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Jeremy (Highmile)
| | Posted on Tuesday, April 30, 2002 - 11:17 am: | 
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How would you like to meet one of these on the trail? Sounds like it might be fairly capable.
www.vwvortex.com
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Glenn Guinto (Glenn)
| | Posted on Tuesday, April 30, 2002 - 11:21 am: |
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It's better looking than the Porsche Santa Fe... or is it Hyundai Cayenne?
-glenn |
Greg Davis
| | Posted on Tuesday, April 30, 2002 - 02:06 pm: |
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To be honest, I would LOVE to meet one of those on the trail. At least the kind of trail I like.  |
94Rover
| | Posted on Tuesday, April 30, 2002 - 03:04 pm: |
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If you read the intro article, the writer almost suggests that anyone would be a "fool" to purchase the Porsche SUCrap. Anywho, it still looks like a Passaaaattt* sp. The problem I have with all these "new" S.U.V's is that they don't differ from the cars that the manufactures produce....Well, what I think I'm saying is that I like unique identity-
!Thats why I will always own a SWB County RR Classic- Charles Spencer King knew exactly what he was doing-
Can you hear me now? |
Phillip Perkinson (R0ver4x4)
| | Posted on Tuesday, April 30, 2002 - 06:10 pm: |
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I think it has potential |
James F. Thompson Jaime (Blueboy)
| | Posted on Wednesday, May 01, 2002 - 01:07 am: |
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Just to throw in some letters, Porsche has won a lot of European rallies and most people don't really associate them with this type of racing. Same with Audi. Both have finished very well in this sport. Plus both are directly associated with VW. Although the Rovers will always have a spot in my garage, the German offerings could be a cool ride in the mountain twisties (both paved and not)with room for gear on-board. Throw in that both are somewhat based on a 959, they are well worth a look in my book. Porsche has a pretty cool section on their site with videos showing the testing program.
Jaime |
Leslie N. Bright (Leslie)
| | Posted on Wednesday, May 01, 2002 - 08:45 am: |
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I'd get a Subaru first..... oh wait, I did! lol....
-L |
Curtis Newkirk (Curtis)
| | Posted on Wednesday, May 01, 2002 - 12:41 pm: |
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I agree with James. I have never owned a VW product until recently when we bought my wife a Jetta GLX VR6 Wagon. Compared to MB's and BMW's I have owned and loved, this little thing will hold every bit of its ground. I would expect no less from the new Tour-in-a-keg. The Tour De Keg would never go where my LR will, but hey, it looks like the best of the "car-utes" I have seen and a good alternative to a car. Almost makes me wis I would have waited on that Jetta purchase....
Curtis |
Jeremy (Highmile)
| | Posted on Friday, June 21, 2002 - 10:27 am: |
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According to www.edmunds.com, this VW will have a center and rear locking differentials with a front locking differential available the second model year.
How would this thing look with some protection? (bull bars, skid plates, etc..) |
MR (Keebler)
| | Posted on Friday, June 21, 2002 - 02:23 pm: |
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PLEASE Let them put the V10 TDI in it at some point! That engine will give the Big 3 someting to worry about! |
Greg French
| | Posted on Friday, June 21, 2002 - 04:24 pm: |
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Correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't that a higher ground clearance (11in) and deeper wading depth (23in) than a stock Disco's 9 and 22 inches?
I showed my wife. She wants one.
I'd like to take it out and test it. I mean, REALLY test it! |
Kennith P. Whichard III (Kennith)
| | Posted on Wednesday, June 26, 2002 - 01:35 pm: |
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You guys would be suprised at what that 959 technology can do. Porsche perfected all wheel drive years ago, and now, it looks as if they may do the same with streight up 4 wheel drive using the same technology.
I have seen videos of Porsches used as expedition vehicles, simply because they never get stuck in sand. I have seen them cross the Sahara, alongside rovers that got stuck. I have seen them at the beach, leaving lifted trucks in the dust. I have even seen pictures of some yahoo doing hardcore rock crawling in a Carerra 4. It sounds crazy, but it's true. Imagine all this capability with 11 inches of ground clearance.
If Porsche produces the strangely styled Cayenne as it has promised...Land Rover and Hummer had better watch out, because a new heavyweight will be in town. |
Kennith P. Whichard III (Kennith)
| | Posted on Wednesday, June 26, 2002 - 01:36 pm: |
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Oops Forgot to close...
