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dpw928
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The $100K price tag will be hard to take for most folks. Personally, I was hoping for a 924/944/968 resurrection.
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Maybe924
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Unfortunately it shares no design cues from its namesake. However, I would also prefer to see a new 944 instead... but only if they actually consider the past 944 in its design.
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tuurbo
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The 924 with a Boxer engine from Subaru would be a nice mix. Cheap and fun, maybe even better on gas.
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Mahatma Gadhni
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| Posted: Fri Oct 10, 2008 3:39 am Post subject: |
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Looks nice, but I wish they'd make their models a bit different one from another like in the old days 
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Nobbi
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| Posted: Fri Oct 10, 2008 3:47 am Post subject: |
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Tuurbo, did you know that Subaru offers a diesel powered boxer engine!?
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skemcin
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| Posted: Fri Oct 10, 2008 4:36 am Post subject: |
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| tuurbo wrote: | | The 924 with a Boxer engine from Subaru would be a nice mix. Cheap and fun, maybe even better on gas. |
I'd love to see a 924 with the Subaru boxer and AWD drive train. Its either that or the 914 concept recently posted but as an all electric competitor to the Tesla. I can't say I like this 928 concept.
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cgalyon
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| Posted: Fri Oct 10, 2008 7:58 am Post subject: |
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Looks a bit too much like some of the other current models (as has already been noted). I'd like to see something looking a little more like the old 928 as well; especially if they're going to call it a 928. Though at $100k+ I wouldn't be buying one of these anyway. 
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tuurbo
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Nobbi no I didn't know that - just Googled it - pretty cool - torquey lil bugger.
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| Quote: | | V-10, which would reportedly make about 650 horsepower |
That's so cool. Nice lines. Supercar fast. |
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fezza575m
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| Posted: Fri Oct 10, 2008 9:57 pm Post subject: |
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Bring it on!!!
Porsche is an absolute Powerhaus!!
Hopefully everything is going well with upping their stake to 50% in VW
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ideola
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| Posted: Fri Oct 10, 2008 10:13 pm Post subject: |
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| dpw928 wrote: | | The $100K price tag will be hard to take for most folks. |
Agreed...but if they're competing for the 6-series & Aston Martin crowd, that's the right price range. So just dreaming for a minute, which would you take, an M6, a DBS/DB9/Vantage, or a new 928???
If you think about it, though, the Boxster is the entry level Porsche, and as such fulfills the role of the 924/944/968, if not in spirit-form-function, then at least in price point.
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skemcin
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| Posted: Fri Oct 10, 2008 10:20 pm Post subject: |
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| ideola wrote: | | ...So just dreaming for a minute, which would you take, an M6, a DBS/DB9/Vantage, or a new 928???... |
Hands down, Aston Martin DBS for a true traditional grand touring vehicle.
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Mahatma Gadhni
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| Posted: Sat Oct 11, 2008 3:25 am Post subject: |
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| skemcin wrote: | | Hands down, Aston Martin DBS for a true traditional grand touring vehicle. |
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tuurbo
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| Quote: | | Agreed...but if they're competing for the 6-series & Aston Martin crowd, that's the right price range. So just dreaming for a minute, which would you take, an M6, a DBS/DB9/Vantage, or a new 928??? |
The new 928. The Aston and M6 don't look as ferocious as the 928.
They mention this one:
http://www.nationalpost.com/cars/story.html?id=568479
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fiat22turbo
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| Posted: Sat Oct 11, 2008 5:25 am Post subject: |
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So is it just me or does it look like a Carrera GT with a roof?
(yes, I know it will likley be front engined with a V12 versus a mid-mounted V10)
What was it Jeremy Clarkson says about Porsche's designers again? Some of the hardest working people in the design world?
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