Since Jimi Hendrix himself drove a Corvette, it's kind of ironic seeing a Porsche ad talking about snacking on Corvettes with a string-quartet sawing away at "Purple Haze" in the background. However, Porsche's utter lack of late-80s car-ad cheepnis is refreshing; no feathered hair, leg warmers, or tape-stripe "performance" editions. And a 5.7-second 0-60 time was pretty good for the era.

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