Cheers,
Kennith |
James F. Thompson Jaime (Blueboy)
| | Posted on Wednesday, June 26, 2002 - 04:30 pm: |
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Ah, see someone else knows the 959. When they first came out it was rumored that Bill Gates has one stored in the free trade zone of San Fran. There is one for sale in NY. Check out: http://www.huntingridgemotors.com./cars.php?cat=german&carid=64&subcat=porsche
Pretty awesome stuff.
Jaime |
Kennith P. Whichard III (Kennith)
| | Posted on Thursday, June 27, 2002 - 05:55 pm: |
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It's a beautiful thing...A beautiful thing... I think they may be testing the waters with a modified all wheel drive system on a proven platform: The SUV.
We may yet see the pairing of the 959's all wheel drive prowess, and the current GT2's new technology of construction.
With the current revival supercar interest, major manufacturers are really designing mean machines. The BMW M-3 CSL, Bugatti Veyron, Ferrari F-60, Lamborghinoi Murcialago, and the various supercars from even more exotic manufacturers, can all whip Porsche's ass. Why have they waited? I would imagine because they have something more sinster up their sleeves.
It will have to reach 250mph, that's the new benchmark. It will have to do 0-60 under 3.2 seconds, that mandates all wheel drive, and it will have to do more than 1 G on the skidpad.
Theres only one manufacturer who can beat Bugatti on this one, and I think it's Porsche.
Oh, and don't you think it's time they brought back their V8...oh, that's right, they are!
Cheers,
Kennith |
MR (Keebler)
| | Posted on Thursday, June 27, 2002 - 10:12 pm: |
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The Carrera GT has a V10 in mid-mounted position.
Dont know if it's AWD tho.... |
Kennith P. Whichard III (Kennith)
| | Posted on Thursday, June 27, 2002 - 10:55 pm: |
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If it's mid engine, odds are it's all wheel drive, and odds are it will change dramatically before it's production if it ever is produced, because it wasn't concieved as a production vehicle.
I'm not sure if I want to see them produce this, rather than work on a real porsche supercar. 205mph is no longer astounding, although Porsches have never been about top speed.
It will not please Porsche purists, and certainly won't hold up against the competition. I think this was simply a design study, and Porsche found that they could make a buck off of it.
One of the other things that makes me skeptical is the fact that Porsche can squeeze 450hp out of a v6, but this car has only 560 from a v10? C'mon.
Porsche's pride comes from the fact that they can squeeze every drop of power out of an engine, a 560 hp v10 is nothing out of the ordinary, and that's not the way Porsche does business. Hell the M-3 CSL will cream this car.
This car would have had to be built from scratch, with entirely new parts to keep Porsche's weight ratio, as all their current parts are designed for their current cars.
It all adds up to Porsche testing the waters, if they produce the GT, it will be to grab funding for something else.
Cheers,
Kennith |
MR (Keebler)
| | Posted on Friday, June 28, 2002 - 06:54 am: |
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I thought the GT was some sort of homologation for some as yet unseen LMP or other racer..a la
911 to GT1. I definitely agree that 560 is weak from a Porsche V10, tho. I just would like to see them to get back to some sort of Factory racing program....
Matt |
Glenn Guinto (Glenn)
| | Posted on Friday, June 28, 2002 - 07:16 am: |
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If I'm not mistaken, thats 560 of raw horsepower (displacement) though, as opposed to any kind of turbo/super charging. Kinda like the 928, 320+ "raw" hp from the V8 powerplant. True, it's not typically Porsche's way of doing business, but man, 560hp is a LOT of power from a +/- 3000 lbs hunk of steel. That stuff will kill ya! -Unless of course "you aint skeered"! (lol)
-glenn
oh..."Cheers!"
-glenn |
Kennith P. Whichard III (Kennith)
| | Posted on Friday, June 28, 2002 - 02:03 pm: |
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Glen,
It may be raw, but porsche can do much better. I'd bet they could get over 700 out of that puppy with a little work. For any other manufacturer i'd be impressive, but not for Porsche.
In the automotive industry, you are judged by your ambitions, and this car want's to be in the same lineup as the world's superpowers, only it dosn't measure up.
Cheers,
Kennith |
Ron
| | Posted on Saturday, June 29, 2002 - 01:41 am: |
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67hp is fine for me. and I will kick the crap out of any porsche SUV, so long as I get to choose the course.
Ron |
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