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Originally Posted by cairns
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I disagree. Most people care about how the car looks- not how they look in it-....
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I was sloppy in my wording - sorry. To be even more precise; people care about their mind's-eye narrative, and how
the car meshes with that self-narrative. Just look at the stereotypical Prius driver, or the short guy driving the big RAM/SuperDoodie.... Too many strive to tell the world who they are, through the style of their car --as if anyone really cares.
Funny, I have a VW van, but for me, it should really have one of those bumpersticker that reads; Who are 'The Dead' - and why are they following me?'
I know that a car's styling/identity (as perceived by most) doesn't always mesh well with my personal identity(whatever that is - beige, I suppose
) ...but that's not as important to me as the other metrics of the machine.
The Cayenne, I never wanted to like. Again, like the Panamera, the styling never said "Porsche" to me. In fact, compared to the Touareg, the exterior styling does appear, as Clarkson said, like a 996 that backed into a shed.
BUT, the interior of the Cayenne is far superior to that of the Touareg. And, since I'm the one looking at / interfacing with the interior I just couldn't go with the T-reg. ...plus the 955 just drives better, and works better in every way. ...even the doors (aluminum) close with more 'quality' than the steel doors of the T-reg.
Speaking of doors; have you seen the cool door hold devices on the Panamera? --no detents. ...the door just
stays, to whatever angle you open it to.
Ironically, the only thing that I really dislike about the Panamera is the busy interior. Far too many busy fussy chrome buttons.