718 Cayman EV / 983 / Boxster EV Forum news...

[babylou66]

It feels like Porsche announcing the 718 EV is six days.

 

[gnr3312]

I think this is the announcement for the new 911 model.

 

[gnr3312]

See here, the time remaining matches the date listed in this article. https://newsroom.porsche.com/en/202...re-driving-pleasure-world-premiere-42062.html

 

[babylou66]

Now I'm

 

[Mr.Smith]

Now I'm

Its a GT3 Touring Cab

 

[whitex]

I think this is the announcement for the new 911 model.

Yea, that was mentioned in the few places online.

 

[Sly_North]

A new spyshot at the Gigean highway service station:
View attachment 718_1.webp View attachment 718_2.webp View attachment 718_3.webp

 

[atebit]

Looks no where near ready for prime time.

 

[SoccerMan94043]

These last photos look like the same car as this one: https://www.taycanforum.com/forum/t...ally-been-no-credible-news….22053/post-514728

I like that there might be a convertible option

Not thrilled with the body shape or rims shown in those last pics though.

 

[jk981]

Pretty cool. This will be the only EV convertible on the US market when it comes here.

 

[Sace]

Are they just sitting there and blocking chargers?!

Looks exactly like the one I met at a Porsche Charging lounge last summer. But at least they are still doing something with the model since they still test it.

 

[atebit]

Are they just sitting there and blocking chargers?!

Looks exactly like the one I met at a Porsche Charging lounge last summer. But at least they are still doing something with the model since they still test it.

Ha, were probably told to “make them disappear someplace” to make room for the new stupid 911 Touring.

 

[irrelevant]

Another 911?

 

[whitex]

Of course another pricey 911. I think that was expected. It's also consistent with Porsche's official new strategy to milk their current technology, specifically the 911's, with high priced, exclusive cars.

Heck, even Tesla jumped on the exclusive collectibles bandwagon with the limited edition Model S and Model X (sold out now, though my invite was still live a week ago).

 

[Sar]

My two promotional takeaways from their promo video were:
1. Look at how amazing this car sounds! LISTEN TO IT!!!!
2. It accelerates at the perfect speed. Who would want to accelerate faster than this?

The first one sounded like standard Porsche marketing (though my friend, who's way more into cars than me, insists "no real car enthusiast thinks Porsche engines sound good" which was news to me).

The second statement was very interesting. While it is a departure from Porsche's traditional marketing (faster = better!), I do understand that now cars accelerate so quickly, there isn't much room to look cool by accelerating quickly, and maybe some folks don't like being teleported from 0-60mph in 2 seconds. And it may be physically more enjoyable for them to do so in 3.7 seconds.

But it is an interesting shift in marketing approach.

I have zero interest in the car other than the sick red+gold color combo (which isn't exclusive to that car, I know).