The Porsche Lighting Switch

Having been a fan of the Boxster and Porsche in general for the past 15 years and then some, I have always followed their design changes from the original 911 models to the newer Boxsters and even the Cayman (what a mistake). For the most part, when Porsche do a design change, they make it fairly significant and only really do it after a good period has passed. Nobody wants to buy a Porsche and have it outdated the following year after all. However, with that said, there has been one design change that has angered me since 2003. That is the switch from the old headlamps / rear lamps to the new, clear versions. This relatively simple change single handedly made all Boxsters prior to 2003 look extremely old and dated. I could understand if the model of the 2003 Boxster was that different to the old Boxster, but it wasn’t. It was just a subtle change that made all the difference. Of course, you can pick up Porsche lighting and Porsche accessories yourself and upgrade your own Boxster to make it appear newer, but that’s not the point. This whole change looked like it was setup just to make more money off old Porsche drivers.

You might also want to check out the range of Porsche exhausts too as that changed slightly also. As did the read spoiler.

The Most Famous Concept Car

While everyone growing up has seen the show and wish they could own it, not many realized that the Bat Mobile was actually the 1955 Lincoln Futura Concept car. Built in only three months, the Futura was shown at various showrooms in 1955 but never gained in popularity as it was deemed to excessive for the time period.

Years later the car ended up in the hands of George Barris who happened to be hired to come up with the design for vehicle to be used in a new television show called Batman. With only three weeks to design before the filming began, Barris turned to Futura Concept car for inspiration. With only a few changes here and there to add bat signs, the Futura went on to be one of the most popular concept cars ever to be built.

Some of the cutting edge features of the day built into this concept car was a built in compass into the dashboard to help the driver know the direction they were heading, warning lights for fuel, battery, temperature and high beam indicator. While almost every feature seems common or even out dated to day, makes you wonder what concept cars fifty years from now will have in them.