Road & Track Has Exciting New Pajun Images
by
Jack Baruth
Published: July 25th, 2012
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Road and Track has exciting new photoconcepts of the anxiously awaited Porsche Pajun. They purchased said illustrations from our friend Chris Doane, so we won’t steal them and reprint ’em here. Check it out! Insightful comments from R&T on this wonderful new entry-level-luxury sedan from the well-respected full-line German automaker: “The car will have a V-6, not a flat-6″ and ” As long as vehicles like these help fund even better future 911s and Caymans, we’re all for them.” Sounds good!
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Caltemus hit the nail on the head! For my parent's generation (and those prior), Cadillac was an aspirational brand. Since the 1990's, Cadillac has fed us winners like the Cimarron and Catera and the CTS/DTS with cheap, plastic interiors. I've finally hit the age and income where I'm in their target market, but have absolutely zero interest in their products. They need to show me a cheaper Bentley / Audi, (true luxury and performance competitors) not a 3-series competitor with bad seats and no trunk. Frustrating to watch an aspirational brand lose its way.
I was looking for "/sarc" tag in Herr Baruth's prose, but surmise it must be in white text on a white background. I was ready to pile on the hate.... but... As the Almighty is my witness, if the real car looks like the renderings, I will own one. To my untrained eye, it looks like a lengthened Cayman, which is a very good thing indeed.
In addition to the color change in '72, it looks like the Fuch alloy wheels were returned to the car, as well as newer headlight assemblies. As it was originally a 911S coupe, it would have come with the Fuch's, but the San Antonio owner and Troutman-Barnes thought it would look more fitting as a four door with the chrome steel wheels often found on the 912, and this was how it was delivered to his wife. Anyone truly interested in the transformation process of this car really should find a back issue of March 1968 R&T for all of the custom features that went into this car.
I agree with DrSandman, though I lack the means to follow through. This is at or near the top of my list of "if I won the lottery" cars.