The new Design Carrera 4’s rear lights attracted me on a recent visit to the Porsche USA website. I started the Web Special and browsed the gallery, eventually watching a video where the narrator described its merits, here’s the painful transcript:
“The rear end of 911 all wheel drive models is 44 mm wider. The rear track width, 14mm wider. The new rear [?] reflector trim visually connects the taillights and emphasizes the unique design feature of the wider body. Exclusive to the all wheel drive models are the titanium colored painted trim surround and slats of the side air intakes at the front. The trim on the underbody rear paneling and the side skirts are contrasted in black.”
So, Porsche, if I understand you correctly, its merits are a slight increase in rear width, connecting the taillights (the way you should have continued doing all along) and tiny, painted plastic bits? Mmmm…might want to work on the awkwardly worded, rushed-through-translation sales pitch. You had something special with the Cayman S Design Edition 1, don’t cheapen the value of limited production “design” models.
P.S. “unique design feature of the wider body”?!? How many German engineers labored tirelessly to bring us this recent breakthrough in teutonic engineering? I mean it’s not like the burgeoning market for Porsche body kits was an easy target. *cough cough*
Tags: Carrera 4, Porsche, Porsche Design
