VW Group Considering Audi R4 Platform for New Entry Level Porsche - speculation

already the brand is diluted sports cars to all type of luxury cars including the cayenne diesel

stop it already with brand diluting crap. Porsche already had cheaper cars, 914 and 924 ring a bell ? it's not cheap cars that dilute a brand, it's bad cars that do that.

Because they know that with a car like that, they can offer an evora competitor - at a huge price premium, with minimal developement cost- and just think of all the reps who will gladly trade their 335's for a porsche- even if it isn't really. Hense being the only REAL sportscar manufacturer who can genuinely say they mass produce, and they still charge excessively for their cars- that's why they have the financial stability (though recent events do cause me to question their corporate strategies' "cleanliness".

Well said scratchy.

yes, good eye. i see the One-77 in the front airtakes and side profile as well.

i hate how the vw group has its fingers in so many pies. i would much rather see each marque's distinct personality shine through in its cars rather than having an audi transmission mated to a porsche six cylinder, etc. i just hate the thought of that. break them up!

They have to do this to maintain 'low' (lol, not really low in Germany) prices for their vehicles. Without technology-sharing you would'nt even consider to buy an Audi A3, cause of the higher price they would have to apply.

That is a whole lot of flawed logic. Mercedes offered the C-Coupe, BMW offered the 3.18Ti and the 1-Series without being entangled with fifty other companies. They do this not so they can keep the cost of their cars down, its so they can game the development process and increase profit margins. If they didn't have Porsche, Audi, Lambo, etc. bundled together development costs would be higher, not the final msrp. It's not as if they were about to bring the A3 to market for $50,000 instead of whatever it is now.

I think that the 2.5 turbocharged engine (~350 bhp) from the TT-RS will be perfect for the R4 :)

sure Porsches are expensive, but i wouldn't call them exclusive anymore. in the 1980s they competed with Ferraris. now they compete with higher powered BMWs and Mercs and Audis. anyways i'm not sure about this car. the Boxster is a good entry level car for the brand i think. perhaps if the R4 was a replacement for the TT with a mid engined and RWD platform then the whole thing would make sense. this could underpin the Boxster as well. a smaller model would mean competing with cars like the MX-5 and whilst i think the MX-5 is a cool car i think that should be left to the more mainstream manufacturers.

sub39h , the GT2 is faster than the F430 Scuderia , which until the F458 was the fastest Ferrari. Porsche still competes with Ferrari , but they were always more affordable and had cheaper entry level cars , just like Ferrari has Maserati, but on a different price range. anyway , it gets crowded with the TT, Boxster/Cayman and R4 all in about the same performance/price range.