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Posted by: Charles Deutsch Sep 27 2003, 02:46 PM

I saw it this morning on Car & Driver tv. Porsche is going back to the round headlights and it looks much better, IMO.

Posted by: soloracer Sep 27 2003, 03:07 PM

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Posted by: Charles Deutsch Sep 27 2003, 03:28 PM

Yeah, that does look much better. More muscular and aggressive than the current 911. Great pics!

Posted by: bongo monkey Sep 27 2003, 04:24 PM

Looks great... but that rear spoiler from that angle looks like it was cut out from black construction paper.

Posted by: Queenie Sep 27 2003, 04:44 PM

Posted by: TeamAxisRacing Sep 27 2003, 05:42 PM

damn that thing looks riced out... looks to me like they threw a "combat" front air damn and type-r wing on the back

Posted by: seanery Sep 27 2003, 09:18 PM

'cmon guys that stuff is camaflouge. If you saw it fly past you, you're supposed to think it's a riced out car and not a test mule.

Posted by: redshift Sep 27 2003, 09:21 PM

Hey look! A turbo hockey mask! I hate that crap!


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Posted by: Charles Deutsch Sep 27 2003, 10:16 PM

Here's the current turbo. The bland style kind of reminds me of the way Jaguar restyled their sedan in the eighties. They took all of the curves out of it and made it (to my eyes) really bland. The Boxster suffers from the same thing, IMO.

Posted by: Qarl Sep 27 2003, 10:42 PM

hmmm....


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Posted by: redshift Sep 27 2003, 11:47 PM

.....in my ever so humble opinion..

They need a car in the spirit of the 356.... although the uncloaked picture Carl ( ) posted is nice looking, YEEEECH!!!


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Posted by: Scott Carlberg Sep 28 2003, 02:58 AM

Finally, the 911 front end won't look like the Boxsters


2005 Porsche 911...

... the 2005 Porsche 911 will get the original circular headlights.
"The next Porsche 911 is going back to its roots! The design of this legendary German sports car reminds of the original 911. Expect to see it in 2005".


Picture:
http://www.wheels24.co.za/Wheels24/News/0,,1369-1372_1269141,00.html

Posted by: Anton Sep 28 2003, 11:26 AM

Looking at the pics these are essentially 996s with cosmetic upgrades. And I fail to see the renaissance of the "old" 911.

The weight of the current 996 model is too high to make it truly agile. I am not talking about acceleration properties (that is no problem with a bigger engine), ABS, and any other technical goodies. But where are the days of a 1973 911S 2.4 with mechanical injection? Even today, I find these relatively light cars a riot to drive.

When Porsche wants to do some body work they should focus on using aluminium and carbon fibre materials to a wider extent. That's what counts IMO, a "lean" body.

Posted by: Aaron Cox Sep 28 2003, 01:03 PM

i like the current one better- the new one is too rice- or is that sour kraut?