new Cayman R pics
11-17-2010, 09:12 PM
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11-17-2010, 09:16 PM
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Nor my yellow 993. Except for the cost thing. But you also can't forget that the yellow car can't really function as a street car. Most enjoyable in its element, though!
11-17-2010, 09:29 PM
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Tacking on a measly 10 extra horsepower, leaving off the A/C and not bothering to put in a radio or cupholders doesn't really warrant a $6K upcharge in my book. I can imagine some people saying "But they called it an 'R'!" Big whoop. Definitely not worthy of the model designation IMO. They should have definitely gone much further with it, but I guess they don't want to cannibalize any sales from their sacred cow 911 (of which there are 20 different models according to their website).
Their marketing guy says "The Cayman R is targeted at a performance-minded individual." I want to know who that's buying a new Porsche doesn't fancy themselves a "performance-minded individual?" I guess their marketing strategy is brilliant, tell the public the car with less stuff is for a "performance-minded individual" and charge them an extra $6K. I wish they'd build the marketing around the car rather than the other way around.
Their marketing guy says "The Cayman R is targeted at a performance-minded individual." I want to know who that's buying a new Porsche doesn't fancy themselves a "performance-minded individual?" I guess their marketing strategy is brilliant, tell the public the car with less stuff is for a "performance-minded individual" and charge them an extra $6K. I wish they'd build the marketing around the car rather than the other way around.
11-17-2010, 09:35 PM
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Tacking on a measly 10 extra horsepower, leaving off the A/C and not bothering to put in a radio or cupholders doesn't really warrant a $6K upcharge in my book. I can imagine some people saying "But they called it an 'R'!" Big whoop. Definitely not worthy of the model designation IMO. They should have definitely gone much further with it, but I guess they don't want to cannibalize any sales from their sacred cow 911 (of which there are 20 different models according to their website).
Their marketing guy says "The Cayman R is targeted at a performance-minded individual." I want to know who that's buying a new Porsche doesn't fancy themselves a "performance-minded individual?" I guess their marketing strategy is brilliant, tell the public the car with less stuff is for a "performance-minded individual" and charge them an extra $6K. I wish they'd build the marketing around the car rather than the other way around.
Their marketing guy says "The Cayman R is targeted at a performance-minded individual." I want to know who that's buying a new Porsche doesn't fancy themselves a "performance-minded individual?" I guess their marketing strategy is brilliant, tell the public the car with less stuff is for a "performance-minded individual" and charge them an extra $6K. I wish they'd build the marketing around the car rather than the other way around.
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11-17-2010, 09:42 PM
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Tacking on a measly 10 extra horsepower, leaving off the A/C and not bothering to put in a radio or cupholders doesn't really warrant a $6K upcharge in my book. I can imagine some people saying "But they called it an 'R'!" Big whoop. Definitely not worthy of the model designation IMO. They should have definitely gone much further with it, but I guess they don't want to cannibalize any sales from their sacred cow 911 (of which there are 20 different models according to their website).
Their marketing guy says "The Cayman R is targeted at a performance-minded individual." I want to know who that's buying a new Porsche doesn't fancy themselves a "performance-minded individual?" I guess their marketing strategy is brilliant, tell the public the car with less stuff is for a "performance-minded individual" and charge them an extra $6K. I wish they'd build the marketing around the car rather than the other way around.
Their marketing guy says "The Cayman R is targeted at a performance-minded individual." I want to know who that's buying a new Porsche doesn't fancy themselves a "performance-minded individual?" I guess their marketing strategy is brilliant, tell the public the car with less stuff is for a "performance-minded individual" and charge them an extra $6K. I wish they'd build the marketing around the car rather than the other way around.
11-17-2010, 09:43 PM
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Oh, I see that I'm not the only one old enough to think of RS America here
11-17-2010, 10:44 PM
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They did exactly that. Take and existing car, spend some money on marketing (actually, that's already been done and spent with RS America, etc), squeeze $6K out of it, or, more importantly, sell some units in a line that you are bout to kill... Brilliant!
Oh, I see that I'm not the only one old enough to think of RS America here
Oh, I see that I'm not the only one old enough to think of RS America here
11-17-2010, 11:47 PM
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Years of gossip and waiting for this model and we get this. I like it but Porsche's still holding back......WAY BACK. Porsche will never let a GT3 motor happen so let's get that out of the way, but how about at least the base 3.6 (345HP) out of the 911? The rest of the package, by the sounds of it similar to the Boxster Spyder that seems to have hit the mark, seems to be spot on. Porsche seems to perpetually hold back on it's mid-engined platform which is sad.
11-17-2010, 11:49 PM
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