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Rasta Monsta · Joined: 12 Jul 2006 Posts: 11733 Location: PacNW

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morghen · Joined: 21 Jan 2005 Posts: 9095 Location: Romania

wow....everything else in the automotion news just turned to shit when i've seen this thing !

simply wow ! i wonder the costs tho..
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JayZzzz4 · Joined: 23 Sep 2008 Posts: 544 Location: Milwaukee, WI USA

Crazy mirrors on that, they should be cameras for a LCD screen inside.
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fiat22turbo · Joined: 18 Jan 2006 Posts: 4040 Location: Portland, OR

Yes, but can it be driven like this?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gnKARl8HJjY

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1979 924 Carrera GTS (clone-ish)
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Slam · Posted: Wed Mar 03, 2010 6:31 am Post subject:

Delicious. Saw pics this morning and was just blown away. Porsche is back on top! Yay!
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Khal · Posted: Wed Mar 03, 2010 7:59 am Post subject:

Way cooler than Cayenne (cough... hack... spit) hybrid. Unfortunately, I know which one they'll build...

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Nein37 · Joined: 29 Dec 2009 Posts: 513 Location: New London, CT

I don't really like it. I was hoping they would unveil a new 4 cylinder model... a modernized 944 would have been much more interesting to me. This looks too much like ALL the other modern "supercars".

Not to mention that the obsession with more and more hp has just gotten REALLY long in the tooth. We are way beyond the point of usable and safe power outputs, it'd be nice to pull down the huge expectations we have of MORE, MOR, MORE and do more with less again. With gas prices where they are, and fears of global climate change becoming a reality, even car companies like Porsche ought to be downsizing engines and cars not making them bigger. Wow... its soooo light... only 3280lbs.

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rat · Posted: Wed Mar 03, 2010 11:05 am Post subject:

I do tend to agree. The cars that really interest me are the classics: sprite, TR4/6 Spitfire. The only newer cars that even slightly interest me are the suzuki cappuchino, and the lotus elise.

As you can see, apart from the TR6, I'm a fan of light weight chuckability over pure grunt.

The porsche was just a more practical car I could still enjoy chucking through some corners.

Then again, a little extra torque never hurts

Khal · Posted: Wed Mar 03, 2010 11:18 am Post subject:

fiat22turbo · Joined: 18 Jan 2006 Posts: 4040 Location: Portland, OR

There's always 356 replicas and Lotus Seven clones (Locost, Westfield, Caterham, etc). Plus various other Kit manufacturers (Ginetta, Factory Five, etc)

somewhere in there is the lightweight sportscar you want. Otherwise, thanks to the safety nonsense that have to have in the cars these days, the lightweight car is becoming a thing of the past, so to counteract that weight, more power is needed (which also a great selling point for the uninformed consumer)
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1979 924 Carrera GTS (clone-ish)
1988 944 Turbo S (Silver Rose)

Paul · Posted: Wed Mar 03, 2010 11:44 am Post subject:

Anyone hear a price, it's got to be north of $500,000?
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Paul · Posted: Wed Mar 03, 2010 11:47 am Post subject:

Show me another 500 hp V8 sports car with 4WD that weighs less. Let alone the weight of a liquid cooled battery and 2 electric motors making 218 hp.
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White 87 924S "Ghost"
Silver 98 986 3.6l 320 HP "Frank N Stein"
White 01 986 "Christine"
Polar Silver 02 996TT. "Turbo"
Owned and repaired 924s since 1977
Porsche: It's not driving, it's therapy.

Khal · Posted: Wed Mar 03, 2010 11:51 am Post subject:

fiat22turbo · Joined: 18 Jan 2006 Posts: 4040 Location: Portland, OR

and your point is? Twice the power and better efficiency should be a given after so many years. Lets face it, the 924 used an archaic fuel injection system and an archaic engine design. At the time it was cheap and available.

Just look at what Honda and Toyota are able to get from smaller motors these days. The addition of variable intake systems, variable valve lift and/or variable cam timing systems helps broaden the power curve which is always a good thing and allows for more finite control of the combustion events, which is also important for emissions and/or efficiency.

I'm happy with older cars as there is a lot of simplicity that makes working on them almost zen like. However, I also understand that they have their limitations and that advancements in technology means that newer cars will almost always have advantages.
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1979 924 Carrera GTS (clone-ish)
1988 944 Turbo S (Silver Rose)

daniel · Joined: 18 Jun 2009 Posts: 686 Location: Sydney, Australia