Point taken, Curt, and I respect your opinion, but I will also stand by my earlier statement that Porsche is an engineering company first and foremost, no nostalgia around there and never has been. They just keep refining this 1963 design until the point of today, where it might just be neutral handling. (Did not know this). As far as the "fun" of driving the old cars, it seems that every racer in history has played with the torsion bars, tire size, camber, etc. to try to get the car closer to neutral. The last thing you want at 150mph+ is "unique personality". 911s are great sports cars due to the engineering that makes rear weight-bias workable, (if a little too exiting at times), but w/o some serious suspension tuning, they are understeering pigs at speed.
Maybe I will concede that the rear engine design is something that people will not part with, (your marketing point), especially since I've driven a 1989 944 turbo S and have seen what they can do with a 50/50 balanced car. And it was SERIOUS fun on Mulholland Dr., you'll have to trust me on this. Like many others, however, I have a non-objective love for the aesthetics, (looks, sound, etc.), of 911s. That beautiful shape is not possible w/ engine anywhere else.
The point I tried to make before is that people have selective memory w/ Porsche company, they have catered to rich customers forever, marketing soft cars next to screamers, such as the current GT2. BTW, you will definitely not be going fast in one of those with "two fingers on the wheel" and hot coffee anywhere near your nuts. Not w/ rear engine, rear wheel drive, and close to double the power/weight ratio of a '73RS.
BTW also, I happen to love old Alfas, the older the better, but there is an example of a company that could not market sportscars to Americans and they are GONE from here. I love them for what they are, just like old 911s, but it does not detract me from liking 996s or new M3s. This I don't get.
