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Ohhh let's hope not ! Rendered speculation: Porsche hatchback based on VW Golf

   
Old Mar 3, 2009 | 10:08 AM
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I'd rock it!
 
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Old Mar 3, 2009 | 11:51 AM
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now this design in my opinions works fine for a coupe !! Not the panamera.. I get a stomach ache everytime i look at that car.
 
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Old Mar 3, 2009 | 12:45 PM
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Originally Posted by Chris from Cali
If I were the program manager for that car, I'd keep it VERY light (i.e. aluminum panels, manual seats, etc.), keep it decontented (i.e. no giant stereo, no automatic everything), and give it at least 2.0 liters (w/ and w/o a turbo). Make the 2.0L standard one about 230 hp, and the turbo one about 300 hp. Make sure it feels like a Porsche in the way it steers and handles. Price the NA one around $30K and the Turbo around $40K. They'd sell as many as they could make...

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Great thoughts on how it should be. By the time it mde it to market, I would be their target audience and I would take a very long look at it. I dig.

 
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Old Mar 3, 2009 | 12:48 PM
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30k is less than what the S3 costs. I'd guess 40-50k, and at least 300 hp. Weight the same as the Audi.
 
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Old Mar 3, 2009 | 01:05 PM
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"Porsche" + "Light Weight" = VERY expensive
 
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Old Mar 3, 2009 | 05:39 PM
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Originally Posted by BigE
"Porsche" + "Light Weight" = VERY expensive
Not necessarily. Figure the Cayman weighs in the 2800 lb range. This car could easily hit 2500 lbs. With 230 hp, that'd be very quick...

Keep in mind Porsches have a little performance overlap (i.e. Cayman S is as fast as a base Carrera), so the Turbo version of that hatch could take a base Cayman/Boxster and keep the order intact.
 
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Old Mar 4, 2009 | 02:51 PM
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Old Mar 4, 2009 | 05:02 PM
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Originally Posted by Chris from Cali
Not necessarily. Figure the Cayman weighs in the 2800 lb range. This car could easily hit 2500 lbs. With 230 hp, that'd be very quick...

Keep in mind Porsches have a little performance overlap (i.e. Cayman S is as fast as a base Carrera), so the Turbo version of that hatch could take a base Cayman/Boxster and keep the order intact.
They would be starting with a Golf with a listed curb weight of 3,162 lbs. Getting down to 2,500 - 2,600 would be very expensive, especially the way Porsche likes to shed weight on its cars - GT3, GT2, etc.
 
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Old Mar 4, 2009 | 05:48 PM
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Originally Posted by BigE
They would be starting with a Golf with a listed curb weight of 3,162 lbs. Getting down to 2,500 - 2,600 would be very expensive, especially the way Porsche likes to shed weight on its cars - GT3, GT2, etc.
take out the back seats, replace the steel framed fronts with aluminum framed ones, some aluminum body panels, suspension components, block/heads and you have 250-400 lbs weight reduction right there.

I can see it happening.
 
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