Perhaps what is most worrying about this is where this spy photo was taken. Most prototype Porsches get spied on the Nurburgring, or the Autobahn, or in the Sahara somewhere near Dakar.
Not this one, though. This one's 'special'. Santa Barbara.
It gets tested in the only environment it will EVER see: upscale, chic suburbia populated by ultra hipsters, the ultra rich, and the beach bum crowd.
Not that I'd mind a pair of bikini clad babes hopping out of a Porsche, don't get me wrong.
No, it's not the car that offends me the most in this situation (although it's not exactly helping my morale on this cold November day, either). It's that Porsche is now admitting it is going to make something that will never be any good in any kind of performance scenario whatsoever - so they've brought it to the land of sun, surf, shades and sycophants.
It's a shame really that Walter Rohrl doesn't have a degree in business to go with his immense driving prowess. Then he could be in charge of the complete model line strategy and we wouldn't have to deal with any of this nonsense, filler shite.
@ThreeLitre: Hardly. I live in Ventura just 26 miles south of Santa Barbara. BMW does most of their North American testing in Ventura County as their PDI station is at Port Hueneme, where most of the German imports come through for the west coast of America. BMW Designworks is in Newbury Park. I see camo'd BMWs at least twice a week.
VWoA/Audi/Porsche have a building in Westlake Village where they do some testing, I see a lot of their pre-production cars as well.
Reason? Well, Southern California offers a vast geography of mountains, hot, cold, deserts, beaches, etc, etc.
I am laying bets down that that is the next gen Cayenne. The hood is hiding the same lines as the Panamera. The A an B pillars look like the same on the current gen. It will have a more curved back end compared to the current gen.
Porsche is just causing a buzz by running this thing around with the cladding.
Maybe at some point Porsche's new overlords decide to bring a Fiesta-sized supermini to market with a price under $35,000.
They could either call it the Porsche Gecko, in keeping with the reptile theme started with Cayman; or the Porsche Pimento, in keeping with the pepper one.
I can't believe how diluted the brand has become. In fact, no doubt pretty soon they'll end up releasing a lightweight, rear-engined, air-cooled sports car, maybe with a flat-four.
@günter macbeetle, codename: chrystlubitshi: It's all thanks to my Mercedes-Benz overlords and their choice of webfilter. I could disappear at any moment, perhaps in the middle of a sentan
I suspect that in application, this will be genius. Looking at the higne angle, to seems like the doors will swing up, forward, and maybe in toward the car. Sort of like scissor or butterfly doors that actually get out of the way.
Because once you have the prick market cornered, you have to start building vehicles that apply to their ex-wives, too. Something about a "sphere of influence"
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Not this one, though. This one's 'special'. Santa Barbara.
It gets tested in the only environment it will EVER see: upscale, chic suburbia populated by ultra hipsters, the ultra rich, and the beach bum crowd.
Not that I'd mind a pair of bikini clad babes hopping out of a Porsche, don't get me wrong.
No, it's not the car that offends me the most in this situation (although it's not exactly helping my morale on this cold November day, either). It's that Porsche is now admitting it is going to make something that will never be any good in any kind of performance scenario whatsoever - so they've brought it to the land of sun, surf, shades and sycophants.
It's a shame really that Walter Rohrl doesn't have a degree in business to go with his immense driving prowess. Then he could be in charge of the complete model line strategy and we wouldn't have to deal with any of this nonsense, filler shite.
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VWoA/Audi/Porsche have a building in Westlake Village where they do some testing, I see a lot of their pre-production cars as well.
Reason? Well, Southern California offers a vast geography of mountains, hot, cold, deserts, beaches, etc, etc.
So, in short, your theory is ridiculous.
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I like this more than the Cayenne. But can we talk about that pinched schnozz?
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Porsche is just causing a buzz by running this thing around with the cladding.
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They could either call it the Porsche Gecko, in keeping with the reptile theme started with Cayman; or the Porsche Pimento, in keeping with the pepper one.
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Nah, that wouldn't sell at all.
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And you spelled senten
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Z1.
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"Mommy, daddy's car has a nicer back seat."
"Oh yeah?"