Osidak,
Agreed that the price of the 78 911 versus the moderns quoted is very much in favour of the 911, but was it the same in 1978?
Certainly over here 911s were monstrously expensive in the 60s and through the 70s and 80s. Up there on a par with the Ferraris for a lower performance....(512 as opposed to 308/328) and certainly a lot more than expected.
Maybe the difference was not as marked over in the US, I don't know.
Certainly they were not deemed good value and for what its worth by then the 911 was not raced, as the 934/935 was king.But not a widely used and purchased road car.
Some were rallied for sure. But hardly a great era in 911 motorsport. A great era for Porsche motorsport in pure racing terms but not the same as before.
Porsche remember has been 'making' 4WD cars as opposed to tractors or artillery tracotrs since 1939/40. The Schwimmwagen was the first, as the Kubelwagen was deemed light enough not to required 4WD although there may have been protoypes made.
The original Audi quattro was inspired by the VW Iltis which in turn was inspired by the Porsche Jager vehicle design for the Bundeswehr in the early 50s. That in turn was inspired by the Kubel and Schwimmmwagens of WW2.
So what ever you think of the Cayenne it does, quite realistically have a legitimate Prosche pedigree. Its not as obvious and visible, but my guess is the Porsche consulting has played a least a big a role in the survival of Porsche as racing, just done it in secret.
BTwWthe Cayenne is the not the first SUV Porsche has done, the Hyundai Santa Fe beign the first....ho hummmmmm.
As for developing the sedan of scratch well quite frankly yes.
It has already done so, when the replacement for the 964 was first mooted it was a fronted engined, rear wheel drive, watercooled V8 sedan that was seen running around the roads of Weissach, not a rear engined coupe..........
Not forgetting the engineering work done by Porsche for the Audi RS2 Avant and the engineering and assembly work done for the Mercedes 500E.
So I would not be surprised if they did actually do it 'themselves' and share the platform with VW and or Maserati......oh yes VW have a technical agrrement ith Maserati to study and use the new rear wheel drive platform of the Quattroporte.......for a new VW.
The plot thickness.
I'll just repeat myself. The Cayenne is not the car we; as Porsche enthusiasts, and 911 drivers wanted to see. My guess is that any P-car which wasn't a pure sports car would have recieved the same vitriolic welcome...........
