You also saw the same basic styling in discontinued models like the and the too. The original Porsche gave birth to all of them from its tiny, tiny tailpipes and there's a running joke amongst motor hacks that Porsche employ a bunch of lazy designers that use the same template for all Porsches they churn out of the factor. Note that Porsches have the same frog-like rounded front and rounded rear. You could clearly tell that the Cayenne is an SUV or that the Panamera is a 4 door sedan, but because they have the same basic design cues, any car clueless person would be able to recognise that the car is a Porsche.
But if you really think about it, isn't this a good thing? You see it wasn't as if Porsche didn't want to change. A while back in the era of bell bottoms, side burns and Farah Fawcett, Porsche tried to change its designs by coming up with replacement models for the lower end and upper end of the markets.
Porsche brought out cars like the , , and the above. These sprung from the mid s to the mid s and Porsche did achieve some success. But none of those models, no matter how good they were, could ever usurp the sales of the mighty People continued buying s regardless of the fact that its rear-engined design meant that it was apparently flawed.
It was a tail happy mongrel and loved putting itself and the driver through hedges and ditch. Most of the time it went backwards into them due to its inherent design characteristics or flaws of having the engine hanging out of its arse.
Water-cooled s also kicked off the habit of major mid-life updates. The received its big facelift in , with attempts to appease critics of its styling, an updated interior and a new glass-roofed Targa variant, though it was nothing like as stylish as its ancestors. The mk2 also marked the arrival of another GT2, and while it was a bit less hairy than its Nineties namesake, it was still a mph, turbocharged without the safety of a four-wheel-drive system. Round headlights made a swift return in , with the arrival of an all-new generation.
Its shape was broadly the same as the , but its detailing more delicate. All had more than bhp, while a new GT2 entered unchartered territory with bhp. Once again, though, claims of diminishing of character greeted the 's arrival, with purists grumbling about less feelsome steering and the softening of the 's, um, exciting edges thanks to stronger grip. The looks barely changed, but there were bigger changes afoot underneath them for the updated More efficient direct injection engines marked the first nod to more environmentally caring s, while the PDK twin-clutch gearbox arrived.
The reached its only recently unsurpassed power peak thanks to the utterly ludicrous bhp GT2 RS , while arguably the best ever — the GT3 RS 4. No wonder its successor faced such a tough time…. The arrived in , and while it may have been coined the prettiest in decades, nothing could save it from a wrath of criticism for its new electric steering. The Targa is also cool again. Even their non cars still have the same flat-front panel with the lights bulging out.
The Cayenne, their SUV variant, have the same looks. It irked Porsche enthusiasts the world over because to them, it meant consistency: 50 years of unbending loyalty to the same design.
Headlights: as you can quite obviously spot, mind the pun OK then, moving on… the quickest way to differentiate headlights from a are the shape. Notice the circular nature on the vs. Front bumpers: describing front bumpers are not my strongest talent but the differences between them are clearer than the sexuality of those men who drive convertible Fiat s offence intended. Air vents: the signature feature on all turbos are the air vents.
Notice how the air vents are wider and split into two halves, whereas the air vents are smaller than your letterbox. Wing mirrors: again, very different. Spoilers: notice how the spoiler is slimmer and slightly more extended compared to the Thus, generating greater downforce for more stability at higher speeds. Exhausts: the exhausts are integrated within the back bumper whereas the exhausts are below the bumper.
Before the keyboard warriors attack me for not describing EVERY ascetic difference, the real developments come from beneath the exterior such as: engine, suspension and quality of materials used.
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