point of the square hood.
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Old 09-23-2018, 12:14 AM
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Seriously. Kills the whole aesthetic point of the square hood.
I fear this 992 has missed the point of many things along with the aesthetic point of the square hood...
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Old 09-23-2018, 12:56 PM
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Am I the only one who hates the 21" rears?
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Old 09-23-2018, 01:10 PM
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Originally Posted by blepski
Would it have killed them to at least line up the hood with the fender / bumper seam?
I can't see any possible reasoning for that "design choice". I'm sure there will be some justification from Porsche (as always), but it's just plain bad design.

Even if I could get used to the rest of the car, I'd always see this and it would bug me to death.
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Old 09-23-2018, 01:19 PM
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Im willing to wager the hood line is a result of moving the engine forward and keeping the interior space the same. There is a huge pressure from us fanboys not to make it any bigger, so they prob said, "F it" we will just tuck in the front bumper
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Old 09-23-2018, 03:11 PM
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Originally Posted by Rennolazine
Im willing to wager the hood line is a result of moving the engine forward and keeping the interior space the same. There is a huge pressure from us fanboys not to make it any bigger, so they prob said, "F it" we will just tuck in the front bumper
Good guess. ...or maybe they just made the frunk a little bigger to accommodate future AWD hybrids?
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Old 09-23-2018, 07:37 PM
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Originally Posted by rick brooklyn
Am I the only one who hates the 21" rears?
No. They make it look like a funny car.

The only question is whether they're trying to turn the 911 into a Panamera or a Macan. I like some aspects of the new design but there are also a lot of highly questionable calls. Of course we still haven't seen the real thing in all its glory yet.
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Old 09-23-2018, 09:01 PM
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Originally Posted by Rennolazine
Im willing to wager the hood line is a result of moving the engine forward and keeping the interior space the same. There is a huge pressure from us fanboys not to make it any bigger, so they prob said, "F it" we will just tuck in the front bumper
Highly doubt this. Those kind of hard points are fixed a long time ago, it would be easy to change the hood stamping If they wanted. There is a reason. Either a curious aesthetic choice, or something to do with manufacturing.
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Old 09-23-2018, 10:06 PM
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Originally Posted by Argon_
HELL YES on the square hood.

They could've aligned hood seam with fender to bumper seam. Wtf with that half an inch protrusion.
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