When did Porsche introduce a station wagon?

NoMoreRedInk

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Sat Feb-07-04 05:10 PM
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When did Porsche introduce a station wagon?

This commercial I just saw is very strange. A guy is revving up his Porsche Cayenne station wagon to show off to his friend who is listening to the exaust on the phone. And it's a Porsche.

I've never seen a guy who was proud of a station wagon; much less a commercial about it.

What gives?

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madrchsod

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Sat Feb-07-04 05:14 PM
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1. about 80,000+

from your bank account,that`s what it takes to buy this suv that has no practical use what so ever.

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boxster

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Sat Feb-07-04 05:16 PM
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3. It has just as much practical use as every other SUV.

Right?

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NoMoreRedInk

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Sat Feb-07-04 06:20 PM
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11. I didn't realize they were marketing it as an SUV

It looks like a station wagon to me. And it's a V6?

That doesn't sound much different than the Subarus that jet around Chapel Hill.

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boxster

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Sat Feb-07-04 10:01 PM
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18. Yes, they've been marketing it as an SUV since day one.

I think it looks like an SUV more than a station wagon. If you want to see a station wagon, look at Cadillac's new SUV!

Porsche just released the V6. Most models (and all 2003's and before) had a V8.

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boxster

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Sat Feb-07-04 05:15 PM
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2. It's a 450hp, $90,000, 165mph SUV.

I'd hope that if someone spent $90k on a 165mph SUV that they'd be proud of it!

:)

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TheMightyFavog

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Sat Feb-07-04 05:17 PM
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4. I still think

that a Porsche SUV is just wrong.

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Kellanved

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Sat Feb-07-04 05:19 PM
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5. not quite a Porsche

The Cayenne is a beefed up VW Touareg - made by Porsche with VW parts.

VW

Porsche

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boxster

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Sat Feb-07-04 05:37 PM
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8. Actually, it's a shared platform.

Some of the parts are shared, but most of the Cayenne is Porsche parts, including the engines, drivetrains, suspension, etc.

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Kellanved

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Sat Feb-07-04 05:47 PM
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10. yes

But the transmission, the V6-Engine (AFAIK not available in the US) and most of the design are identical. The Touareg has a few design flaws less, but the Phaeton design isn't everyone's favourite either.

Comparing the prices (not that I have the money for either) I'd pick the Touareg; the Porsche brand is hardly present in the Cayenne anyway.

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tishaLA

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Sat Feb-07-04 05:19 PM
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6. Here in Los Angeles, they are all over the place

I think it's God's way of telling you that you have too much money.

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CJCRANE

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Sat Feb-07-04 05:26 PM
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7. That's nothing, wait til you see

my Ferrari pick-up and my Aston Martin MPV!

Actually, I've seen the Cayenne and it looks like a Porsche 911 on steroids, not pretty.

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baldguy

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Sat Feb-07-04 06:52 PM
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13. How about a Lamborghini ?

http://www.lamborghinistuff.com/media/lamborghini+lm+002+lm+002+sales+sheet.jpg

I can't understand why the LM 002 wasn't more popular. After all, it's big, it's ugly and it cost WAY TOO much!

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TheMightyFavog

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Sat Feb-07-04 08:18 PM
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17. Et tu, Lamborghini?

:cry::cry::cry::cry::cry::cry::cry:

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DemoTex

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Sat Feb-07-04 05:46 PM
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9. Hey, don't a Porsche Cayenne just yet.

You might want to wait for the just-announced V-12-powered Cadillac Escalade SUX. Bodies are stacked like cord-wood in Bu$hco's War for Oil, Peak-Oil nears, the rich-get-richer-and-the-poor-get-fucked, and GM is putting a fuel-sucking V-12 in one of the most egregious passenger vehicles ever built. Guess what? They will sell like hotcakes in Texas.

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terrya

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Sat Feb-07-04 06:38 PM
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12. Will the Rolls-Royce SUV be far behind?

This ridiculous SUV craze is getting out of hand.

Yes...that obscene Cadillac V-12(???!!!!) WILL sell like hotcakes, unfortunately.

Terry

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sasquatch

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Sat Feb-07-04 06:58 PM
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14. Ferdinand Porsche created the VW Bus in 1949

Edited on Sat Feb-07-04 07:19 PM by sasquatch

So I guess that their first family vehicle like a station wagon started then:shrug: I hope that helps.:)

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Kellanved

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Sat Feb-07-04 07:18 PM
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15. really?

I thought Porsche started his own business ("Porsche") in 1948; the VW bus was the first VW design not by Porsche (by Ben Pon AFAIR) .

I might be mistaken - the early VW years are somewhat shady.

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sasquatch

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Sat Feb-07-04 07:22 PM
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16. Yeah who knows

I think it was designed by Porsche because I take Bus transmissions and put them with a Beetle Motor. That's why I think Ferdinand created the bus because he liked to do that with his vehicles. Old Porsche parts and old VW parts are very simular.

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