Murray16

I found this on supercars.net this morning.

One thing is for sure, Mazda has made an influence on Porsche. The rear doors appear to be a direct knockoff (except the handles) and the front fascia looks just like the Mazdaspeed front end. The roofline even looks similar.

Thoughts?

Hercules

Looks like a photoshop. Got a link to a Porsche site?

Murray16

no... no link from porsches site. It could very well be a photoshop but supercars.net is usually pretty good about saying if it is a photoshop or not...
Ill look for more pics though

I found this after a quick google search:
http://www.fantasycars.com/1/2001/Po...sche4door.html

Murray16

I found this...
http://www.onlyporsche.net/news/49

cueball

I've heard that porsche wants more cars to use the V8 that it developed for the Cayenne. I guess this might be one of them.

pelucidor

A Porsche sedan! They have been thinking of building one for years, so I believe the pic could be real. The Porsche pickup truck is not far away.

AltecLansing

:D

mikeb

the first pic looks sweet

I dont care for their suv

Ike

Omg omg omg, Mazda invented the suicide doors!!!!!11!!!one!!1 How can Porsche steal their ideas!!!!111!!!!!!!!!11 The car even has wheels and tires and two tailpipes, it's certainly a direct ripoff.

Genom

Yeah Ike, because everybody is super into cars and knows the history of the suicide doors and everything else about cars just like you huh?

RobDickinson

uh pic 1 looks like suicide doors, later pics dont..?

Murray16

I never meant to imply that mazda invented the suicide doors.... Im just saying that porsche is probably very aware of the good press mazda has been getting with putting them on the 8.

I dont think that it was the saturns that caught porsches eye.... and the saturn is really only the other modern car that has that style of door. Mazda was the one that put the doors on a performance car.

Ike

Actually most of the press has said iffy things about the styling and a lot of that has to do with the doors. Mostly the good press has been from the great handling and the fun driving experience.


Rob, that is a bit odd, which makes me think that maybe none of these photos are real, and especially not the first one.

NAVILESRX8

iTrader: (1)

hahah...that whole suicide door thing is retarded....people looking to bad mouth the RX8 always say, "it's got those cheesy Saturn doors"....who cares....Saturn wasn't the 1st car with them, and the RX8 won't be the last.

Ike you are spot on....

JimW

Yeah, but one things for sure, you know that car is gonna haul some tail!

jonnyb

hahaha yeah right. mazda wishes they could have an influence on porsche. heres some more different pics

http://www.auto-motor-und-sport.de/d/57733


suicide doors have been around since the beginning of cars. you really have to be totally oblivious of cars to not know this.



the rolls royce phantom also has suicide doors

AltecLansing

lol, those trucks also have them:P

Murray16

[QUOTE]Originally posted by jonnyb
hahaha yeah right. mazda wishes they could have an influence on porsche. heres some more different pics

http://www.auto-motor-und-sport.de/d/57733


I was referring to the very first pic that I posted to open this thread.... When i saw the other ones I changed my tune. But you gotta admit that there is a little resemlance in the first pic.

BTW, the other pics that dont show the car with a rear suicide style door is a different car. Still a prototype, but with the headlights from a 993 class 911, you can tell that its an older concept.

Ike

Hmmm, no, nope, don't see it.

AL, don't forget the cargo vans as well.

Murray16

FINE!...
I won't fight with you about it. It's not worth it. Why bother...


Oh and... I did say CAR when I was talking about modern CARS with suicide style rear doors

Ike

I SEE! So now you're discrimating against vans and trucks huh, snob! :p

We'll just chalk this up to perception, like when someone thinks someone looks like someone else even though they clearly don't to everyone but that one person...

What was the old thread that someone was talking about a car that looked nothing like the 8, yet the person swore up and down the were ripping Mazda off. I'll have to go digging.

Murray16

lol... yea...

I know the thread youre talking about. Perception is right. And yes.


An also I'm sorry if I offended any trucks or vans by making anything other than cars feel left out.

Senseny

Porsche rarely rips people off in their styling of cars. Before I get flamed, I do not mean they never use other manufacturers innovations, I just mean there is usually no mistaking a Porsche on the road with anything else. That is one reason I do not like the Cayenne or the idea of a Porsche sedan, it takes away from the purity of the line IMO. Sorry to be a Porsche snob, but I love those cars.

Ike

I think it was the C6 vette that someone was saying looked like an RX-8... I also remember something about Dodge ripping off the FD with the Viper. Both are just silly and I see VERY little resemblance, especially since the viper was made long before the FD.

Ike

I was ready to lay into you, I read that the first time as Porsche really rips people off in their styling cues. :p