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Porsche to debut 'spectacular' new model in Detroit

Porsche is planning to make a triumphant return to the biggest US motor show with the debut of a secretive new model.

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By Paul Bond

06th December 2010

Porsche is back with a serious bang! After a four-year absence, the luxury German brand will celebrate its return to the Detroit Motor Show with the world premiere of a ‘spectacular’ all-new model.

Speaking to Bloomberg, company spokesman Hans-Gerd Bode confirmed: “We’ll have something spectacular to show there … you’ll have to wait and be surprised.” 

Official details remain unsurprisingly scarce, but having launched a lighter, more hardcore performance model at the LA show last month, in the shape of the Cayman R, this latest surprise could be something completely different.

There are several future production models that could fit the bill, including the Cajun baby-SUV, which was green-lit for production last week, and will be based on the existing Audi Q5 platform.

Other possible candidates are the next-generation of 911, or perhaps more likely -  the new Boxster. If Porsche’s hugely popular Boxster were to be unwrapped in Detroit, it would be particularly historically poignant, as that was where the original concept was first shown, back in 1993. 

It also shows that the US car market has recovered remarkably since Porsche pulled out of the show in the middle of the credit crunch in 2007, and that there is still an appetite for powerful luxury vehicles.

Whatever turns out to be the case when the event gets underway on January 10th the new car is likely to cause a big stir, and Auto Express will be first to bring you further details as they emerge. 

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6 Comments

"secretive"?

I'm sure you must be referring to the maker not the "new model". Your usage mangles our language, as does your "poignant" further on, this word meaning 'sad'. So what's sad here, the Boxster?
Two eye-catching adjectives: evocative yes but out of context, doing less than nothing for AE's cred.

By rationale1 on 7 December, 2010, 11:40am

GT Madness...

The last car from Porsche that made made me salivate was the Carrera GT. I hope Porsche can pique my interest once again at Detroit...

By sgtgrash on 8 December, 2010, 1:11am

Disappointing

It's true that the language of this report is a tad too florid, but the actual reporting is a bit weak by AE standards.

Jump in, take some risks, be interesting!

Why not examine the pro's and the con's of the Cajun, or whatever the baby SUV will be called, being the surprise? It's a product of international interest; lowers Porsche's average carbon emissions, would be launched in the world's biggest market for SUVs... and, come what may, Porsche will have to launch it somewhere and soon.

You give us that food for thought, we go off and use several megawatts of flap-jaw power on it, and if it turns out that the Porsche surprise is that they don't have a surprise you will have done the bit of your job about keeping us amused and interested. Of course if you are right, (if I am?), you will be the bee's knees of the motoring media.

Stir it up!

By ThatOne on 8 December, 2010, 7:11pm

poignant,

This word can also be used to stress emotive :-)

By Bobbybev on 9 December, 2010, 3:52pm

Porsche Floride

Regardless that some might find the above report to be florid, or light on details, the key quoted phrase "We’ll have something spectacular to show there … you’ll have to wait and be surprised" is what deserves inspection.

Sorry, Porsche, you're 0/3 on "spectacular" with the last 3 new car introductions (and I never really liked the Boxster to begin with). If you can pull a 911 for the next-generation out of your hat, then you can use the words "spectacular" and "surprised".

Oh, and that illustration up above? That's so much Ferrari, I'm surprised the badge doesn't have a prancing horse on it... oh wait, it does.

By mariospants on 10 December, 2010, 4:24am

Will the new Boxster still be a Pushme-Pullyou?

Porsche need to kick start a new design language with their products. The bug eyes and droopy nose (and the mirroring styling at the front and rear, a la Boxster) has had its day.
The Panamera is more of a hunchback than a hatchback and even the revised Cayenne has a faced only its mother could love.
Perhaps the Detroit surprise is a car that doesn't look like it was built by another company and then had a big lump of drooping plastic nailed to the front.

By snappyuk on 15 December, 2010, 11:13pm

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