Secrets of the Porsche 997, Carrera GT, 986 Boxster and 935 with designer Grant Larson!
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On a recent trip to Porsche's secret storage facility, legendary designer Grant Larson joined me for an interview to look back on some of the notable highlights from his remarkable three decades at the company. These highlights include creation and design of the original Porsche Boxster Studie and production 986 Boxster, Carrera GT show car, the six-generation 911 in the 997, as well as special editions including the 997 Sport Classic, 997 Speedster and 2017 935.
This is a fascinating interview covering many different aspects of Porsche over many years. I hope you enjoy!
Thanks to Ali Cusick (alisdaircusick.com) for help with the camera and sound.
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Another tremendous interview, Lee! Outstanding.
That's my pleasure, thanks for watching.
Fantastic interview Lee, it is so refreshing to watch an interview where the guest is allowed to speak at length and not constantly interrupted by the host with inane questions in a vain attempt to prove their own importance!
I'll take that! Thanks Andy. Grant is the star of the show here, no need for others to interrupt!
Thank you Mr Larson. I love my 986S and it's fried egg headlights.
Wow Pinky Lai, Ben Dimson, Tony Hatter, and now Grant Larson great job love these videos
It's been an honour interviewing Porsche's 911 design legends, and equally a privilege that they would share their stories with you through me.
Great interview Lee. I admire your skill in just letting Grant talk. Fascinating and inspiring stuff. So much great work, Boxster Concept, CGT, 997, sport classic and the moby dick tribute. He makes working at Porsche sound like a series of serendipitous conversations. Keep it up with the excellent content.
Thanks indeed for the kind words, I'm glad the interview resonated. Grant is a great guy and I was grateful for his time in sharing his story with us all.
Thx..owner of 997.1, interesting to see the designer and all the other projects with Porsche, great interview, thx👌
Great interview with Grant Larson. Fascinating insights & stories, so much to learn about Porsche history. Grant seems a really nice guy too. Must be great place to work to keep these super talented people working for Porsche for so long & still talking with so much passion and enthusiasm.
Agreed, clearly the company is a special place which attracts - and maintains - special talent.
Thank you for giving us yet another great interview
That's my pleasure.
It's amazing to take a look behind the scene. Great Interview. Thanks for that and Holding for more.
Thank you kindly!
I actually like the look of the 986 Boxster. I prefer the look to any other Boxster after that. The lines are pure, yet headlights gives a fresh look. Aged extremely well too. Will be my next car.
He was a really modest guy. Enjoyed that.
Very modest and a great guy to chat to, I was super grateful for Grant's time.
Thank you for giving a voice to the designers, whose contribution is often overlooked.
Absolutely fascinating. This helps me love my 986S even more if that’s even possible.
My 986 boxster 2.7l was ace. Total bargain, trouble free. Still one of the few bargains out there in todays crazy market. Just make sure you have the right tyres (for any ice!)
Wow...that was incredible. If there's ever a list of 'Porsche Must See Videos', this one will be near the top. Well done!
Thank you kindly!
Another great interview!
Thanks Lee 👍
Cheers Phil!
What an amazing interview! He was a great guest
Utterly fascinating. Thanks :-)
Superb, well done. As a 987 owner, really interesting to hear the story.
Sport Classic is my dream car, thank you Grant 🙏🏻. If you could do a Boxster sport classic variant with an adaptive ducktail, amen 👍🏻
Another intelligent, absorbing and educational interview Lee. No froth here. 👍👏👏👏
That was a great video and really open. Lovely interview of a key part of the history of the brand. Keep up the great work. I am going to Nurburgring and then stuttgart to the museum in July, I can’t wait.
Thanks Andrew. Enjoy your trip!
Thank you Grant for your amazing contribution to Porsche. You are legend.
Fantastic video. One of the best and most informative out there. Hope it does well for you.
This is great content. Great background to my 997 C4S.
Glad you enjoyed.
captivating as usual, best Porsche content on youtube, cheers
Thank You
Very interesting, thanks guys.
Thanks for watching.
I love this. Nice work, Lee.
Grant Larson is a class act! When was this interview recorded?
Looking forward to watching this later.
Thank you 🙏
Terrific interview, Lee! If you ever get the chance when interviewing these Porsche leaders, I would love to hear their take on some of the persistent issues with the cars such as the IMS and bore scoring issues that were not quickly addressed by the company. When I discuss these things with my dealer, their attitude is almost as though these things were one-off situations and of little consequence. Almost like Porsche is in complete denial about them. It would be really interesting to hear a guy like Grant's take on this - the cause and why they were so slow to act (if at all). Just an idea for future interviews perhaps. Love this channel! -Tom
Thanks for the kind words and feedback, Tom! It's a great point. I'm not sure Grant would be the best person to ask as he's design-oriented, but it would be great to cover these topics with someone of similar authority. I guess that interview may be more tricky to make happen!
@@9WERKSTV Yes, you'd probably need to connect with a RETIRED former employee!
When are you going to Lazante? Dont miss the opportunity
So wonderful.
That was most absorbing.
Pleased to hear!
Basically, 996 is rubbish, 997 corrected all the build issues Porsche couldn’t afford when developing 996.