2012 998 911 Carrera Cabriolet -- truly stunning design!

[Jack Olsen]

My apologies for this not being a specifically technical thread, outside of the fact that the internet puts some weird technological tools at our fingertips. There's a website called TinEye Reverse Image Search which lets you search for other images that are based on an existing picture's image data (or something like that).

I plugged in a picture of my car, and found this article about Porsche's 998 cabriolet prototype.

The 'ultimate choice of all car aficianados?' It certainly is a 'unique' cabriolet.



Maybe it was a joke? It's hard to say.

You can click on the image for a link to the actual site, which is from a year ago. I'd like to say that I personally think the new design direction for the 998 is a huge step toward what I've always liked about Porsche design. Competent and sexy at the same time.

And for those of you not familiar with my car, here's the reverse angle of that picture. Not strictly a 2012 model, not strictly a cab, and not even remotely a prototype photographed on the streets of Germany (it's not even on a street, come to think of it). But there you go.

[Pazuzu]

You know it's factual, they watermarked the picture.

Right?

[NY91184]

Someone must have backdated a 998 already. that was fast!

[jmancool]

Don't think the new 911 is called a 998 rather a 901.