Haha, that was a low blow.

 

yea, I think the 997 goes back to the timeless design that they really missed w/ the 996. Don't get me wrong, I love the 996, but the 993 is still my favorite porsche design and I definately felt the 6 stepped way to far away from that and has come back to it w/ the 997

 

the 997TT better be more aggressive than the 997...

 

Sorry but I couldn't pass it up
Evan

 

I kinda like the 997 lights...reminds me of a....oh, forget it.

 

HotRodGuy.......valid point, but I lived through it too and recall about half of the 98 resentment was the head lights looked remarkedly similer to the little-brother Boxster (heaven forbid, not even a 911).
I eagerly awaited the Box with 2 yr deposit and liked those lights on that car but putting them on the 911 was sacrilege to some.......(as was water cooled, as was an engine that was not made for racing, as was getting out of racing all-together to build trucks, etc, etc but I digress ).

Yep, one of my 911s is a 993, so I'm partial.....and believe the front of that car (on that car) is very agreeable.
It is funny though......after catching so much flack for so many yrs about loosing the 911 heritage & 911-look post 993, that finally, Porsche Marketing (with their finger in the wind for 7 yrs) convinced Design to go back.....some would say it's tail waging the dog, not form-following-function, yada yada.

Anyway, at the end of the day everyone's entitled to their own opin & that's what makes the world go round........My opin is, this car is where these lights belong.....yep they're 'dated', right where it should be.

 

Classic is the key word. I want a modern and aggressive looking 911, not a classic looking 911. I can get a nice classic 911 for $ 30k. Haha, that VW Bug picture is scarey side by side with 997.

I like classic Ferraris, but even Ferrari had to evolve as did Lambo. The Esprit never really evolved and looked what happened to it. The NSX is a classic in need of change. Change is not always bad.

The 911 or 997 is still a beautiful car either way. The 997 just looked to be the older of the two in the picture I viewed when showing the cars from the front.

 

I know Im not the only one eagerly anticipating the 997 TT official pics.
P.s that white 997 is sick!

 

the VW bug HAS Porsche characteristics, not the other way around.

The 997, which has 993 influences, is great.
I personally think the 993 is/was the hottest body style porsche has come up with thus far.
The 997 is new, but retro at the same time.

 

I agree with the CGT headlights look being better. In fact there was a pshop of it around here and a more recent real 911 with CGT style head lights. The look was great. They are prob saving that for the 2 year refresh.

 

yea, I mean, the bug and the VW have always looked somewhat similiar

 

Haha. I don't think that came out right.