Porsche SUV

[Jodi]

I was wondering what you all thought about Porsche putting out an SUV. My first thought was "what the hell are they thinking" but as a friend pointed out to me everyone else is doing it, why not Porsche?

Anyone have any thoughts on this??

[pearldrum]

search for old posts, there are several. For the most part at first people were like "why? it's ugly" But now people have calmed down a bit and have started accepting it, not everyone though...

[AFJuvat]

It will probably get some acceptance if it makes a good showing at the dakar rally.

while I like the idea of a 4.5 liter twin turbo, the body looks like what you would get if a 996 and a hyundai santa fe mated.

AFJuvat

[divezic]

The way I look at it is Porsche is about engineering.

The first Porsche was a tractor. There was eventually a Porsche SUV looking thing after WWII that the German military did not buy and a few were sold to the public.

Dr Porsche was passionate about racing, but I think they got into it by necessity. There was no better way to prove and advance technology than competition. It was also the best marketing strategy a small company had. Engineering demanded racing and racing demanded engineering. Hence the predominance of racing-inspired cars.

Again, Porsche is producing a new automobile and the purists are squealing. They did when the 911 was produced, then the 914, then the 924, then the 944, then the Boxster.

Point being that the Cayenne promises to be a piece of engineering excellence. It is also needed to help the only family-owned automobile manufacturer in Europe (the world?) remain competitive in the market. And, afterall, it is more closely related to the first Porsche than a 911.

[banjomike]

All I can say is that they'd better race that ugly truck, and it had better win. For several years now, promising factory racing efforts have been sidelined in favor of developing the truck.

[todwic]

Let's say you made small, fast model airplanes, and then your competion started selling large slow model airplanes like hotcakes. so much that you started to see a decline in proffits. would you stick to your guns, or would you have a successfull business?
The thing I love about my P-car isn't the name (though that doesn't mean nothing to me, either), and it isn't the racing tradition. I liked my car when I found out a little bit about it, and I became enthralled with my car when I got to know a lot about it. These are amazing machines, and I'm sure the Cayenne is just as amazing as my '44. (well, almost as amazing)