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patrick_y
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Now that they're finally putting double wishbone suspensions on the 911 GT3...

Porsche's two door sports cars (their sedans and SUVs are double wishbone) have been MacPherson strut for the longest time (with few exceptions like the 959, Carrera GT, and 918). Porsche is the only car brand that makes expensive cars that do not have a double wishbone. Why? Partially for cost reasons, packaging reasons, consumers want a cool looking car that goes fast and don't necessarily care about technicals, most roads are well built with on-camber corners so a double wishbone isn't always necessary unless you drive on a poorly built road with off-camber corners, practicality (double wishbone takes up more space and would eat into the front trunk space), and because the car was developed after the WW2 on a small-ish budget.
Look at Rolls Royce, Bentley, Aston Martin, Ferrari, Maserati, Lamborghini, Mercedes' more expensive line of sports cars, and other marques, they all use double wishbone suspension for probably the past 50 years if not longer. So, why did Porsche win all those races even with this abnormal suspension technology? Mainly due to Porsche reliability - back in the day, most cars didn't even finish a race due to crashing or reliability problems.
So... To answer your question... Porsches are just likable. Even with the MacPherson strut suspension, you just like them. They look good. When they work, and they do work most of the time, they work well. And seeing these machines again... They're just very likable. And now, that they're putting double wishbones back into their two door cars... I've got nothing to complain about. Oh - wait, the price tags have gone crazy. And so many Porsche speculators have come into the market. It's like Patek Philippe all over again.