2009 911 Spy Shot

[Boxter]

Not so boring to me but I would echo the 928 thoughts(Perfect lap).

I also think the fact that they have retained the overall feel of the car as long as they have is the reason for its continued popularity/success.

I grew up lusting after it in the 70s as I am sure many of you here did in whatever generation you may be from...

Here is a re-enactment of me circa 1978.
Enjoy!

http://youtube.com/watch?v=KRbzJ0L1Zn8

[Brucelee]

I love the 928 and 968 designs. Nice, progressive, distinctive.

To me, Porsche should get those guys out of retirement.

[porschegeorg]

Originally Posted by Brucelee

I love the 928 and 968 designs. Nice, progressive, distinctive.

To me, Porsche should get those guys out of retirement.

I read somewhere (perhaps on edmunds) that Porsche is planning on bringing back the 928. I believe they had some concept pics as well.

As long as they don't bring back the 914, I'll be a Porsche fan. I still cant get the smell of my '72 914 exhaust out of my garage. I remember one of my fuel injectors leaking....right on top of the hot exhaust pipe....german engineering in da house.

[blue2000s]

Originally Posted by porschegeorg

I read somewhere (perhaps on edmunds) that Porsche is planning on bringing back the 928. I believe they had some concept pics as well.

As long as they don't bring back the 914, I'll be a Porsche fan. I still cant get the smell of my '72 914 exhaust out of my garage. I remember one of my fuel injectors leaking....right on top of the hot exhaust pipe....german engineering in da house.

The modern day 928 is called the Panamera, and it's a 4-door. In essence, the Boxster IS the modern day 914. Shared parts in a less expensive, open top package.

[porschegeorg]

Have you all seen this??

http://www.caranddriver.com/carnews/11785/2012-porsche-928.html

[Franco]

Starts with a dream and then the dream comes to life and then u discover that there's hurdles to overcome but u don't give up cause things will change and get better but they don't and u learn to live with what life has served u and end up on a Forum like this one where u share your joy and pain and u realize your not alone
with this struggle and feel a little bit better about yourself and can't go to sleep unless u type a few lines and see if anybody is paying attention to your thoughts at 2 am and then someone just like u responds and u feel great.

Then u go to your garage and realize she has given u more pleasure than grief and remember that dream u had as a little fart and who do we have to thank for that.

FERDINAND PORSCHE

LOVE HURTS

[Brucelee]

I would love to see it!

PS-If the Porsche designers can generate the Carrera GT, they can do better on the 911.

[thomschoon]

Originally Posted by Brucelee

I love the 928 and 968 designs. Nice, progressive, distinctive.

To me, Porsche should get those guys out of retirement.

I also like the looks, problem was that the market did not, after all the 928 was suppose to replace the 911. The only reason Porsche continues to only slightly tune the 911 design each year as that is what the people who buy them want, they didnt get so much cash in the bank by making bad decisions.

[Peer]

Boxter wrote:
> I grew up lusting after it in the 70s as I am sure many
> of you here did in whatever generation you may be from...
> Here is a re-enactment of me circa 1978.
> http://youtube.com/watch?v=KRbzJ0L1Zn8


Oh god do I hate YouTube -- it's more often I see videos on there with the wrong aspect-ratio than not.

But I agree with you -- I bet most of us were Porsche fanatics already as kids. Although my toy-car back then was a 911, my dream car was actually the old Spider 550 (James Dean fan, of course). So when the Boxster hit the market, I thought it was their new flagship that I would never be able to afford. Thank god I was wrong.

-- peer

[986Roadster]

hey blue you are right!

i also dont find them boring. i think i like every model of porsche ever made. okay maybe the 996 convertibles have issues, but the new 997 is a sweet car. this dude has one at work, and i like how boringggggg it looks. i could careless if they changed it or didnt. also glad they brought the old round lights back. althought they do remind me of the mini and beetle. but who cares its a porsche and still turns heads!!!

[Jeph]

I think it looks good. I like subtle changes. (You should too, it makes our cars look better)

Other manufacturers like to go crazy with their redesigns... and then if they design something that looks like a previous model from 30 years ago, it's "RETRO."

The Mustang comes to mind. A 1964.5 & and a 2006 look strikingly similar. The '06 is fresh and cool though... only because it has some different/odd/weird/non-mustang-ish renditions preceding it.

I bet if the 911 had morphed into something that didn't really resemble what it is today, and then came out with this design (from this post), you'd melt with awe and wonderment.

[Brucelee]

:"althought they do remind me of the mini and beetle."

I rest my case!