[cbush]

I just got back from the Porsche Parade- 5000 miles round trip in a 2013 Boxster. I have three with "soul", but they got left at home because the Boxster is a such fabulous road car. Beautiful, fast, comfortable, and bulletproof. If the new Porsche sports cars don't have soul, then I don't know what the word means. I worked the grid at the Parade autocross, and watched about 150 cars run. Many GT4s, GT3s, GT3 RS's, etc were out there. I know many of those types cars are just trophies for folks, but there are more that buy them because they are excellent track cars, and drive them as such. Of note, the fastest time at Parade autocross this year was not a 914 or some mid engine car- but for the first time that I can remember, was actually a 911- GT3RS variant, but nevertheless, it shows Porsche is making some awesome and fast cars.
Sure the SUV's are pretty boring, but if you need an SUV, the ones offered by Porsche are REALLY nice.
So bummer about LeMans, but I am sure Porsche has something cool up their sleeve.