Tone

I'm not sure where this is covered, but does anyone know how Porsche came up with the 993, 996, 964, names?

Was 993 because the car was first shown in 1993 as a '94 model?...if so, don't know if this still holds for 996 & obviously new 997.

Thanks

Mike in Chi

They were internal project code numbers.

Shant Ohannessian

How do you say "996", 9-9-6 ?? or 9-96 ?? Stupid question i know, but ive heard both many times. For "911" you would say 9-11, but never 9-1-1.

JimBob Jumpback

Shanto,
ol bubba jimbobs gonna helps ya out hare. Ize gunna splain bout howz to sez 993, yuz ganna hava tabe wit me hare. 993 datz itz. ole jimbob evenz gonnz halp yer wit howz to sez 996. readyz 996 anny cauze jimbobz feelinz goodz tisnite, Ize gonnez tellz ya howz to sez 911 otay iz u readyz 911
sodat b preddy easyz uh u wannaz tries againz, cuze ole jimbob knewz itz tuff trian tomember all dos numers hare goez
911 911
993 993
996 996

Rezal

I think I read somewhere that the 911 was initially to be named 901 but Peugeot owned the rights so, as they say, the rest is history...

On another OT subject, the Lotus Elise was supposed to be named Elsie (Chairman Artoli's granddaughter, or was it daughter?) but the memo got mistyped and the Elise was born. Thank god. IMHO naming a car after a cow is worse than naming it after a chili pepper, or a North African nomadic tribe, for that matter.

Shant Ohannessian

Jimbob no offense i didnt understand what you said.
Richard no offense i dont understand German.

993chaz

<img border="0" alt="[hiha]" title="" src="graemlins/roflmao.gif" /> <img border="0" alt="[hiha]" title="" src="graemlins/roflmao.gif" /> Jimbob, you crack me up!! <img border="0" alt="[hiha]" title="" src="graemlins/roflmao.gif" /> <img border="0" alt="[hiha]" title="" src="graemlins/roflmao.gif" />

L23FPorsche

Maybe a better question is what happens after 999.

Nobody says, 9-1-1. Thats for "Poelice". Right, jimbob. Can you say nine, eleven!

Correct on the Peugot 901.

Mark in Baltimore

JimBob - thanks for a good laugh and keeping this board funny.

Shant - I think most people, at least here in the US of A, pronounce 911, "nine eleven", and 964, "nine sixty-four". But I can't recall a single time when somone has called a 993, "nine ninety-three" or a 996, "nine ninety-six". It always seems to be spelled out as individual numbers.

The British often spell out the numbers, too, calling 911, "nine one one" or 964, "nine six four".

Maybe our pals across the pond can corroborate or deny this.

FWIW, in the movie H.E.A.T., Tone Loc, in an attempt to quash other, rival chop shops, tells cop Al Pacino that he "might find two turbos and a nine one one slope" at his competition.

So, okay, the British and rappers, then.

cmoss

Yo! It's language, stop trying to impose logical rules/consistency/etc.. If you were understood correctly, then whatever way you said it was correct.

But that doesn't mean someone didn't laugh at you...

JimBob Jumpback

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cmoss

See what I mean?
Perfectly understandable... Nuttin' wrong wit fo-necktics.

Jack Ennuste

9/11 has special meaning now. Should avoid this naming.

Roygarth

In UK 911 is pronounced 'nine eleven' and is the exception.

All the others are as written eg 996 is 'nine, nine, six'

Piers

Tom

I thought that in Great Britain, it is 9-11 (neun-elf) anf therefore devotees of the car were called "Elfers"