Porsche 989 Lives!!!

[BMWDave]

"Turns out that Porsche Panamera predecessor (AW, Aug. 8)?the early ?90s Porsche four-door prototype dubbed 989?wasn?t as secret as we were led to believe. Though Porsche officials initially told AutoWeek the car was never shown publicly, was never photographed and was crushed when production plans didn?t materialize, we?ve since learned the car was photographed by at least one German magazine (though Porsche says it never released official photos and a press release) and the car wasn?t destroyed back in 1991 as thought, but remains under wraps somewhere in the Porsche empire. Also, though the Panamera due in 2008 will be a front-engine four-door, the 989 that spawned many of later 911 suspension and styling improvements was likely a rear-engine, 911-based one-off."

[Raghavan]

i like this much better than teh panamera.

[giant_mtb]

Yay? :blink:  

[BMWDave]

Its absolutely amazing...that car was made in 1991, and it still looks new!

[Secret Chimp]

That an ugly car.

[BMWDave]

That an ugly car.

It was made a very long time ago, almost 16 years.  I'm sure the new Panamera will have updated styling  

[Raghavan]

That an ugly car.

It was made a very long time ago, almost 16 years.  I'm sure the new Panamera will have updated styling

you mean 14 years.

[BMWDave]

That an ugly car.

It was made a very long time ago, almost 16 years.  I'm sure the new Panamera will have updated styling

you mean 14 years.

The development for the car was initiated in the late 80s, 1988 to be precise

[Raghavan]

That an ugly car.

It was made a very long time ago, almost 16 years.  I'm sure the new Panamera will have updated styling

you mean 14 years.

The development for the car was initiated in the late 80s, 1988 to be precise

then you mean 17 years.  

[BMWDave]

That an ugly car.

It was made a very long time ago, almost 16 years.  I'm sure the new Panamera will have updated styling

you mean 14 years.

The development for the car was initiated in the late 80s, 1988 to be precise

then you mean 17 years.

But the car was created until a little later...either way, its around 16 or almost 16 years

[TBR]

Those rear seats can't have much headroom and it looks too much like an elongated 911 (guess that shouldn't be a surprise as that is all it is)

[Secret Chimp]

I don't mean ugly as in old, that's just a gross-ass shape. It looks like a 911 after a penis pump.

[Pancor]

Wow, who would have thought a 911 would look good with 4 doors?  

[850CSi]

It looks terribly disproportioned.

[Raghavan]

It looks terribly disproportioned.

how?

[Raza]

That second pic, if you weren't looking closely, could easily be mistaken for a 996.  

[850CSi]

It looks terribly disproportioned.

how?

Just stretching it like that ruined the car's design.

[Fire It Up]

Fugly!