Porsche May Develop New Golf-Sized Entry Level Car

w16 engine producing a mere 402BHP

and its one wheel drive my brother dat s*** be poppin man

n probably a supercharger 2 force the air into the cabin

add sme nitrous 2 da exquation n u cud have da coolest passengers in da wrld

perhaps even tiff needell or dare i say tom ford?

The motivation may be something different then, though probably still about money.

But in the long run it will only dilute the Porsche brand. Remember the Porsche 924 didn't do too much to enhance the Porsche brand back in the 80's....but it sure did bring a lot of people to the dealerships that otherwise would not have even dreamed of coming into a Porsche dealership.

The Old Porsche 356 was based on the VW Beetle

Now The porsche 914 was... mmmm based on an improved vw beetle platform, sharing components with the VW Beetle

Now, the Mercedes E-500 and the Audi RS2, where tuned and developed by porsche

also the tiptronic transmision wich was standard on most VW, Audi, and even Peugeot Models

The VW's DSG was a porsche Idea, they named it PDK and it was the dual clutch semi-automatic racing transmision of the succesful 962 Le Mans Winner and the Audi Quattro Rallie Car

So with The Porsche Cayene, the mercedes E 500, the Audi RS2, an the old 914, porsche has had a sport car in almost every market range, the only thing that porsche doestn't need is a minivan [rember the varrera test mule? based on a VW saharan?] and a Pick UP.

Now a sirocco based porsche, with porsche brakes, PDK tranny and porsche tuned suspension, would be nice and a killer alternative over a 135i

It has to have some of the following

Tuned Porsche Suspension PDK 7 Speed transmision, [Next Generation DSG] A6 platform based [VW Sirocco/VW Golf MKVI] Turbo FSI Engine, from the TTS, tuned for 300 HP All Wheel Drive Haldex System Light weight No ceramic Brakes, but PASM, Porsche's Active Suspension, similar to Audi's Magnetic Ride

Now that would be an affordable supercar.

Most of this tech is already availible on the Audi TT, that is wahy a Golf Based Porsche, isn't a bad idea...

And Please, don't do the 997 fascia on a Golf GTI front, the cayenne is ugly as hell

Make a coupe, a 2+2 with small rear hinged doors and a shooting brake.

The world is changing quickly and the supercars and Cayenne type vehicles aren't going to remain as strong in sales as they are now. This may happen by next week. I desire a Cayman but I live in a long winter place (like many other people who can afford a premium car). Stretching to buy a car of this price that I could drive less than half of the year makes it a non-starter.

It'll indeed have to have enough power reserves to be distinctive enough. At least it'd be a Porsche.