OMG - REAR Boxster Coupe looks better than 997 Rear!
08-05-2004, 10:21 PM
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Originally Posted by Adrienne
Rear lines look like a Hyundai Tiburon to me. Yuck!
08-06-2004, 01:31 AM
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This is the boxster Coupe that I've been expecting...
http://bmw.theautobahn.com/modules.p...view_photo.php
http://bmw.theautobahn.com/modules.p...view_photo.php
08-06-2004, 02:10 AM
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Hey 993Dave,
A picture of the famous "Pig of Plastique" from Satch Carlson! What ever happened to him? The last I heard/read was he was writing for Roundel after Autoweek and I last had a BMW and was in the club in '93. "What a looong strange trip it's been" !!!!!!
A picture of the famous "Pig of Plastique" from Satch Carlson! What ever happened to him? The last I heard/read was he was writing for Roundel after Autoweek and I last had a BMW and was in the club in '93. "What a looong strange trip it's been" !!!!!!
08-06-2004, 02:35 AM
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Bruce: you know far more about this than I do ... but after some quick consultation with my research assistant, Mr. Google, I'm pretty sure it's not Carlson's car. It is a Sonnet, though, and in pretty nice condition.
On the Boxster again: The pictures Mike linked to are ones I had seen before, and I thought the car looked pretty nice. Part of the reason, IMO, is because they used a quarter window that is consistent with the brand (i.e., 911-esque). This new prototype has an unattractive quarter window that shares nothing with the family of cars from which it arose. Even a 944-style window would be preferable, in my mind. Well, the Porsche folks got it pretty close to right with the 997; I'm willing to believe that they can figure out how not to screw up the Boxster coupe.
On the Boxster again: The pictures Mike linked to are ones I had seen before, and I thought the car looked pretty nice. Part of the reason, IMO, is because they used a quarter window that is consistent with the brand (i.e., 911-esque). This new prototype has an unattractive quarter window that shares nothing with the family of cars from which it arose. Even a 944-style window would be preferable, in my mind. Well, the Porsche folks got it pretty close to right with the 997; I'm willing to believe that they can figure out how not to screw up the Boxster coupe.
08-06-2004, 09:25 AM
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If those are real pictures of the boxster, it's weird looking, looks like they stole the design from somewhere, I've seen it before, just can't remember where.
