I still remember the 996 days when Porsche decided to place a little more emphasis on peoples’ opinions and decided to try something new with the 996 chassis 911’s design, and out came the fried-egg headlamps, and everyone moaned and whined. I still thought it was great on its own. For the record, Porsche still could’ve played it safe by staying with the pre-facelift design with little changes, and people still hate it.
For the record, they’re still FAR better than BMW right now…
For the record, they’re still FAR better than BMW right now…
I’m with you there - it’s not even close. Despite my dislike for the current approach at Porsche, if we look at the 911 in isolation, they’ve done an incredible job of iterating and refining the design over 60 years in a way that’s allowed it to always look current while also always being instantly recognizable - it’s an incredible feat, and BMW has never attempted it.
BMW used to make beautiful cars, then boxy cars with a certain charm, now bloated, ugly, overstyled pieces of shit. The F87 M2C 6MT is probably the last good car they’ll ever make - and even it is 500 lbs too heavy.
I still remember the 996 days when Porsche decided to place a little more emphasis on peoples’ opinions and decided to try something new with the 996 chassis 911’s design, and out came the fried-egg headlamps, and everyone moaned and whined. I still thought it was great on its own. For the record, Porsche still could’ve played it safe by staying with the pre-facelift design with little changes, and people still hate it.
For the record, they’re still FAR better than BMW right now…
I’m with you there - it’s not even close. Despite my dislike for the current approach at Porsche, if we look at the 911 in isolation, they’ve done an incredible job of iterating and refining the design over 60 years in a way that’s allowed it to always look current while also always being instantly recognizable - it’s an incredible feat, and BMW has never attempted it.
BMW used to make beautiful cars, then boxy cars with a certain charm, now bloated, ugly, overstyled pieces of shit. The F87 M2C 6MT is probably the last good car they’ll ever make - and even it is 500 lbs too heavy.