This is what scares me about Vee Dub owning Porsche
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10-11-2010, 10:30 AM
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This is what scares me about Vee Dub owning Porsche
I hope they don't mess with the 911 series cars... too much. 
>"Volkswagen Group design director Walter de'Silva hopes to add "something positive" to the design of Porsche's new models,... "<
http://www.autoweek.com/article/2010...NEWS/101019985
>"Volkswagen Group design director Walter de'Silva hopes to add "something positive" to the design of Porsche's new models,... "<
http://www.autoweek.com/article/2010...NEWS/101019985
#2
10-11-2010, 10:53 AM
I think that the 911 could be updated from an interior technology standpoint.
My wife and I went to the Porsche Driving Experience in Denver yesterday and the Cayenne and Panamera's interior is fabulous. I don't think that they would change the handling of the car for the worse. Hopefully only good changes.
But how will they go about selling 150,000 vehicles per year?
My wife and I went to the Porsche Driving Experience in Denver yesterday and the Cayenne and Panamera's interior is fabulous. I don't think that they would change the handling of the car for the worse. Hopefully only good changes.
But how will they go about selling 150,000 vehicles per year?
#5
10-11-2010, 02:27 PM
Be afraid
I'm with NC 997 on this one.
Be afraid. Be very afraid.
Here are a couple of the career highlights. (Edit for complete clarity: Walter de'Silva's design career.) The Alfa 156 -
...and the VW Blue Sport
Then there's the 'successful' reinterpretation
Of this stunningly beautiful classic
Now I'll be the first to admit that I can't draw a stick dog and have it turn out right. But three of those four vehicles will never end up in the automotive design hall of fame. Not by a long shot. And not just because of the wheels either.
That said, I really do wish Mr. de Silva much success. Everything at Porsche isn't perfect. But please, (again, for clarity: I hope the VW design group takes) fewer design cues from Detroit (than they seem to have done in the less-than-stellar three examples above).
Be afraid. Be very afraid.
Here are a couple of the career highlights. (Edit for complete clarity: Walter de'Silva's design career.) The Alfa 156 -
...and the VW Blue Sport
Then there's the 'successful' reinterpretation
Of this stunningly beautiful classic
Now I'll be the first to admit that I can't draw a stick dog and have it turn out right. But three of those four vehicles will never end up in the automotive design hall of fame. Not by a long shot. And not just because of the wheels either.
That said, I really do wish Mr. de Silva much success. Everything at Porsche isn't perfect. But please, (again, for clarity: I hope the VW design group takes) fewer design cues from Detroit (than they seem to have done in the less-than-stellar three examples above).
Last edited by TomE; 10-11-2010 at 07:49 PM. Reason: Clarity
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#8
10-11-2010, 03:31 PM
"Stunning"
Hey Doug
Maybe it didn't come through clearly, but that's why I put 'successful' in quotes. The old Miura is the hot one, also referred to in the post as the - stunningly beautiful classic.
Mr de Silva's 'successful' reinterpretation is one of the three that won't go into the hall of fame, at least not on my ballot.
Hence the intro "Be afraid. Be very afraid."
Sorry but I haven't smoked anything for a long time.
Maybe it didn't come through clearly, but that's why I put 'successful' in quotes. The old Miura is the hot one, also referred to in the post as the - stunningly beautiful classic.
Mr de Silva's 'successful' reinterpretation is one of the three that won't go into the hall of fame, at least not on my ballot.
Hence the intro "Be afraid. Be very afraid."
Sorry but I haven't smoked anything for a long time.
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