So I'm coming down the A1 in Bedfordshire and I see the familiar face of a Porsche coming along...Cayman me thinks as quite narrow ...errr no it's the new 991!
It passes by and I get a good look, its white, its got silver wheels and its filthy on a day like today. It sounds great.
But following for the next 20 miles I'm looking at every angle and in all honesty I didnt find myself very excited, quite to the contrary.
With the spoiler up it doesnt say anything, just looks like a bootlid is open, it seems almost pontless visually. It would look better if it extended across the whole width. Then the rear wiper arm moved and it looked huge, awkward and out of place.
The lights look nice, less Aston Martin than I previously thought, but they're not as 'at home' as they are on the 997, both Gen 1 and 2. They're almost too seemlessly grafted into the body. Overall the rear end looks like its been botoxed to the max.
A couple of times I saw flashes of the 928 rear, but also the narrow body early 996. Its too clean and its lost its sexiness. If anything the proportions seem slimmer and taller than all previous 911's but scaled up....gone is that silhouette of a tapered cabin sat on 4 wide arches.
The rear badging is just OTT....it looks ridiculous and if you dont know its a 911 then you're not interested anyway. This was clearly a PORSCHE 911 Carrera S if anyone was in any doubt.
One angle that looks most awkward is viewing from behind at and angle of 11 or 1 oclock. The glass windows are so seemless the B pillar just disappears, probably accentuated by the white body perhaps. A bit like if you took a 993 and removed all the gutters.
Sitting behind I began to wonder if the tyres are narrower than the 997, so when I pulled up at some lights I saw it was on 20" wheels but they were still 295/30's, somehow they look more bloated?? And worth noting for the first time Porsche have used a bright chrome silver on the wheels...they'll be expensive to refurb for dealers and owners.
Maybe its the arch height that changes the proportions. Again this is an area which the 991 is dramatically different...the rear arches are higher than the front arches, so its lost its classic line. The rear bumper is too high, perhaps to meet modern safety regs?? But they need to do something to break it up. I'll never forget the first time I saw the 997 GT3 rear end, it was awesome, unlike this.
I fully get the technical revisions and leaps forward. It is undoubtedly a great drive but I cant help feeling they've designed in a facelift model or created space for the 992 already.
I think the Cab will look much better, and perhaps the 991 should be spec'd in darker colours. Perhaps the wide body variants will work much better?
No offence to the new owners here but from what I saw today, if it was parked next to a 997 GTS or GT3 I know which I'd be lusting after.
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It passes by and I get a good look, its white, its got silver wheels and its filthy on a day like today. It sounds great.
But following for the next 20 miles I'm looking at every angle and in all honesty I didnt find myself very excited, quite to the contrary.
With the spoiler up it doesnt say anything, just looks like a bootlid is open, it seems almost pontless visually. It would look better if it extended across the whole width. Then the rear wiper arm moved and it looked huge, awkward and out of place.
The lights look nice, less Aston Martin than I previously thought, but they're not as 'at home' as they are on the 997, both Gen 1 and 2. They're almost too seemlessly grafted into the body. Overall the rear end looks like its been botoxed to the max.
A couple of times I saw flashes of the 928 rear, but also the narrow body early 996. Its too clean and its lost its sexiness. If anything the proportions seem slimmer and taller than all previous 911's but scaled up....gone is that silhouette of a tapered cabin sat on 4 wide arches.
The rear badging is just OTT....it looks ridiculous and if you dont know its a 911 then you're not interested anyway. This was clearly a PORSCHE 911 Carrera S if anyone was in any doubt.
One angle that looks most awkward is viewing from behind at and angle of 11 or 1 oclock. The glass windows are so seemless the B pillar just disappears, probably accentuated by the white body perhaps. A bit like if you took a 993 and removed all the gutters.
Sitting behind I began to wonder if the tyres are narrower than the 997, so when I pulled up at some lights I saw it was on 20" wheels but they were still 295/30's, somehow they look more bloated?? And worth noting for the first time Porsche have used a bright chrome silver on the wheels...they'll be expensive to refurb for dealers and owners.
Maybe its the arch height that changes the proportions. Again this is an area which the 991 is dramatically different...the rear arches are higher than the front arches, so its lost its classic line. The rear bumper is too high, perhaps to meet modern safety regs?? But they need to do something to break it up. I'll never forget the first time I saw the 997 GT3 rear end, it was awesome, unlike this.
I fully get the technical revisions and leaps forward. It is undoubtedly a great drive but I cant help feeling they've designed in a facelift model or created space for the 992 already.
I think the Cab will look much better, and perhaps the 991 should be spec'd in darker colours. Perhaps the wide body variants will work much better?
No offence to the new owners here but from what I saw today, if it was parked next to a 997 GTS or GT3 I know which I'd be lusting after.
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