Auto Branding Adventures, audio, porsche, stereo

Porsche Audio System Doesn't Explode, Fortunately

While Porsche isn't busy exploding factories, it continues to adventure into the world of branding with a sexy audio system. Porsche took the minimalist approach with setup. It has no unnecessary buttons or displays. The front is a sheet of black acrylic glass, with the rest of the body crafted from brushed aluminum. Now why can't I get a car made entirely of stuff like that?

Porsche's system supports the iPod and other MP3 players via a auxiliary input and includes 1.5-inch speakers implemented in the front three control knobs. Also included in a 3-inch subwoofer. Given that the audio system seems to be primarily an AM/FM player, it was nice for Porsche to include RDS, or radio data system that can display artist and title information for FM radio. It's available for a very hefty $800. [Pro-Idee via TRFJ]

2:45 PM on Mon Feb 25 2008
By Travis Hudson
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workingonyourinvoice at 02:50 PM on 02/25/08
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The antenna's a photoshop, right?

Right?
Bentos, Der Frischmacher! at 02:57 PM on 02/25/08
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Their Marketing stragedy is to get 2 guys in a white Astro van to drive around parking lots and......
graverobber- Same... at 03:02 PM on 02/25/08
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Speakers in the knobs? Telescopic antenna? 3-inch subwoofer? 800 samolians? Yeah, I think I'm going to have to say no. Maybe if it fired tennis balls out of the speakers. Maybe.
Ash78 at 03:02 PM on 02/25/08
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@Bento: Porsche monkeys?
Solo_Racer at 03:02 PM on 02/25/08
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@workingonyourinvoice: God, I hope so. Looks like the one that comes on a Grundig world band radio you'd use in the Southern Ocean.
qwerk at 03:06 PM on 02/25/08
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Shouldn't the speakers be mounted in the rear?
b33g33 at 03:37 PM on 02/25/08
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Its obviously modeled after a TFC level III sentry gun. Those boys from Zuffenhausen are very active in Half-life based online games.
teargas at 04:34 PM on 02/25/08
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Maybe the reason you can't get a car like that is that Porsche Design doesn't make cars.
workingonyourinvoice at 05:02 PM on 02/25/08
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And where does one get this semi-translucent 5G iPod?
Unevolved: Whoop! at 06:29 PM on 02/25/08
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"It has no unnecessary buttons[...]"

Then how is it Porsche-themed?
laxman15 at 06:47 PM on 02/25/08
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yeah my computer monitor is a Porsche. Its the greatest. I can go around telling people I own a porsche.