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« Reply #40 on: December 14, 2009, 10:39:29 pm »

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« Reply #41 on: December 14, 2009, 11:37:21 pm »

I think that the Porsche line is a little too wide considering the Cayman is on top of the 911 in terms of performance.  What about...

The Cayman melds with the 911 and the 911 is once again a $70-90K car.  The 911 was once very price competitive with the Corvette, and this would bring it back.

The 928 is, as it once was, the "luxury touring" flagship of the Porsche line.

The 911 turbo returns as a RWD ripper.  The original 1976 version had luxury goods, yes, but was still raw and all about performance.
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« Reply #42 on: December 14, 2009, 11:39:17 pm »

I think that the Porsche line is a little too wide considering the Cayman is on top of the 911 in terms of performance.  What about...

The Cayman melds with the 911 and the 911 is once again a $70-90K car.  The 911 was once very price competitive with the Corvette, and this would bring it back.

The 928 is, as it once was, the "luxury touring" flagship of the Porsche line.

The 911 turbo returns as a RWD ripper.  The original 1976 version had luxury goods, yes, but was still raw and all about performance.

Hmmm...I think the AWD is the best thing about the turbo. (apart from the power).  If you want a pure RWD ripper, that's what the GT3 is for.
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« Reply #43 on: December 14, 2009, 11:44:16 pm »

Hmmm...I think the AWD is the best thing about the turbo. (apart from the power).  If you want a pure RWD ripper, that's what the GT3 is for.

Point taken.  But, if Nissan can bring the GT-R to market at it's price, then I don't see why an AWD 911 turbo can't be $115-120K instead of over $150K. And a stripped down RWD for a little less.  (Not more!)
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« Reply #44 on: December 14, 2009, 11:55:45 pm »

Hmmm...I think the AWD is the best thing about the turbo. (apart from the power).  If you want a pure RWD ripper, that's what the GT3 is for.

Point taken.  But, if Nissan can bring the GT-R to market at it's price, then I don't see why an AWD 911 turbo can't be $115-120K instead of over $150K. And a stripped down RWD for a little less.  (Not more!)

So the owners can still look down on the proles that buy fast Datsuns.
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« Reply #45 on: December 15, 2009, 12:36:05 am »

Hmmm...I think the AWD is the best thing about the turbo. (apart from the power).  If you want a pure RWD ripper, that's what the GT3 is for.

Point taken.  But, if Nissan can bring the GT-R to market at it's price, then I don't see why an AWD 911 turbo can't be $115-120K instead of over $150K. And a stripped down RWD for a little less.  (Not more!)

So the owners can still look down on the proles that buy fast Datsuns.
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IIRC Porsche has the largest profit margins per car in the industry (ie. they make the most money per car), therefore if they will have to lower their prices, there's room to do that. But why would they? Porsche's are selling like hot cakes.
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« Reply #46 on: December 15, 2009, 01:12:02 am »

Porsche has been hit hard in the recession too...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Porsche

Scroll down to the sales figures.
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« Reply #47 on: December 15, 2009, 11:24:17 am »

I'm digg'n it. Burn Out Thumbs up

Me likey too....

Reading through the 928 posts, can you imagine what the cost of rebuilds will be on a bunch of these new cars in the future?
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« Reply #48 on: February 09, 2010, 09:15:11 am »

It look just like a Aston Martin in the rear quater view.
But man, it does look good!!
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« Reply #49 on: February 09, 2010, 12:58:51 pm »

Nice job Porche!  Classic lines just plain sexy, I gotta build a bigger garage.
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