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I would tend to agree with this.
I also think they photograph considerably better with the top up. The doors aren't very deep and this gets accentuated with the longish overhangs of the 986 and the smaller side air inlets. With the top up it seems to somehow help mask some of the weaker points of the design. Of course for a vehicle that was designed probably 20 years ago now I'd say it does pretty well. Abbreviated overhangs didn't come along until far after, so it's obviously understandable. Further to this however, because of the strong family resemblance of Porsches, in my experience those less initiated seem to have no idea what model year a 986 is and assume it's only a few years old.
On the 987 they stubbied the car up by squaring off the front end and I think that makes a big difference in the visual balance of the car. Then on the 981 they took the opportunity to address the back end by adding some heft to it which sorts out the design even further.
I've found that there's certain angles that work better when photographing the car, and crouching down to take the photo can also work sometimes.
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