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mchusma 4 hours ago [-]
Porsche. “Aluminum key”
Tesla roadster. “Drives upside down, flies, does flips, 0-60 in 0.81s”
origini 2 hours ago [-]
Porsche. "You can buy me as promised in a timeframe i told you"
Tesla roadster. "Hold my key, i might actually get delivered in 2-5 years after waiting for 10"
2 hours ago [-]
kleiba2 3 hours ago [-]
"Noticeably different from the very first moment: the aluminium key offers a glimpse of what is to come. Even before the engine starts, a connection to the car is formed, transforming anticipation into something tangible."
I would fire the marketing team.
nielsbot 3 hours ago [-]
Is this a Jony Ive collab? Sure seems there are a lot of similarities to the Ferrari Luce.
vrganj 2 hours ago [-]
Advertising the fact that the key is from some other metal is... weird.
Who gives a fuck? Never have i used a key and thought "wow, I wish the metal was different, that would noticeably change my experience".
beklein 2 hours ago [-]
I see a lot of Claudeisms/AI slop in the copy text on that page. Really disappointed from that page, agreed, fire the marketing team.
rrr_oh_man 2 hours ago [-]
Yup.
eps 2 hours ago [-]
Different target audience.
I'd rather have an aluminum key.
Markoff 2 hours ago [-]
one of them is real product, the other just some promo skeleton made for promo, which they dont actually properly show
vrganj 2 hours ago [-]
The Aluminium key is a bit silly.
But I'd much rather have a premium car from a manufacturer with premium car standards. Have you seen the panel gaps on Teslas? They're like fancy Ladas!
mukmuk 2 hours ago [-]
Rooting for them but doesn’t look very Porsche to me.
Lightly related, here’s the design patent for the original Targa design:
How are "constantly rearranging" instruments an essential?
Some designers don't get it.
Too much ego. Those are the one's who would have failed to finish a cathedral over several generations within the same style (re-read chapter 4 of "The Mythical Man-Month" to understand).
It's a distraction. And a pure driver's car avoids any distraction.
gambiting 4 hours ago [-]
I see this in software too - designers have to constantly justify their own employment by redesigning things that work perfectly well and literally no one has ever complained about. But if you're on the payroll to design, you have to design.
BoingBoomTschak 3 hours ago [-]
Well, they call it a pure "driver's car" but it's really too fussy to be that. A Miata or Elise/Exige would be what I'd put that label on.
meerita 2 hours ago [-]
I really liked the interior of this model. Glad it looks analog and not the stupid 100% displays you can get in a car today.
omega3 2 hours ago [-]
Huh, everything is digital apart from the needle arm of the rev counter?
meerita 2 hours ago [-]
I retract what I said. I watched a close shot of the dashboard, it's purely digital but the needle arm as you mention. What a pity.
Landing page design is really bad. For a bit, I was not sure if I had landed on a generic WordPress blog.
nullpoint420 2 hours ago [-]
Wow, you're not kidding. This really feels like a hobby site from the early 2010s
f6v 2 hours ago [-]
It's a web site for a car. It has pictures of the said car. What's up with it, I don't get it.
jval43 4 hours ago [-]
"Height-adjustable gear lever", lol.
Zero info about the engine on the page - or is it electric? The page doesn't really say.
For a sports car, that sort of info is kinda important?
vostrocity 3 hours ago [-]
In a video, a Porsche official said they haven't decided on the engine yet.
PedroBatista 2 hours ago [-]
It’s mostly a marketing exercise and Germans are notoriously bad from an Anglo perspective.
From the opposite side Tesla’s presentation was way “yee-ahh” and tacky from the perspective of other publics
nielsbot 3 hours ago [-]
The marketing page says it's mid-engined. Maybe it's one of these newer hybrids not designed for range for but performance boost especially a low RPMs where the gas engine last immediate torque.
svelle 4 hours ago [-]
The car has four exhausts so I'd assume it's not electric.
superze 3 hours ago [-]
Germany doubling down on combustion after doubling down several times. Don't worry guys all is good. Those guys have lost any touch to reality. Nothing will snap them back.
nielsbot 3 hours ago [-]
I think a few things.. (but I am not a policy expert)
1. Governments pulling back on EV transition leading to car companies pulling back from EVs as well. For example, some companies that had previously said "we've designed out last gas engine" now are designing new ones.
