All Entries Tagged With: "PORSCHE"
Porsche 911: A Statement on Evolution vs. Revolution
“It has to be clearly recognizable as a nine eleven – but also as the new nine eleven.” – Michael Mauer Porsche “Style Director”.
Somebody Buy This Guy’s Porsche
by Gunnar Heinrich ::: YouTube ::: Get a life. Buy My Porsche Video
RANDOM doesn’t begin describe the concept shown in this video ad of some London bloke trying to sell his 80s Porsche 911 Targa.
All two and a half minutes are such a non-sequitor that I won’t bother going into detail. But the film does keep your attention. And the videography is really good. And the title’s funny. Must’ve been a (fun) hassle. I’m trying to find a point somewhere here…
There might not be any other than it was a really good video for what amounts to a classified ad.
Porsche Speedster by Pacific Sunset
by Gunnar Heinrich ::: img ADLX ::: Porsche 356 Speedster
TECHNICOLOR sunset on the Pacific – the hues pearlescent, perfect. Cue flawless beauty. We see her drive up alongside a parking lot facing one of La Jolla’s sandy beaches. Her car is a dark blue Porsche 356 Speedster – a classic at least twice her age and one of Max Hoffman’s catalysts that made Porsche a household name in America. Her brown hair is tucked beneath a logoless baseball cap. She steps from the car and quickly perches on a rock overlooking the ocean.
She watches as our closest star sinks into midnight blue waters.
McLaren v. Ferrari v. Porsche
by Gunnar Heinrich ::: YouTube ::: McLaren MP4-12C v Ferrari 458 Italia v Porsche (997) 911 Turbo MK2
ADMITTEDLY, this video’s quality is only fair. But reader, when I saw this tri-colore spectacle of fresh exotica positioned at a checkered line- particularly the minty McLaren MP4-12C and the Ferrari 458 Italia – I had to know which one would best the lot. Unfortunately, we only kinda find out as who arrived in third is anyone’s guess. Though, if I could guess…
Vintage Porsche Advert: Because 1983 Won’t Be Like 1983
by Gunnar Heinrich ::: YouTube ::: 1983 Porsche Commercials
WHEN your sales pitch is essentially, “Buy it ‘cuz it’s a Porsche!” there’s little room left for discussion. Such was Porsche’s and Ze Germans‘ dominance in the early 80s that you couldn’t help but notice overconfidence in their advertising. Chalk it up to that decade, but also a sense that their reign over the US car market might just last a thousand years. Alas, before long Porsche and others would feel the Japanese pinch.
Even then, it seems Porsche never really changed the tone of their message.
eBay Watch! 2005 Porsche Carrera GT
by Gunnar Heinrich ::: img Naples Motorsports ::: 2005 Porsche Carrera GT
SWEET lord. Porsche’s former 605 hp V10 flagship – the Carrera GT – just radiates Teutonic cool -down to its high placed wood knobbed shifter. And: the Carrera GT is rare. Rarer still when finished in “Guards Red.” It’s like the white tiger. Or one of Malcolm Forbes’ Victor Vekselberg’s fabergé eggs.
Zuffenhausen produced 1,270 Carrera GTs between 2004 and 2006 and priced the mid-engined supercars at $448K each. Five years on, Carrera GT No. 689 with 4,254 miles, a Floridian resident, is for sale with a buy-it-now tag of $360K.
Perhaps deflation isn’t such a bad thing after all. [eBay]
