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The worldwide automotive industry's automakers have a big conundrum – how to properly test their new models without everyone else around them spilling the beans on the novelties. Some try to hide the prototypes even better, others present them while still camouflaged, and a few just roll with the times and do nothing.
Porsche, for example, has had its 911s spotted by keen-eyed spy photographers and videographers for months already – and everywhere around the world, from America to the Nürburgring Nordschleife. And the reasons are straightforward – the 992 series is diligently preparing for the arrival of the facelifted models (aka 992.2), and because there are so many different versions, it would be pretty impossible to hide them all. Also, because there are so many of them, it's hard to showcase them individually. So the manufacturer is just letting it slide regarding spied prototypes.
Only maybe they shouldn't be so kind to the imaginative realm of digital car content creators when pixel masters take the spied prototypes and transform them according to whims and desires. And there is no need to take our word for granted because we have a potentially eloquent example from the virtual artist behind Larson Design (aka lars_o_saeltzer on social media), who brings to life his CGI vision of the 911 series' facelift for a car magazine.
Actually, the news outlet in question is the venerable Car magazine, and as such, you would think the editors know better than to alienate the Porsche fan base. Alas, that was not the case here because they allowed the pixel master to make some pretty subtle yet thoroughly controversial changes – his imagined 911s, both the standard ones and even the 911 Dakar special edition now have slotted front bumpers that look like shark gills placed in the wrong positions!
Naturally, given how Porsche tends to blur the lines between iterations with subtly evolving designs instead of complete makeovers, such a stark departure from the styling tradition could prove highly controversial. Many fans of the CGI expert's channel had already expressed dissatisfaction with this potential design – especially when the author tried to persuade them that even the upcoming 992.2 Porsche 911 GT3 and GT2 RS models should embark on the same outrageous CGI journey.
Frankly, the reactions from fans were virulent but also to be expected – and some of them even considered that it is the right way to burn fuel in the same direction as BMW. As for the real world of facelifted Porsches, we really do not expect this design to become a part of the OEM strategy. This is a good thing – in the case of the regular 911s and the GTs, too. On the other hand, the 911 Dakar, if it continues as a special edition into the 992.2 transition, could benefit from a bit of outrageousness, frankly. That way, it would look different from the entire family and potentially stand out in a crowd where it also must battle the higher-powered Lambo Huracan Sterrato.
So, what do you think of this hypothetical styling? Should we give it our CGI hall pass and hope that Porsche will dare to innovate even at the expense of some of its fan base's reactions of running amok, crying their undying outrage? Or is this just wishful thinking and will never, ever happen during Porsche's lifetime?
Only maybe they shouldn't be so kind to the imaginative realm of digital car content creators when pixel masters take the spied prototypes and transform them according to whims and desires. And there is no need to take our word for granted because we have a potentially eloquent example from the virtual artist behind Larson Design (aka lars_o_saeltzer on social media), who brings to life his CGI vision of the 911 series' facelift for a car magazine.
Actually, the news outlet in question is the venerable Car magazine, and as such, you would think the editors know better than to alienate the Porsche fan base. Alas, that was not the case here because they allowed the pixel master to make some pretty subtle yet thoroughly controversial changes – his imagined 911s, both the standard ones and even the 911 Dakar special edition now have slotted front bumpers that look like shark gills placed in the wrong positions!
Naturally, given how Porsche tends to blur the lines between iterations with subtly evolving designs instead of complete makeovers, such a stark departure from the styling tradition could prove highly controversial. Many fans of the CGI expert's channel had already expressed dissatisfaction with this potential design – especially when the author tried to persuade them that even the upcoming 992.2 Porsche 911 GT3 and GT2 RS models should embark on the same outrageous CGI journey.
Frankly, the reactions from fans were virulent but also to be expected – and some of them even considered that it is the right way to burn fuel in the same direction as BMW. As for the real world of facelifted Porsches, we really do not expect this design to become a part of the OEM strategy. This is a good thing – in the case of the regular 911s and the GTs, too. On the other hand, the 911 Dakar, if it continues as a special edition into the 992.2 transition, could benefit from a bit of outrageousness, frankly. That way, it would look different from the entire family and potentially stand out in a crowd where it also must battle the higher-powered Lambo Huracan Sterrato.
So, what do you think of this hypothetical styling? Should we give it our CGI hall pass and hope that Porsche will dare to innovate even at the expense of some of its fan base's reactions of running amok, crying their undying outrage? Or is this just wishful thinking and will never, ever happen during Porsche's lifetime?
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