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Old 06-08-2018, 04:23 PM
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Question Thoughts on Taycan?

What do you guys think of the official Mission-E model name Taycan?
https://www.motorauthority.com/news/...tion-mission-e
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If the Chinese like the name, it will help sell cars.
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I think it's ancient Gaulish for "hungry for coal"
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http://www.businessinsider.com/r-por...-taycan-2018-6

I would have preferred numerals but a Turkish sounding name meaning "lively horse" is alright too, I guess. Better than something along the lines of I-Pace, iPanamera or whatever. Not the worst name they could have picked.
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Hopefully there will be name delete option....
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https://newsroom.porsche.com/en/prod...car-15602.html


Originally Posted by mlct
Hopefully there will be name delete option....
All Porsche cars do have it, I thought.

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Old 06-08-2018, 06:24 PM
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I think...
Rennlist better change the name of this forum!
928 is still a better moniker.
In the south it will be "Tayy can" which sounds a lot better than "tai cahn" anyway.
A heat gun works well on badges and stickers.
A Porsche prancing horse? Does Ferrari know about this?
When do I get to drive it?
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Sounded a bit odd at first but then I started getting used to it. It'll be great--certainly very thoughtful.

https://blog.dupontregistry.com/pors...eid=e0dd54ec79
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I guess all good names were already Taycan
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We have a deposit to be on a list to officially be on the pre-order list so that we can put down the deposit. Wait........what did I just say. All of this for a Taycan. wow - that was weird just typing that. I am buying the car - hopefully not the name. yes- name delete option will be picked
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Originally Posted by MaxLTV
I guess all good names were already Taycan
"If you are looking for a down payment, I can tell you I don't have money. But what I do have are a very particular set of skills, skills I have acquired over a very long career. Skills that make me a nightmare for dealerships like you". ~ Taycan
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If anyone here was lucky enough to own a Datsun 240z as one of your first sports cars (as it was mine), you should know how the Datsun name came to be.

Turns out the ever efficient Japanese engineering team finished the prototype three weeks early, and Corporate hadn’t had time to come up with a name. The CEO was understandably embarrassed and PO’d, and demanded the Chief Advertiser have a name by the end of the week, or he would be fired.

Astonished, he replied ‘Dat soon’? And thus the legend began.

Brilliant car by the way.
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Originally Posted by unclewill
I think...
Rennlist better change the name of this forum!
928 is still a better moniker.
In the south it will be "Tayy can" which sounds a lot better than "tai cahn" anyway.
A heat gun works well on badges and stickers.
A Porsche prancing horse? Does Ferrari know about this?
When do I get to drive it?
Porsche has a prancing horse on its shield.

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Honestly, this car, irrespective of the name, is making me re-think my plan to order a 2019 991.2.
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People made fun of "Boxster", "Cayman", "Cayenne", "Panamera" and "Macan" too. People will get used to the name.


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