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Suffolk944
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Sounds lovely and will look better when they give it a proper coat of paint rather than leave it covered in primer. [8|]
mik_ok
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Not for me thanks.
I don't think the retro ducktail suits the 997 at all, and the interior is truly honking. See HERE. Why can't Porsche do coloured leather without it looking like they've exploded a paint bomb inside? That would look good with a black dash and steering wheel.....
And at a surely-taking-the-weewee £140k I'll take a simply slobbersome 997.2 GT3 and spend the £60k savings on trips to Spa. And beer.
Agree it sounds fantastic.
I don't think the retro ducktail suits the 997 at all, and the interior is truly honking. See HERE. Why can't Porsche do coloured leather without it looking like they've exploded a paint bomb inside? That would look good with a black dash and steering wheel.....
And at a surely-taking-the-weewee £140k I'll take a simply slobbersome 997.2 GT3 and spend the £60k savings on trips to Spa. And beer.
Agree it sounds fantastic.
sawood12
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I think it is stunning. I think the colour is actually white and not primer grey - all other pics i've seen of it is is white, and I really like the same colour Satin/Matt stripes. Interior isn't too bad to my eye - though not what i'd spec if i'd have a choice. I agree the price is crazy - i'd have a GT3 or turbo over this any day. Porsche really have their pricing strategy screwed up, I know this is a limited edition and on a limited production run so is targetting the speculators, but I really don't think it'll work. But the duck-tail is a nice retro feature and I actually think it looks OK.
sawood12
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Still looks white to my eye! Though the interior is grey and brown. Actually those seats are not far off the colour of my sofa in my lounge. Porsche do have a history of a few nasty colours both inside and out.
I wish I had £140k in my pocket. I could raise it, but I don't think my wife and kids would like living in a Porsche!
I wish I had £140k in my pocket. I could raise it, but I don't think my wife and kids would like living in a Porsche!
Suffolk944
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Holy moly that is very brown. I could live with the seats but not all the rest of the interior the same colour. I guess its meant to be retro but thats just too much for my tastes. I agree there are some hideous interiors in modern Porsches and theres another one. My next spare £140k will be going elsewhere !
I think the exterior is as nice as the interior isn't. Faeces brown!?! [
][:'(][][][:'(] It will go down in legend along side Silver Rose pink tartan.
Porsche certainly enjoy ploughing their own furrow as far as interior colours are concerned. Let us not forget Bottle Tan Orange leather and all the various reincarnations of maroon. But then I guess it is only to be expected from a Company that insist on putting the engine in the wrong place.
][:'(][][][:'(] It will go down in legend along side Silver Rose pink tartan.Porsche certainly enjoy ploughing their own furrow as far as interior colours are concerned. Let us not forget Bottle Tan Orange leather and all the various reincarnations of maroon. But then I guess it is only to be expected from a Company that insist on putting the engine in the wrong place.
Paul Fraser
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Thought it looked ok, actually, but non-neutral colours always bring out a taste response from everyone. I think it is hard to look at a interior colour like this, which looks fine new, without filtering it through all the other older cars we have seen whose interior has aged badly.
I think they blew the Fuchs styling on the wheels: the wheel stems are parallel whereas the originals are teardrop shaped. They should have stayed with the latter for lineage reasons as well as the fact it would have suited the new car better (which has a lot of curves rather than straight lines).
As for £142k they really have to be joking, who in there right mind is going to pay twice the base price for a tarted up model?
I think they blew the Fuchs styling on the wheels: the wheel stems are parallel whereas the originals are teardrop shaped. They should have stayed with the latter for lineage reasons as well as the fact it would have suited the new car better (which has a lot of curves rather than straight lines).
As for £142k they really have to be joking, who in there right mind is going to pay twice the base price for a tarted up model?
Might be the only one who actually likes the interior. Brown is a leathery kind of colour isnt it? Out leather sofa is brown, bit darker than that I guess.
Exterior is a bit too hommagey, like the 'new beetle' it apes the style without reflecting the purpose. Ducktail looks narrow to my mind, also jars with the rear lights and they've gone and put a brake light in it too.
Exterior is a bit too hommagey, like the 'new beetle' it apes the style without reflecting the purpose. Ducktail looks narrow to my mind, also jars with the rear lights and they've gone and put a brake light in it too.
appletonn
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ORIGINAL: MarkK
I like it including the wheels,would prefer the new Gt3 to drive though(which is handy[
(The GT3 ends up pretty much 90k by the time u add the bits you need to make it resellable and if you want clubsport, Phone,Nav etc)
Rub it in, why don't you...[8|][
]If you ever need anyone to look after your new toy (once it arrives) whilst you're busy with all of your 944 turbos, then I'd be only too happy to oblige![
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So when is Porsche going to retro the 924/944/968 in modern guise?
PSH
PCGB Member
Now wouldn't that be something.. trouble is it's been an ongoing battle between the 911 mind set and the far more superior engine in the front brigade for many years.
The 911 is what's known as technology winning over design and has been since it's creation. Don't get me wrong they are fine cars and have their place but what winds me up are the many underhanded actions to make the 911 seem better than for example the 944 turbo. Just look at the results from what used to be called the Porsche Michelin Cup to see just how superior the 944 turbo was against even the 996 GT3, for those who have the time look up the history of the last few years that the 944 was allowed to compete in the series, where weight was added, tyres where changed etc etc.. Porsche did everything to stop a 944 turbo from being not only on pole but winning the races too.
I was a keen follower of the series back then so know the results from being there and seeing it with my own eyes, plus a certain 944 owner raced in the series so the inside tricks were known too.
Anyway.. rant over... back to being chilled ... after all we don't want everyone to know the secret about the 944 now do we.....[
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