ANF Posted 15April, 2015 Report Share Posted 15April, 2015 Following on from my 4 door oddities I thought may be fun to examine some of the strange cars that have both come from Porsche or more likely from the "tuning" world.There have been some shockers!I will kick it off with the Rinspeed R69, a truly hideous beast from the 80's. The most alarming fact is that it was supposed to be a modified 959! So they have made a rather unique and special car ugly and destroyed it's value!!Apparently 10 - 15 were built (such a shame to destroy that many 959s!!) and half went to the US! For the Porsche owner who really wanted a Ferrari.....Steering wheel controls, way ahead of its time!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ANF Posted 15April, 2015 Author Report Share Posted 15April, 2015 Another would be the Merdad Coupe! Now I like the Cayenne and one could grace my driveway one day....While it sort of looks good, you have to wonder at what cost!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ANF Posted 15April, 2015 Author Report Share Posted 15April, 2015 Not a day to do a typo, can one of the mods correct my heading typo please Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JV911 Posted 15April, 2015 Report Share Posted 15April, 2015 http://95octane.com/2014/01/24/porsche-tapiro/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ANF Posted 15April, 2015 Author Report Share Posted 15April, 2015 http://95octane.com/2014/01/24/porsche-tapiro/Hints of Lamborghini in that! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coastr Posted 16April, 2015 Report Share Posted 16April, 2015 Maybe all were destroyed by drivers 'texting' while driving? I have seen some bad body kits with that rear end treatment. They must have been bad knockoffs of an already bad design. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coastr Posted 16April, 2015 Report Share Posted 16April, 2015 Now I know that people get rose coloured glasses all the time, but this is awesome on many levels Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ANF Posted 16April, 2015 Author Report Share Posted 16April, 2015 Very confused owner/ driver or someone having fun - check out the car mat on the R69! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ANF Posted 16April, 2015 Author Report Share Posted 16April, 2015 This one is all on Porsche! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ANF Posted 16April, 2015 Author Report Share Posted 16April, 2015 Cool 356 Van Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ByronBayChris Posted 16April, 2015 Report Share Posted 16April, 2015 Cool 356 Van +1 (and a few more also). That looks great. Would love one around here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeeM Posted 16April, 2015 Report Share Posted 16April, 2015 Should see the Taj van owners Porsche collection! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TINGY Posted 16April, 2015 Report Share Posted 16April, 2015 This one is all on Porsche! Paris Dakar concept? It's ugly as hell. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ByronBayChris Posted 16April, 2015 Report Share Posted 16April, 2015 Cool 356 Van Could be a hearse for vertically challenged people like me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
turboT Posted 16April, 2015 Report Share Posted 16April, 2015 1of 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ANF Posted 16April, 2015 Author Report Share Posted 16April, 2015 Paris Dakar concept? It's ugly as hell.It was called "Panamericana" presented to Ferry Porsche on his 80th birthday - poor bugger!!Apparently the design was inspirational for the future Boxster....??!!The tyres had Porsche emblem tread pattern Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OZ930 Posted 16April, 2015 Report Share Posted 16April, 2015 Gemballa Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ANF Posted 16April, 2015 Author Report Share Posted 16April, 2015 GemballaI think just about any early Gemballa would qualify as weird and most downright ugly! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OBRUT Posted 16April, 2015 Report Share Posted 16April, 2015 Love the wierd stuff - especially the 80's tuners like Rinspeed, Gemballa, Koenig, Evex etc 1000sel.com is the reference site. Another one to check out is the DP Cargo - coolest 924/944 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harvs11 Posted 17April, 2015 Report Share Posted 17April, 2015 Very confused owner/ driver or someone having fun - check out the car mat on the R69! Maybe it's from Niko's private collection. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maddin Posted 17April, 2015 Report Share Posted 17April, 2015 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rainer_Buchmann#/media/File:Bb_%28Rainer_Buchmann%29_Rainbow_Porsche,_Moonracer_Porsche_und_Flatnose_Porsche.JPG Rainer Buchmann's creation,he's back in business after years of absence. He had a lot of vision back in the day ( not that it materialised in good looks ) He put things in his cars like mobile phones ,the first parking aid utilizing parts from a polaroid camera,digital information system with voice recognition and remote central locking system...all in the early 80's... Some of his cars are featured in the movie "Car napping" ,german spin off of "Gone in 60 seconds" worth watching for the cars and lots of porsches (being stolen) Most memorable is probably the Merc C311 he tuned up... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
turboT Posted 19April, 2015 Report Share Posted 19April, 2015 Found two of these for sale in a 1993 copy of Unique Cars...WTF?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maddin Posted 19April, 2015 Report Share Posted 19April, 2015 ..best way of making enemies on bothe sides! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ANF Posted 19April, 2015 Author Report Share Posted 19April, 2015 What we have always wanted, a 996 ute than can also be a wagon!!This thing actually exists!! WTF!!For the brave, there are more pics herehttp://www.netcarshow.com/rinspeed/2003-porsche_bedouin_996_turbo/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ANF Posted 20April, 2015 Author Report Share Posted 20April, 2015 "The C88 was a prototype family car designed for the Chinese market in 1994 by Porsche in response to the Chinese government's invitation to a number of international automotive manufacturers for a new range of cars.[1] It was completed in four months by Porsche engineers and was displayed to the public at the 1994 Beijing Auto Show. The prototype is now on display in the Porsche Museum in Stuttgart, Germany.[2]The four-door compact saloon body[3] was unlike any other Porsche, and did not feature the Porsche badge anywhere. It was designed with only one child seat--reflecting Chinese population control policy--and the prototype was presented by CEO Wendelin Wiedeking himself, who learned his speech in Mandarin.[4] According to Porsche Museum director Dieter Landenberger, "The Chinese government said thank you very much and took the ideas for free, and if you look at Chinese cars now, you can see many details of our C88 in them."[4]The C88 was intended to broaden the market for Porsche designs to India, where it was also unsuccessful.[5] Porsche has more recently engineered small cars for a range of manufacturers--including the Audi RS2, Lada Samara and SEAT Ibiza" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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