Comments on: Porsche Tapiro by Giorgetto Giugiaro http://993c4s.com/cars/porsche-prototypes/porsche-tapiro-by-giorgetto-giugiaro/ Thu, 09 Feb 2012 14:06:34 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: 993C4Shttp://993c4s.com/cars/porsche-prototypes/porsche-tapiro-by-giorgetto-giugiaro/comment-page-1/#comment-51467 993C4S Sun, 30 Jan 2011 19:25:29 +0000 http://993c4s.com/?p=293#comment-51467 Hey, Tim,"Hate" is a pretty strong word. Besides, who ever claimed to be a professional? :-) This is a free site written for and by enthusiasts. If you see an error, just let us know. We would be happy to fix it and learn from our mistakes... Hey, Tim,

“Hate” is a pretty strong word. Besides, who ever claimed to be a professional? :-) This is a free site written for and by enthusiasts. If you see an error, just let us know. We would be happy to fix it and learn from our mistakes…

]]> By: Timhttp://993c4s.com/cars/porsche-prototypes/porsche-tapiro-by-giorgetto-giugiaro/comment-page-1/#comment-51466 Tim Sun, 30 Jan 2011 18:56:07 +0000 http://993c4s.com/?p=293#comment-51466 I hate professional writers that don't proofread and make glaring errors within the first couple of sentences. It makes me doubt the credibility of everything they say afterward...and this looked like such an interesting article. I hate professional writers that don’t proofread and make glaring errors within the first couple of sentences. It makes me doubt the credibility of everything they say afterward…and this looked like such an interesting article.

]]> By: What Happened to the Porsche Tapiro | 993C4S: Porsche Cars, Products and LifeStylehttp://993c4s.com/cars/porsche-prototypes/porsche-tapiro-by-giorgetto-giugiaro/comment-page-1/#comment-50584 What Happened to the Porsche Tapiro | 993C4S: Porsche Cars, Products and LifeStyle Sat, 04 Sep 2010 17:58:28 +0000 http://993c4s.com/?p=293#comment-50584 [...] lost. It’s just that I didn’t know where it was, until now. Ever since I wrote my first post about the Porsche Tapiro I’ve become more and more curious about the car, it’s brief but explosive history and [...] [...] lost. It’s just that I didn’t know where it was, until now. Ever since I wrote my first post about the Porsche Tapiro I’ve become more and more curious about the car, it’s brief but explosive history and [...]

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]]> By: Tim Mhttp://993c4s.com/cars/porsche-prototypes/porsche-tapiro-by-giorgetto-giugiaro/comment-page-1/#comment-48374 Tim M Mon, 03 May 2010 01:14:52 +0000 http://993c4s.com/?p=293#comment-48374 The Tapiro was a beautiful rendition of clean-but-boxy 1970's sports car styling. Too bad it was trashed.Calling it a Porsche was stretching things too much, even if the pan and drive train came from the 914/6 family. In my view, a Porsche should me immediately recognized as such (at least by porschephiles), as well as provide a Porsche driving experience, which is unique among sports cars.Cramming a Porsche drive train in anything, pretty or not, doth not a Porsche make, any more than does stuffing a Chevy 350 V-8 in the rear seat of a 911. T'aint no Porsche.Tim1974 911 Carrera 2.7 mfi 1979 928 5-sp euro The Tapiro was a beautiful rendition of clean-but-boxy 1970′s sports car styling. Too bad it was trashed.

Calling it a Porsche was stretching things too much, even if the pan and drive train came from the 914/6 family. In my view, a Porsche should me immediately recognized as such (at least by porschephiles), as well as provide a Porsche driving experience, which is unique among sports cars.

Cramming a Porsche drive train in anything, pretty or not, doth not a Porsche make, any more than does stuffing a Chevy 350 V-8 in the rear seat of a 911. T’aint no Porsche.

