Hey flashvette, ditto on my chicago driven 84 928s…the build quality is unsurpassed…and agreed there are too many bench readers on these. i have a 911 too…put both cars together and you can really taste the porsche yin-yang excellence that came out of Ferry’s reign
A timeless design is wasted if it can not survive. Creating something that time can not errode, something that ignores time or physically in concept is ultimate victory. Porsche builds these cars that will not rust away. They are here to stay for many years. My 83 928S is mint with no rust anywhere. Its spent its life in Massachussetts. And has been near the beach in Florida for the last 9 years. I love my Porsche. Great car manufacturer. Professor Porsche was a Genius.
Well, not everyone is lucky enough to have a Porsche and not evryone is smart enough to understand. Too many bench racers out there, they read a couple magazines and think that whats on paper is the whole truth………Pity………
Not a vintage commercial, just used black and white during Ferry’s portion and a few clips to match the black and white vintage clips. Still very cool.
My favorite one is with the kid seeing a 911 drive by his school and then goes to the dealership.
I have heard that Porsche is very skeptical of Nissan’s claim with the GT-R running faster than the 997 Twin Turbo. The Nissan weigh’s more than the Porsche 997 Twin Turbo and has less HP. Doesn’t add up.. Porsche suspects the Nissan GT-R was run with special race only tires to achieve those times. I am not saying the GT-R is not a fast car because it obviously is a fast great car, but its still a Nissan!, Porsche is a fabled and storied automaker with much racing success.
Beautiful footage… I hope they never get rid of the 911 just because the GT-R beat them on Nurburgring… Lose the 911, and they lose half of their history. The thing is legendary. Winning not because of it’s high power, but because of it’s amazing corning ability. I think they should try to compete with Nissan with a different car at about the same price.. But never get rid of the 911. It’s great that it still looks similar to the original 1964 911.
yeah but porsche unfortanly has become a new face less empire as well. they dont try hard enough and now there pissed of becuase the skyline laped faster at nurnburg and this has shown them up. and he is anti 911 becuase of hamond. i rember seeing a review from old top gear with tiff neddel and he actul liked but eh
Porsche #356/1 was damaged enroute to Monterey, CA in 1998. It was repaired. It was present at the Speedster 50th Anniversary in Carmel, CA in June of 2004.
I’d have to disagree about Ferrari and Lamborghini. They’re both still making spectacular cars. One might argue that the Lambo engine in the Audi R8 brings a bit more elan to Audi, and Audi’s reliability have made Lambos cars you can drive every day. Win/win.
the first porsche was damaged when they transported it for a car festival. whoops but it was reparied. but how can clarkson say no passion look at that add, i mean italian cars have no pasion look at fiat and ferrari came a big faceless empire when enzo died and they beacame to selling for the fat rich man and lambogini is gone thanks to audi buying it porsche still remembers its past and the pasion to keep it to look like the first makes everything unique a ferri still dosent look the same.
February 23rd, 2010 at 6:59 PM
Hey flashvette, ditto on my chicago driven 84 928s…the build quality is unsurpassed…and agreed there are too many bench readers on these. i have a 911 too…put both cars together and you can really taste the porsche yin-yang excellence that came out of Ferry’s reign
February 23rd, 2010 at 7:33 PM
@Flashvette
The cars do indeed rust away but for the dedication of its owner. That’s the difference.
February 23rd, 2010 at 8:08 PM
A timeless design is wasted if it can not survive. Creating something that time can not errode, something that ignores time or physically in concept is ultimate victory. Porsche builds these cars that will not rust away. They are here to stay for many years. My 83 928S is mint with no rust anywhere. Its spent its life in Massachussetts. And has been near the beach in Florida for the last 9 years. I love my Porsche. Great car manufacturer. Professor Porsche was a Genius.
