Just me, or do you feel that the 1st generations had nicer looking front ends?
10-18-2007, 03:28 PM
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Maybe you guys and gals can weigh in here? But honestly I PREFER the 1st generation front ends over the new Cayennes (excluding Turbo of course). I feel as if the 1st Gen fronts/grill were more....open you know? I am just not digging the lower part of the new front ends with the three partition "cold air intakes" (for lack of a better description)
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And an '04 S:
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However, I DO dig the Cayenne Turbo hood (and the ENTIRE front end appearance for that matter!!) I wonder if the new Turbo hood would be able to fit on my '04 S? Hmmmm.
Example:
And an '04 S:
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However, I DO dig the Cayenne Turbo hood (and the ENTIRE front end appearance for that matter!!) I wonder if the new Turbo hood would be able to fit on my '04 S? Hmmmm.
...agree...
Seems, like they designed CayTT08 for the 90% of a time, and spent 10% on the rest of the Cay model lineup...
...this is what you get, when overworked designer spends TOO MUCH time staring at the same picture for a long time on his PC...he gets "blind"...
...also, ORIGINAL CayS08 front bumper design idea was DIFFERENT and IMHO much better...
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10-18-2007, 06:17 PM
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Back to the initial post, as I've said before, I prefer the old style in every way, and liked the look of the "new" CTT front end much better when it was on the front of my "new" 1991 Nissan 300ZX TT.
10-18-2007, 06:49 PM
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Not sure I follow your logic, Lewis. You've made it clear how you feel about Cayennes on the track. Seems to me that that would be the primary purpose of a RWD "GT" model. To emasculate the capabilities of the Cayenne as an "SUV" would be to further prove my point that what most Cayenne buyers really want is the Porsche nameplate on a RFFJUSW (Really Friggin' Fast Jacked-Up Station Wagon) that they can pretend is a sports car, rather than a true SUV.
Create another Cayenne variant with minimal investment (just remove the AWD and go with RWD), similar to that applied to the Carrera line.
10-18-2007, 07:36 PM
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OK - I no longer own a Cayenne so I would like to think I am not biased here in my opinion that the first generation looked quite a bit better then the current version.
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10-18-2007, 08:59 PM
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I was behind an '08 the other day I notice they also lost the red tail lights that signal yellow. Now they are just red lights that signal red. More cost cutting?
10-18-2007, 09:19 PM
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10-18-2007, 09:22 PM
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10-19-2007, 10:47 AM
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I completely agree and have this discussion with my wife all the time I have an 04 S and we love the front. The reason I went with it over the Mercedes, Range Rover, Lexus etc. is it is really the last of the SUV's with a distinctive styling that is Porsche. Everyone can identify the two bulbous headlights protruding from a slanting hood whether 911 or Cayenne. Now they started to phase that out and make it flatter and the back as well. It is a shame much like the extinction of the old Jaguar which is also a shame.
10-31-2007, 02:51 AM
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...agree...
Seems, like they designed CayTT08 for the 90% of a time, and spent 10% on the rest of the Cay model lineup...
...this is what you get, when overworked designer spends TOO MUCH time staring at the same picture for a long time on his PC...he gets "blind"...
...also, ORIGINAL CayS08 front bumper design idea was DIFFERENT and IMHO much better...
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Seems, like they designed CayTT08 for the 90% of a time, and spent 10% on the rest of the Cay model lineup...
...this is what you get, when overworked designer spends TOO MUCH time staring at the same picture for a long time on his PC...he gets "blind"...
...also, ORIGINAL CayS08 front bumper design idea was DIFFERENT and IMHO much better...
OZRacing