2. Turns out gas + EV can be even better than pure electric for a sports car (so I gather)
3. People who drives cars like this DGAF about emissions
BoingBoomTschak 3 hours ago [-]
Electric car, decent autonomy and light weight: choose two; at least for now.
pllbnk 3 hours ago [-]
Perhaps they are there for the 'Rocket' edition.
polyterative 3 hours ago [-]
Looks nice but the presentation of the website is terrible.Looks like they are try-harding.Not happy with the copy at all.But the lines of of the car are nice to see.Please Porsche keep it together.
eps 2 hours ago [-]
> Looks nice but the presentation of the website is terrible.Looks like ... all.But the ... see.Please ... together.
Please add spaces after periods. The presentation is terrible.
kaizenb 2 hours ago [-]
"Focus on what matters." :/ I guess they replaced their copywriter with AI.
amelius 2 hours ago [-]
At this point I'd save the money for a stick of DRAM you might need.
develoopest 2 hours ago [-]
The car is beautiful except for that visible fan, it gives AC unit vibes.
zelosleone 2 hours ago [-]
How did they even manage this timing seriously.
rrr_oh_man 2 hours ago [-]
LLMsplaining in every second paragraph…
kaizenb 2 hours ago [-]
ohh come on man you should "focus on what matters" (:
ginko 2 hours ago [-]
So is this an EV or an ICE car? The rev counter makes me think ICE?
zero-g 1 hours ago [-]
Wondering as well. Neither the website, nor the youtube video [0] make it clear. It does have 4 exhaust pipes, however.
So does the Roadster :) they even both have center fans.
smoovb 7 hours ago [-]
Is this poor timing or coat tail riding?
rasz 2 hours ago [-]
>what does the sports car of tomorrow really need?
1000HP of EV power, definitely not a V8
ezst 2 hours ago [-]
Why not both? What makes EVs meaningful is when you get to the point of pushing green electricity to the grid and have the bulk of the utilitarian traffic consume it. Electrifying supercars for the sake of it has no measurable impact in the grand scheme of things.
Xenoamorphous 2 hours ago [-]
Most car enthusiasts are against EV sport cars.
xethos 43 minutes ago [-]
Peak performance alone will not imbue something with a soul, and adding (or adding additional) computers frequently seems to overlap with something becoming more soulless.
An SSD is faster, but a hard drive ticking away is a language its own, and an amorphous white-by-default Tesla Plaid may be one of the fastest cars on any road, but odds are the only feeling it evokes is "This is faster than any reasonable person needs, and likely more than is safe for any standard American motorist to be able to just go out and buy"
Tesla roadster. “Drives upside down, flies, does flips, 0-60 in 0.81s”
Tesla roadster. "Hold my key, i might actually get delivered in 2-5 years after waiting for 10"
I would fire the marketing team.
Who gives a fuck? Never have i used a key and thought "wow, I wish the metal was different, that would noticeably change my experience".
I'd rather have an aluminum key.
But I'd much rather have a premium car from a manufacturer with premium car standards. Have you seen the panel gaps on Teslas? They're like fancy Ladas!
Lightly related, here’s the design patent for the original Targa design:
https://patentimages.storage.googleapis.com/75/54/b6/382d342...
Some designers don't get it. Too much ego. Those are the one's who would have failed to finish a cathedral over several generations within the same style (re-read chapter 4 of "The Mythical Man-Month" to understand).
It's a distraction. And a pure driver's car avoids any distraction.
Poor timing.
Zero info about the engine on the page - or is it electric? The page doesn't really say.
For a sports car, that sort of info is kinda important?
From the opposite side Tesla’s presentation was way “yee-ahh” and tacky from the perspective of other publics
1. Governments pulling back on EV transition leading to car companies pulling back from EVs as well. For example, some companies that had previously said "we've designed out last gas engine" now are designing new ones.
2. Turns out gas + EV can be even better than pure electric for a sports car (so I gather)
3. People who drives cars like this DGAF about emissions
Please add spaces after periods. The presentation is terrible.
[0] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=axeNSZBf8sE
1000HP of EV power, definitely not a V8
An SSD is faster, but a hard drive ticking away is a language its own, and an amorphous white-by-default Tesla Plaid may be one of the fastest cars on any road, but odds are the only feeling it evokes is "This is faster than any reasonable person needs, and likely more than is safe for any standard American motorist to be able to just go out and buy"