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FrankGrimes
11/24/09

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I was hoping it was a smaller lighter 4 banger boxster.
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Pessimippopotamus
11/24/09

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Wasn't it revealed that the Roxster doesn't exist and that it's just the next gen Cayenne mule, which is smaller than the current one?
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ThreeLitre
11/24/09

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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.
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Mr4Runner
11/24/09

@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.

So, in short, your theory is ridiculous.
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ThreeLitre
11/24/09

@Mr4Runner: I stand corrected.
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Van Sarockin, rogue trebuchet
11/24/09

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Porsche shooting brake? Tell me more.

I like this more than the Cayenne. But can we talk about that pinched schnozz?
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Steve_in_NC
11/24/09

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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.
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Turboner
11/24/09

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The "crossover" is a sellout. EPMD said so, it must be true.
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Mobius
11/24/09

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Suddenly, the Bangle 5 series looks like the prettiest car in the world.
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Alfisted
11/24/09

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Get a brain, Murans!
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bacon117
11/24/09

@Alfisted: Aren't Murans the particles the LHC is after?
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AmishJohn
11/24/09

@bacon117: No, it's hadrons. Of which male drivers of this travesty won't be able to get without little blue pills.
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bacon117
11/24/09

@AmishJohn: So you're saying that people with hadrons are dyslexic?
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AmishJohn
11/24/09

@bacon117: Well, dyslexic physicists are looking for the Dog Particle...
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bmoreDLJ
11/24/09

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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.
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DoogieFullHouser
11/24/09

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Pretty soon Porsche is going to do an economic study of their line-up and find that the 911 is not financially viable because of some weird overhead allocation.

They'll kill the 911, the brand will die, slowly cutting models down, shedding parts of the company. Then when I am about to have my midlife crisis, Porsche will declare bankruptcy.

They will then be bought by some Chinese company that will relaunch Porsche with only the 911, marketing it as a pure sports car company. I will buy one and the cycle will be complete.
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JC Whitless
11/24/09

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This looks overpriced. I can tell from the pixels and have seen a few overpriced cars in my time.
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oddfish
11/24/09

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Whatever it takes to keep selling 911s, I suppose.
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Mobius
11/24/09

@oddfish: Well, what about, um, I dunno, selling 911s?

:)
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Rust-MyEnemy
11/24/09

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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.

Nah, that wouldn't sell at all.
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günter macbeetle, codename: chrystlubitshi
11/24/09

@Rust-MyEnemy: you should have gotten that heart clicky long ago... it's good to see you back around these parts again!
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Rust-MyEnemy
11/24/09

@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
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GreenN_Gold
11/24/09

@Rust-MyEnemy: I face the same possible fate. I'm at their mercy.

And you spelled senten
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Rust-MyEnemy
11/24/09

@GreenN_Gold: Nah, it's like doing jail time here....
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Ash78, tryptophanatic
11/24/09

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They could call it Fuguan, which is a cross between Fugly and Tiguan!
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