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No... This is from Goodwood. The one you are talking about has the Bose radio which was used for the NY debut, Porsche Parade and on display at PCNA.
I didn't even catch the radio delete in the picture. After seeing the PCNA car, if I was in the market I would be hesitant to option the buckets. That is of course you are able to option them.
I’m a bit mystified by the Spyder timing myself. I don’t understand the motivation for releasing the car so soon after the GT4. Judging by the availability issues for the LWB & PTS, it seems like Porsche was not ready for prime time. On the other hand if they had been ready, and if reception had been more enthusiastic, then it could have overshadowed the GT4 debut. I’m not quite seeing what the plan was here ...
From what I see, I don't think the timing is wrong. In fact, it had to be now since 981.2 is imminent; and, the window for 981 Spyder is short. The product and production schedule are 'just-in-time' and super tight. I suspect the problems are unforeseen and uncharacteristic (for the modern Porsche). These are just glitches. We shouldn't fret over. In fact, kudos to the product team for stalling the process as opposed to releasing a poor quality one.
I wouldn't consider the pics an update seeing how they still show LWBs.
They are beautiful pics though, especially those side views!
And the article sounds like the yellow car seen at Goodwood from the authors description of the interior.
Last edited by GTautoDesign; 07-01-2015 at 08:35 AM.
From what I see, I don't think the timing is wrong. In fact, it had to be now since 981.2 is imminent; and, the window for 981 Spyder is short. The product and production schedule are 'just-in-time' and super tight. I suspect the problems are unforeseen and uncharacteristic (for the modern Porsche). These are just glitches. We shouldn't fret over. In fact, kudos to the product team for stalling the process as opposed to releasing a poor quality one.
The Spyder window is only short if it closes as soon the 981.2 is released. I haven’t seen anything that makes me believe this will be the case.
In any case, all of this is entirely within Porsche’s control, so if the window is short, that is an artificial constraint created by Porsche’s own planning. That makes it even worse – not only did they schedule an extremely tight window that necessitated perfect execution, but they then blew the execution. I’m not handing out kudos for this one ...
06-30-2015, 06:13 PM
