14 August 2009 - 15:00
Cayman shooting fake
Remember that Cayman ‘shooting brake' which mysteriously appeared on our US site a few weeks back?
Well, it's time to ’fess up. It's a big fake. A big computer-generated fake. A big computer-generated fake created by our friends in the US. Not a bad bit of fakery, eh?
Former TopGear.com US editor Jared Holstein has admitted he created the wagonised Cayman to highlight ‘the increasing convergence of reality and simulation'. He cooked up the idea of firing a Cayman shooting brake into the viral interweb this summer, and left it to digital arts student Matt Duval to create the car itself.
It fooled plenty. The viral clip was fastidious in its detail, using Porsche development numberplates and wheels, and featuring design cues from the Panamera. Though the street scene was shot in Brooklyn, an Italian soundtrack was added to give the clip a European flavour.
Why did they do it? "It's never been done before," says Jared. "We love wagons. And we wanted to see what we could accomplish with a high degree of sophistication, but with only a conservative effort."
Jared admits he left a clue in the clip, however. "There is a Stig helmet partially visible in the rear hatch at about the nine-second mark," he says. "Perhaps too hidden..."
So, on behalf of our US colleagues... sorry. Very late April Fool's. But if you're reading, Porsche, maybe it's time to make the fake a reality?
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It's going to be pointless making this a reality. Panamera is well-suited for the job. @klasco, I agree.
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Damn you American Top Gear. Yeah forget making this...and every other Porsche for that matter because they are all ugly as hell.
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WHY?! What was the point in faking it? Doesn't matter anyway because if it were real it would look like a Cayman Hearse.
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did that not look a huge bit fake in the first place?
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The Porsche Hearse... Just what u need to make the Porsche range more complicated
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I bet Jezza would love making fun of that thing
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merkur, perhaps they'd give you a complimentary one if you bought a classic 911 second hand?
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Please please make this Porsche!! You could call it the Panamera Kompact - and be as successful as the 3-Series variety...
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Were the Top Gear UK guys in on this too or were you genuinely in the dark? Good fake though but will anybody ever be able to trust that guy's scoop pics any more? I'll have his job if he gets fired!
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Klasco commented on this article
14 August 2009
forget making this fake into something real, how about they stop with the rear engine business and make a mid engine two seater 911 porscher or is that just that Carrera?
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