February 23rd, 2010 at 9:00 PM
clear inspiration for everything we’ve done that will live in all of our cars…. except maybe the cayenne and the panamera
February 23rd, 2010 at 9:24 PM
it has there was nitrogen in the tires. nissian thinks that normal air isnt enough
February 23rd, 2010 at 10:13 PM
that was a very beautiful speech
February 23rd, 2010 at 10:15 PM
I love my 912 and even more love the heritage of the Porsche. Hope it will survive VW ambitions…
February 23rd, 2010 at 10:22 PM
Well, not everyone is lucky enough to have a Porsche and not evryone is smart enough to understand. Too many bench racers out there, they read a couple magazines and think that whats on paper is the whole truth………Pity………
February 23rd, 2010 at 11:15 PM
The sad thing is is that those who don’t know how good a Porsche is end up going with the GTR because they don’t know the Porsche driving experience.
February 23rd, 2010 at 11:55 PM
No need to compare a 911 with a GTR, if you every had a Porsche, you would never rather have a GTR than a Porsche, no way.
February 24th, 2010 at 12:19 AM
man was a genius
February 24th, 2010 at 12:31 AM
Not a vintage commercial, just used black and white during Ferry’s portion and a few clips to match the black and white vintage clips. Still very cool.
My favorite one is with the kid seeing a 911 drive by his school and then goes to the dealership.
February 24th, 2010 at 1:15 AM
I have heard that Porsche is very skeptical of Nissan’s claim with the GT-R running faster than the 997 Twin Turbo. The Nissan weigh’s more than the Porsche 997 Twin Turbo and has less HP. Doesn’t add up.. Porsche suspects the Nissan GT-R was run with special race only tires to achieve those times. I am not saying the GT-R is not a fast car because it obviously is a fast great car, but its still a Nissan!, Porsche is a fabled and storied automaker with much racing success.
February 24th, 2010 at 1:22 AM
in the late 70s and early 80s the 911 should be replaced by the V8-powered-front-engine 928
thank god they kept the 911
February 24th, 2010 at 1:46 AM
Save Prof. Dr. Ferry !!
February 24th, 2010 at 1:58 AM
Hehe, now anymore… They did want to get rid of it in the 70s.
February 24th, 2010 at 2:35 AM
they never wanted to give up the 911
February 24th, 2010 at 3:13 AM
Beautiful footage… I hope they never get rid of the 911 just because the GT-R beat them on Nurburgring… Lose the 911, and they lose half of their history. The thing is legendary. Winning not because of it’s high power, but because of it’s amazing corning ability. I think they should try to compete with Nissan with a different car at about the same price.. But never get rid of the 911. It’s great that it still looks similar to the original 1964 911.
February 24th, 2010 at 4:01 AM
Nice.
February 24th, 2010 at 4:02 AM
yeah but porsche unfortanly has become a new face less empire as well. they dont try hard enough and now there pissed of becuase the skyline laped faster at nurnburg and this has shown them up. and he is anti 911 becuase of hamond. i rember seeing a review from old top gear with tiff neddel and he actul liked but eh
February 24th, 2010 at 4:22 AM
Gummby69, Jeremy likes the 928 and the 944 turbo, he just doesn’t feel the same about the 911.
February 24th, 2010 at 4:46 AM
A+ excellent footage!
February 24th, 2010 at 5:44 AM
Porsche #356/1 was damaged enroute to Monterey, CA in 1998. It was repaired. It was present at the Speedster 50th Anniversary in Carmel, CA in June of 2004.
I’d have to disagree about Ferrari and Lamborghini. They’re both still making spectacular cars. One might argue that the Lambo engine in the Audi R8 brings a bit more elan to Audi, and Audi’s reliability have made Lambos cars you can drive every day. Win/win.
February 24th, 2010 at 6:17 AM
the first porsche was damaged when they transported it for a car festival. whoops but it was reparied. but how can clarkson say no passion look at that add, i mean italian cars have no pasion look at fiat and ferrari came a big faceless empire when enzo died and they beacame to selling for the fat rich man and lambogini is gone thanks to audi buying it porsche still remembers its past and the pasion to keep it to look like the first makes everything unique a ferri still dosent look the same.
February 24th, 2010 at 6:32 AM
Dr F Porsche- One of the greatest automobile engineers of the world.