MarcusG

Since the topic has gone off on a tangent I thought I'd throw this in.


http://www.dw.de/porsche-emerges-as-...ker/a-16727077

chuck911

Well since "Corvette" has nothing to do with "991" it was off on a tangent from the get-go!

About Porsche being the most profitable car company, isn't it interesting how we're always told a weak currency helps improve exports? Yet here is Porsche, based in Germany, one of the staunchest of the strong currency defenders in the world, kicking butt on car makers all around the world, and doing it on the strength of exports!

chuck911

All kidding aside, the dude (Hammer, not The Dude in my new avatar) really did have plenty of leg room sitting in the back seat of the Executive Panamera. We should've gone for a test drive and taken turns riding shotgun!

MarcusG

Exactly.

Gofast430

I am so sick of hearing about the C7.
IT IS A CHEVY!

fast1

I wouldn't go there if I were you, since the obvious comeback for a Vette guy would be that a 911 is nothing but a VW.

CaliforniaZombie

Holy crap that makes absoluety no sense. A corvette *is* a Chevy. Has been since the 50's.

JohnnyBahamas

Good point. It's a CHEVY might be too general. Better to be as specific as possible...

It's a CHEVY, GM's lowest quality product label, with PLASTIC BODY PANELS and LEAF SPRING suspension.

I'll leave the "... and CHROMED PLASTIC GRILL..." for another day.

MarcusG

Sweet!


Everyone.

Check out my new VW!


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MarcusG

I always loved this Top Gear clip with Jeremy.

I laugh every time when he pushes on the rear bumper cover at 20 seconds in.

Classic.

JohnnyBahamas

Gorgeous.

chuck911

After "almost completely talentless" and "relentless quest to be taken seriously" and "not the most sophisticated handling car in the world" he gets to the heart of the matter with "already I've converted most of the rear tires to smoke."

But my favorite: "As something to live with every day I would rather have bird flu!"

adamsclubs

This article kept referring Porsche as "the Volkswagen brand" and I don't like that.

kosmo

Yes yes yes p is owned by vdub. Who cares. Get over it. If it makes you feel better, so is Bugatti .

mrstep

I wouldn't say that of at the current 911, but going forward it will be interesting to see whether the VW Group makes calls around things like performance, price, or design in general to protect other brands in the group. The potential shared technology is a good thing in terms of sharing development costs for new tech, but if [once] marketing gets their fingers into it I can't imagine it will be a positive.

I care much less whether the SUVs are shared platforms because they're front-engine vehicles largely aimed at families (not anything wrong with that, helps the company be more stable - though is that needed when you have other brands that can do that now?), but I hope we don't see a 911 on a common platform. People complain enough about the marketing folks messing with the Cayman's potential, imagine that getting balanced across several brands. Yikes.

But since this is a C7 thread... I'd still take that over the Chevy.