Tim

1974 911 Carrera 2.7 mfi
1979 928 5-sp euro

]]> By: Ben Shttp://993c4s.com/cars/porsche-prototypes/porsche-tapiro-by-giorgetto-giugiaro/comment-page-1/#comment-21571 Ben S Sun, 10 Jan 2010 07:50:16 +0000 http://993c4s.com/?p=293#comment-21571 Regarding Tapiro vs DeLorean: No, the DeLorean is not a design rip-off. It was design by the same man/company Giorgetto Giugiaro/Ital Design as the Tapiro. Giugiaro seems to be the designer of his era that perfected the "planar/angular" school of design. Having said that, I do prefer the design of the Tapiro because it has far better proportions than the DeLorean. The only other designs that he did in that time frame that I hold in equal esteem (also because of proportions) are the Maserati Boomerang and the original Lotus Esprit Concept car. Regarding Tapiro vs DeLorean: No, the DeLorean is not a design rip-off. It was design by the same man/company Giorgetto Giugiaro/Ital Design as the Tapiro. Giugiaro seems to be the designer of his era that perfected the “planar/angular” school of design. Having said that, I do prefer the design of the Tapiro because it has far better proportions than the DeLorean. The only other designs that he did in that time frame that I hold in equal esteem (also because of proportions) are the Maserati Boomerang and the original Lotus Esprit Concept car.

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]]> By: 993C4Shttp://993c4s.com/cars/porsche-prototypes/porsche-tapiro-by-giorgetto-giugiaro/comment-page-1/#comment-168 993C4S Fri, 17 Jul 2009 23:27:21 +0000 http://993c4s.com/?p=293#comment-168 @Andy,I'm glad you liked the post so much as well as the Tapiro. Since I wrote this, I actually located the car and wrote a post about it. Thanks for reminding me to link them together!!! :-) Here's a link for you..http://porschepurist.com/cars/porsche-prototypes/what-happened-to-the-porsche-tapiro/ @Andy,

I’m glad you liked the post so much as well as the Tapiro. Since I wrote this, I actually located the car and wrote a post about it. Thanks for reminding me to link them together!!! :-) Here’s a link for you..

http://porschepurist.com/cars/porsche-prototypes/what-happened-to-the-porsche-tapiro/

]]> By: Andyhttp://993c4s.com/cars/porsche-prototypes/porsche-tapiro-by-giorgetto-giugiaro/comment-page-1/#comment-169 Andy Wed, 15 Jul 2009 21:22:22 +0000 http://993c4s.com/?p=293#comment-169 Hi The date is 15th July 2009....I have just come back from shopping at Sainsbury's in the UK...While the wife does the shopping I read the magazines! Tonight is the first time I have seen this car in a small article in one of the "lad's mags" it was either NUTS or ZOO magazine or maybe Practical motoring(about old cars) just inside the front cover.I fell in love with this car and had to find out more.On one site people are saying they do not know which museum this car is in,well it tells you in the magazine.....I can't remember it's name ,something like Geuges Museum.Hope this helps? Stunning car ahead of it's time,agree with others that DeLorean ripped off the styling....but made a crap job at copying it......putting an Allegro engine in the DeLorean was an insult to porsche design. Hi
The date is 15th July 2009….I have just come back from shopping at Sainsbury’s in the UK…While the wife does the shopping I read the magazines!
Tonight is the first time I have seen this car in a small article in one of the “lad’s mags” it was either NUTS or ZOO magazine or maybe Practical motoring(about old cars) just inside the front cover.I fell in love with this car and had to find out more.On one site people are saying they do not know which museum this car is in,well it tells you in the magazine…..I can’t remember it’s name ,something like Geuges Museum.Hope this helps?
Stunning car ahead of it’s time,agree with others that DeLorean ripped off the styling….but made a crap job at copying it……putting an Allegro engine in the DeLorean was an insult to porsche design.

]]> By: Glen Caineshttp://993c4s.com/cars/porsche-prototypes/porsche-tapiro-by-giorgetto-giugiaro/comment-page-1/#comment-167 Glen Caines Mon, 28 Jul 2008 15:13:49 +0000 http://993c4s.com/?p=293#comment-167 I cannot condemn its styling in a early 70s context, but as for today, I must comment, ugly like delorean. I cannot condemn its styling in a early 70s context, but as for today, I must comment, ugly like delorean.

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