A Much Less Depressing 911

The new Porsche 911 is one of the most beautiful, I mean awesome, things I've ever scene. I am drooling like Homer Simpson.

4 Door Coupe!

My wise guy little brother used to yell "4 door coupe!" whenever a Mercedes CLS would drive by. "Coupe" is an Americanized version of the adjective form of the French word "couper", meaning "to cut".

Anyway, I'm a Porsche purist and would own neither the abominable Boxster, the Cayenne, the least-objectionable Cayman, nor the fakest-of-all-time 944.

I do, however, consider the 928 (of Risky Business fame) and the iconic 959 to be true Porsches along with the legendary work of art, the...911. I salivate slightly when thinking about the 911.

Anyway, due to the popularity of the CLS and Maserati's Quattroporte (not actually a coupe, but an imaginatively-named 4 door sports sedan whose name means "4 doors"), many other manufacturers are planning on introducing their own sports sedans or 4 door coupes(!). Here's the Porsche Panamera (I know, crappy name). Please click on the photo to view the rest of them on NYTimes.com. WARNING: they all have crappy, crappy names -