Porsche but not a Beatle

How many women can tell the difference between a Porsche Cayman and a Porsche 911 Turbo?

The answer is unequivocably about 5%. We know this because we have the perfect demographic cross-section in our office so therefore its official.

Now, about 60% of guys (again, official) know that a Porsche Cayman costs about a third of a Turbo, and if we buy a Turbo we expect everyone to know that we’re rich and not just trying to look like we’re rich (Mr. Cayman/ Boxster driver).

The point is that this has always been the problem with buying Porsches. They all look the same and have done for the last 50 years.  We’re discounting the Panemara because whilst it’s an engineering masterpiece its god awful ugly. You know when a new car comes out and you’re not sure, but then the style eventually grows on you? No matter how many times we see this monster, it just doesn’t get any prettier.

Anyway, it seems that after 50 years of angry letters to the laziest car designers in the world,  they’ve finally taken note.

We introduce the Porsche 918 Spyder, a hybrid concept (but sure to be manufactured in 2011) car that  rocks our world.

+/- 700 bhp. An interior you could happily lick all day, and a shape so sexy it makes us weak at the knees.

Shame the promo video is crap but at least you get to see what we’re salavating over…..

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