New Porsche Off-Road Model Set...

Wayne 962 · Wayne 962's Garage

Here's a picture of the neat, new 1/43 set for this year:

-Wayne

Doug E · 10-04-2002, 03:02 AM

Please tell us that you photo-shopped in the image of the Cayenne!

The rest of the set looks good but that thing just doesn't belong in that grouping.

cegerer · cegerer's Garage

Very nice! But what's with the Chrysler Minivan in the upper right corner? -- Curt

layzee · layzee's Garage

Definately something wrong with that picture. Hang on... a few of them have decals, like they have been racing? And maybe got muddy? Imagine that.

billwagnon · 05:22 AM

one of these cars is not like the others...

(now I'm gonna have that song in my head all day, and you will too!)

Jgordon · 10-04-2002, 05:49 AM

It's a microcosm of Porsche history: We're racing, we're racing, we're racing, we're building minivans! The fact that that thing doesn't have any stickers and they have the audacity to include it, that's just a kick in the balls.

Dignan · 10-04-2002, 05:57 AM

HAHAHAHAHAHA! that thing simply dosn't fit.....

but i am sure it's a nice SUV..

BlueSkyJaunte · 10-04-2002, 06:30 AM

They sure are trying hard to draw some connection, however vaporous, between the Cayenne and their former racing glory, aren't they?

Seems to me like they're shouting down a well.

I'd actually consider buying a set if that damn Suburban Uh-tack Vehicle wasn't in there.

Rot 911 · 10-04-2002, 06:41 AM

Mommy what is that brown thing? It frightens me! Make it go away!

Jgordon · 10-04-2002, 06:49 AM

Companies with no corporate direction make baby jesus cry.....

island911 · 10-04-2002, 07:19 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by billwagnon
one of these cars is not like the others...

(now I'm gonna have that song in my head all day, and you will too!)

Ha! . . that song entered my head within a second of seeing that picture.

Even a five year old can see it.

tchanson · 07:22 AM

As quoted from Peter DeLorenzo in Autoextremist this week, who has been, IMO, especially insightful on this topic over the last few years:

"for every glowing short-term profit report that will roll in over the next 24 months as all of the swells get their fill of the latest "must have" in the market, and for all the stories canonizing Wendelin Wiedeking as the automotive industry's new "genius" - there will be a painful price to pay.

And that price is that Porsche will no longer occupy that rarified space in the automotive pecking order that it previously only shared with Ferrari. Because Porsche's raison d'etre is no longer exclusively one of building some of the world's most desirable sports cars.

No, Porsche is now a diversified manufacturer of a wide range of vehicles.
Or, in the end, as we like to say it - Porsche is now just another car company.

Rant mode off. I think I'll go check out the new Cayenne forum now!

Tim

billwagnon · 10-04-2002, 07:21 AM

Dr. Island - that's hilarious!

tchanson · 10-04-2002, 07:26 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by billwagnon
Dr. Island - that's hilarious!

Agreed.

Maybe the best post of the week, Island!

Tim

island911 · 10-04-2002, 07:58 AM

Tim, Bill. . .Thankyou,

Thankyou,

FYI: I didn't scale up the PepperVaggen. . .it's just freakin huge.

thabaer · thabaer's Garage

island,

ROTFLMFAO!

(may I poster-print that and hang it on my wall ?)

cegerer · cegerer's Garage

"No, Porsche is now a diversified manufacturer of a wide range of vehicles.
Or, in the end, as we like to say it - Porsche is now just another car company. "

Or it will be for sure when the rumored truck version of the Cayenne and the "Golf-sized" mini Porsche arrive. Can a mini-van and a 4-door sedan be far away?

Wayne: any delivery date on the set? I'm still going to buy one!

-- Curt

Jim T · 10-04-2002, 09:08 AM

The ad is so strained, its pretty damn funny.

island911 · 10-04-2002, 09:12 AM

Yeah, Curt; we know what your thinking.
You think 10 years from now you'll have the only set in existance.
. . . your likely right.

All the guys who like the 3 911s won't buy it because the SUV;
and the SUV guys won't want the set of three "what are those; baha-bugs?"

Jim T · 10-04-2002, 09:14 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by island911
Yeah, Curt; we know what your thinking.
You think 10 years from now you'll have the only set in existance.
. . . your likely right.
All the guys who like the 3 911s won't buy it because the SUV;
and the SUV guys won't want the set of three "what are those; baha-bugs?"

They might want the red one - isn't that the car with the cute face from those "Herbie" movies?