Please someone post a picture...

http://www.nytimes.com/2004/07/18/au...RSCHE.html?8dt

...I am sullivating already...

 

you have to be a member..im to lazy to sign up

 

..and I am too lazy to sign up/find any hosting pic sites ... Gimme your email I'll email it to you.. 'ts worth it.. i.e. news of the 'century'.. you might say ...

 

liloj0627@yahoo.com and ill host it

 

lilo j - done... attached a larger pic as well... thx !

 

wow wtf....what is the suprise? Can't you atleast describe what it is.........

 

Zapata... thanks for expressing your curiosity ... Well.. if you put it that way... after selling 75k Cayennes.. porche is thinking of whether to enter the 4dr sedan business... and the artist depicted pic of the car in question... looks rather cool... They are almost guaranteeing 100k sales, whic Porsche is quite capable in funding desigh/production/support for. I hope Lola j will post the pic/article in a few moments... or you can sign up/free for nytimes.com and get it yourself at above url..

 

sullivating?

 

Lil oj... pardon for mispelling your handle.. no disrespect...

 

yeah.. sullivating... Cayenne & that thing look rather nice... better then most suvs/sedans out there...

 

 

wtf is sullivating

 

Beetroot.... dictionary.com man ..

 

Some Family Planning at Porsche
By RICHARD FEAST

Published: July 18, 2004


IS title is president and chief executive of Porsche Cars North America, but that may understate the responsibilities of Peter Schwarzenbauer, who assumed his posts last year. About 40 percent of the cars - and now trucks - produced in Europe by Porsche A.G. pass through his organization on their way to well-heeled customers.

There are many more of those customers today, thanks to the introduction last year of the Cayenne sport utility.

The company expects to sell more than 34,000 new models in the United States and Canada in 2004, compared with the previous record of 30,500 in 1986.

"The real difference, though, is that this will be a more profitable model mix," he said during the 911's press introduction in Germany last month. Mr. Schwarzenbauer, a 44-year-old German, previously headed Porsche's operations in Spain and Portugal.

Porsche's heady sales in the mid-1980's included many entry-level 924's and 944's. Today, more than half are Cayennes, which often sell at prices approaching $100,000.

In a few weeks, Mr. Schwarzenbauer's 204 dealers will start delivering the sixth-generation 911 to their first customers. The enthusiastic initial reception to the new model puts Porsche on course to top the North American sales record for that model, set in 2002, of 12,200 cars.

The 911 has a large, cultlike following. New or used, the car almost sells itself - unlike the Cayenne or the Boxster roadster, which face more extensive competition and must appeal to more fickle buyers.

But Mr. Schwarzenbauer concedes that the outgoing 911 (known as 996 in Porsche-speak) may have been too cushy to suit the tastes of some longtime aficionados. "On the other hand," he added, "it helped us to attract new customers."

The imminent 997 edition of the 911 will be followed by a new version of the Boxster, which is expected to make its debut in September at the Paris auto show.

These developments have prompted Porsche to think about adding 10 to 15 dealers in North America. Mr. Schwarzenbauer says the company would consider adding dealerships in smaller cities like Savannah, Ga., or Boise, Idaho, that could each potentially sell 20 cars a year.

While the Cayenne is still controversial - a truck from one of the world's great sports car companies - it has transformed the scale of Porsche. Wolfgang Dürheimer, the company's executive vice president in charge of research and development, says Porsche expects to deliver about 75,000 cars worldwide this year. That's 50 percent more than in the years before the Cayenne.

Now Porsche is extensively reported to be weighing whether to develop a four-door sport sedan to compete with models from BMW, Mercedes-Benz and Maserati. The company will not comment on the speculation; such a car, if given the green light, raises the prospect of 100,000 annual sales for Porsche.

The competition knows that the company could easily develop and pay for such a car. But these rivals, like many Porsche enthusiasts, question whether such a move would amount to extending the brand too far from its sports car roots, muddying an image that was once both crystal clear and solid gold.

 

Old news, dude.

http://www.acura-cl.com/forums/showthread.php?t=99194

 

The reason I love this shape is that it reminds me of 70s-80s Aston Martins or is it Astin-Healeys??? Please correct me... but they were rectungalur, funky looking HUGE boats on wheels.... If anyone remembers... Nell Carter [passed away] from Gimme a break - well I met her with her poodle in one of those... it was a hot looking mobile... to say the least..

 

wow that IS hot looking. looks like a carrera with 4 doors.

 

Slimey... well... it's still new if national source still prints it ... it is absolutely hot in opinion - I'd take a reasonable lease on it any day...

 

Thats crazy looking. I'd rock it.

 

If they decide to go with it... it would be interesting to see 'changes' in performance, since from the pic looks like the engine is in front - something rare for P.. [back engine swoops are missing], meaning this would be a 4 dr hatchback. Still it should be one monstrously performing powered sedan... from the stale-ness of today's choices.

 

what the fuck are you talking about. sullivating isnt a word.

"No entry found for sullivating."


do you mean SALIVATING - to secrete saliva?

 

yeah beetroot... - spelling is a waste of time. Mark that site - I used it often as well

 

I guess not this time though huh.

 

when I write from work... I barely have enough time to breathe... so you'll forgive me for that will you ? but that site is good.. whenever you don't have a dictionary handy...

 

I forgive you my son



I use that site all the time.

www.thesaurus.com too.

 

i haven't seen it. so there.

 

to close this thread... in summary, if we do some numbers... at 34k sales roughly on average at 70k [i said roughly..] comes out to $2.4B [that's with a 'B']. With 75k SUVs under their belt at 'roughly' 80k [average of $69/89k for all 3 plain, S & turbo], that's an additional... $6B... more then doubling their revenue... so guess what the decision will be for the sedan... Money talks... louder then heritage in the world we live in. As long as the models are as tight, agile & 'dreamy' as their core... they will have nothing to warry about...

 

sorry patek..i wouldve hosted it but my ass got called into work

 

This isnt the first time that Porsche has thought about a 4 door car. But like times before I doubt it goes thru.

 

I think it will since they even have the Cayenne out now.