A Porsche With Room for Your R2 Unit

Star Wars. Porsche. Star Wars Porsche. Skeptical? Don't be. Porsche--creator of some of history's greatest sports cars--and Lucasfilm--creator of one fo the greatest science fiction franchises--have teamed up to create the Porsche-style starship of your dreams (well, maybe our dreams), and this is the stunning result: the Tri-Wing S-91x Pegasus Starfighter.

A mouthful, for sure, but a fitting name for starship from the Star Wars …

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Just noticed that the driver position is more McLaren (or even Ferrari) than Porsche. 

And just because:

The 501st Legion selected a member from each state to come to LA for the premiere.  I did not want to ship my costume across country so I didn't enter.  I think our CO got picked (we won't know till it happens, big NDA stuff.)

That said, I also know someone in the R2 Builders Club with a full size and working R2 that might need a ship now.

How fast will it go around the Ring ?

californiamilleghia said:

How fast will it make the kessel run?

FTFY

In reply to barefootskater :

20 parsnips. 

A Starfighter with snap-oversteer...

That looks like a Porsche in the same way that the new Taycan is turbocharged...

Tesla cyberwing:

Chevrolet Sierra:

This is too easy...

I don't see the Porsche styling cues. And car companies diversifying into flight, ask Henry Ford how that worked out.

Porsche made Airplane motors  for Mooney , amd also Blimp engines......

and 356 motors for Helicopters ......

None worked at Light Speed !

TurnerX19 said:

I don't see the Porsche styling cues. And car companies diversifying into flight, ask Henry Ford how that worked out.

I’ve heard car companies building planes works out if there’s a war on. 

Cool spaceship though, when’s the LEGO kit coming? :)

TurnerX19 said:

I don't see the Porsche styling cues. And car companies diversifying into flight, ask Henry Ford how that worked out.

Daimler-Benz did ok. What about SAAB?

The Ford Trimotor was a huge success, so were the Liberators that Ford built.

Eastern Aircraft (General Motors) built Hellcats.

Lycoming and Continental have both built more aircraft engines than the automobile / industrial / marine engines they started with.

Franklin built the engines that went in the Bell helicopters (Think MASH)

There were Packard-built Merlins in the P51 Mustangs...

Bristol, aircraft.

Mitsubishi, aircraft.

Kawasaki, aircraft.

Honda, aircraft.

Fiat, aircraft.

BMW, aircraft and motorcycles.

Bugatti, aero engines.

Duesenberg, aero engines.

I will say this: I am glad the astromech actually has some protection. In the X wing, Y wing, and the Jedi Starfighters the top of the mech was completely visible to any enemy fire. At least now it has the "sail panels" off of the cockpit for side protection

Not clear why it's called a tri-wing, since it has two wings (and two horizontal stabilizers). Not that any wings are needed for spaceflight, of course. I mean, an actual Porsche GT3 with some thrusters bolted onto various areas would be just as effective :)

ebonyandivory said:

TurnerX19 said:

I don't see the Porsche styling cues. And car companies diversifying into flight, ask Henry Ford how that worked out.

Daimler-Benz did ok. What about SAAB? 

Seems to have worked out fine for SAAB :)

ebonyandivory said:

A Starfighter with snap-oversteer...

You have to be the best starpilot in the galaxy, and a cunning warrior.

Great, now you have to worry about *two* IMS bearings.

irish44j said:

ebonyandivory said:

TurnerX19 said:

I don't see the Porsche styling cues. And car companies diversifying into flight, ask Henry Ford how that worked out.

Daimler-Benz did ok. What about SAAB? 

Seems to have worked out fine for SAAB :)

Actually, SAAB, Bristol, and even BMW (which started making aircraft engines) started out in the aero industry, and diversified into cars -- BMW after WWI, SAAB and Bristol after WWII.

Rolls Royce seems to have done OK in the aircraft industry as well..

This isn't the Porsche I was looking for. 

Think of all the womprats you could bulls'eye with that thing.

mad_machine said:

I will say this: I am glad the astromech actually has some protection. In the X wing, Y wing, and the Jedi Starfighters the top of the mech was completely visible to any enemy fire. At least now it has the "sail panels" off of the cockpit for side protection

And, while you're at it, why not give the R2 unit a rear gun? 

Kinda like: