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Originally posted by cegerer:
I know who designed the original 911. I don't know what group of designers are responsible for the 996. But if you beleive it was an individual effort, you're falling prey to the P-marketing department. Of course, no car is designed by a single person these days. But that's not the point anyway. Had the P-design department come up with something outstanding, I'd be the first to praise it.
RE: 928. I'll repeat, it's a great car that nobody cares about. Otherwise, their resale value wouldn't be half (or less!) of a same year 911 that cost less when new.
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so you DON'T know who led the design team for your car, the 928, the 986, or the 996 then? if you don't know, then please don't make it sound like you're qualified to talk about car design.
of course no one individual designed the 996, there are team leaders. the credit goes to whoever led the design team. on average there's around 200 people that work together to design a Porsche. the team leader(s) get the credit. on the same token, if 10,000 soldiers invade a country and win a war.. it's the generals that will go down in history to get credit for the attack.
back to the original point... saying that Porsche was influenced by Pontiac to design the 996 is purely WRONG information. i still have no idea who you're getting this sort of garbage from, but please don't spread it to others so that they will be misinformed also. let me guess, the ones you heard it from are the same ones you got the information about on the 928. i know that bunch.
obin