Porsche Naming

[Vaigra]

Maybe some speed stripes too?

yeah and NOS and Type-R stickers...

[The_Canuck]

I thought the Cayman was named so because it's similar to that reptile- small, but still packs a nasty bite...
And the Cayenne I'm pretty sure was named after the pepper- spicy, and over the top

Yeah...the caiman

[zeppelin]

Yeah, caiman is the reptile. Porsche just changed the spelling.

[Esperante]

The numbered Porsche models are for the design number coming from the designers, ie the 356 was the three hundreth and fifty sixth design (though not necessarily prototype) to be considered, as was the 914, 944, 968 etc. with their respective numbers, and when they got around to the 993s and such Porsche started thinking, 'whoa, we're going to hit a thousand soon.' So after the 996 that style of naming died, hence the 997 isn't really the first concept after the 996, it's just the logical next number up to sell the car. The Boxster design was somewhere in the thousands, as well as the Cayenne and Cayman, which explains why Porsche doesn't really number their cars anymore.

[The_Canuck]

The numbered Porsche models are for the design number coming from the designers, ie the 356 was the three hundreth and fifty sixth design (though not necessarily prototype) to be considered, as was the 914, 944, 968 etc. with their respective numbers, and when they got around to the 993s and such Porsche started thinking, 'whoa, we're going to hit a thousand soon.' So after the 996 that style of naming died, hence the 997 isn't really the first concept after the 996, it's just the logical next number up to sell the car. The Boxster design was somewhere in the thousands, as well as the Cayenne and Cayman, which explains why Porsche doesn't really number their cars anymore.

The Boxster is 987 and the older generation was the 986.

[Zytek_Fan]

Maybe some speed stripes too?

You need a wing mounted backwards

[henk4]

Porsche 911 was originally presented as 901 but due to pressure from Peugeot, which had long been using three digit type indications with a zero in the middle (and still does) the name was changed into 911. (It might still have been design number 901 though). Peugeot did not object to the use of 904,906 and 908 for the Porsche racing models from the sixties.

In order to create more confusion design numbers do not necessarily have to relate to complete cars. It may also be a geabox or so. A complete overview can be found in Karl Ludvigsen's book on Porsche: "Excellence was expected"

[IWantAnAudiRS6]

You need a wing mounted backwards

Ah, of course.

*installs*

OMGZ LOLOLOLOLOL WTFBBQ the downforce is KILLING me!!

[Gt1Street]

you forgot the matchbox 914 somewhere in there, the funniest porsche ever !

[Esperante]

The 914 was a great car.