Comments on: Porsche Tapiro by Giorgetto Giugiaro

By: Ben S

Ben S — Sun, 10 Jan 2010 07:50:16 +0000

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: 993C4S

993C4S — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 23:27:21 +0000

@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: Andy

Andy — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 21:22:22 +0000

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 Caines

Glen Caines — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 15:13:49 +0000

I cannot condemn its styling in a early 70s context, but as for today, I must comment, ugly like delorean.

By: cbird

cbird — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 06:16:48 +0000

Features of Porsche Tapiro are excellent…

By: Lumi

Lumi — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 10:55:16 +0000

Porsche!Is a very specific car.

By: 993C4S

993C4S — Fri, 09 May 2008 01:37:52 +0000

Val (can I call you Val?)

No one, and I mean no one, looks good in a speedo! I’m comfortable enough with myself to agree that Beckham is a good looking guy, but Dempsey? Come on. The only thing he has going for him is that he’s a Porsche guy and the many re-runs of “Can’t Buy Me Love”.

I thought you were going to offer up some posts on Porsche from the female perspective? God knows I’ll never get us to that point.

By: Porsche Girl (Valerie)

Porsche Girl (Valerie) — Fri, 09 May 2008 00:28:42 +0000

LOVE the chick in the leopard bikini! Those are classic 1970s ads.

I think it’s time to consider female Porsche owners. From now on Porsche should hire David Beckham or Patrick Dempsey and pose them in speedos next to 997s. It sure would make me love my car even more!

By: Vinay m

Vinay m — Thu, 08 May 2008 04:03:19 +0000

That’s very interesting Ben. Looks like you have quite a good memory still of that first car show.
Looking forward to seeing a scan of that program cover. Must be neat to flip through those pages so many years later and see how far the car industry has come. I get a kick out of flipping through an old car magazine and seeing the old ads and reviews. Good time capsule type stuff!