Siemens toaster by Porsche Design
We know what you were thinking. "What my kitchen really needs is a Porsche toaster." Now tell us we're wrong. Siemens certainly doesn't think so, and so they've teamed up with Porsche Design to fulfill the need.
The TT911P2 2-Slice (it's even got the number 911 in there) is eye candy, but it's not just eye candy. It features an LED display that tells you how long it'll take to toast your bread, with eleven different settings for how dark you want your toast. It's got cool wall technology (not like the one on Top Gear, though there are plenty of Porsches on there too) so that the machine stays cool to the touch while your wonderbread gets the spa treatment by a state-of-the-art quartz heating element. Heck, it'll even remember what setting you used last time. All that adds up to serious performance of Porsche caliber. Your breakfast will never be the same.
[Source: John Lewis via Luxist]
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 2)
John Johnson 9:44AM (9/11/2008)
Slow news day, eh?
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Kitko 2:21PM (9/11/2008)
Candian, eh? :-)
BigWill 9:44AM (9/11/2008)
I understand it has a PDK toast eject mechanism.
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Menice 9:49AM (9/11/2008)
i love toast and butter esp. Rye bread toasted.
but i have a feeling this costs as much as 10 of my cheesey kmart toaster oven.
they should sell this with a car cigarette lighter plug adapter so you can make toast while you drive.... gotta be easier then talking on the phone.
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The Other Bob 9:55AM (9/11/2008)
I was given a nice Krups toaster, so I disposed of my old $3 toaster I bought at my aunt's garage sale.
The new toaster works slower and turns the toast into dry dust instead of toasted bread. I want my $3 toaster back.
Some things should just be kept simple.
xmatt 11:35PM (9/11/2008)
You laugh, but this would be great alongside my Porsche Design kitchen knives, which I love.
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imoore 12:19PM (9/11/2008)
I have a Grundig GP2000 Shortwave Radio designed by Porsche Design, brushed metal and all. It may look good, but reception is terrible, even on local AM stations. Grundig's radios are well known for their quality and performance, and I've owned a lot of their cheaper ($15.00 for a pocket unit) and expensive ($150.00 for the new E10) models with excellent performance, but the Porsche unit was nothing but a waste of good money. That's a good example of lipstick on a pig-or hog, actually. That's why I'm not quite sold on anything branded Porsche Design.
apearlman 10:13AM (9/11/2008)
Wait, I thought it was Toyota who made appliances. I'm confused.
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iSpec 10:18AM (9/11/2008)
AMG and Thomas' has an english muffin in the works. Engineering is working an panel gap issues...errr..nooks and crannies.
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Kitko 10:21AM (9/11/2008)
I've got a LaCie external hard-drive by Porsche Design, still looks cool - even after 5 years. Which is, in a computer world, eternity.
Brushed metal, very cool.
http://www.lacie.com/ca/products/product.htm?pid=10943
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Edsel 10:28AM (9/11/2008)
As a young engineer, imagine the initial excitement of a new job at Porsche and then being told to design a toaster.
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Retroqqq 10:28AM (9/11/2008)
Porsche infiltrating in your life , beware !
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golly 10:56AM (9/11/2008)
It may cost 10 times more than your K-mart toaster but I bet the Porsche toaster toasts 10 times faster... NOT!
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Swede 11:04AM (9/11/2008)
The Porsche line is very nice to look at. Dunno how well they work.
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David 11:07AM (9/11/2008)
0 to toast in 3.6 seconds?
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Merritt Johnson 1:58PM (9/11/2008)
It looks like a suitable replacement for my Hello Kitty toaster.
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jwer 11:11AM (9/11/2008)
Looks like a muffler.
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paul34 11:11AM (9/11/2008)
What? No toaster oven?
I know I am opening up a can of worms here, but... I will throw the first punch:
Toaster Oven >> Toaster
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ahkmel foley 11:12AM (9/11/2008)
1). This was a 2006 iF Design Award Winner. It's been around almost 2 years.
2). It is nearly impossible to purchase this in the U.S.
Good job reporting on this.
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Jim 11:52AM (9/11/2008)
Good luck on ever seeing this one in the states, folks.
Just two weeks ago I spent hours trying to find a nice long slot 2-slice toaster here in the states, and almost struck out. Most are designed for the European market (as is this Siemens model - note the price is in pounds).
The slickest long slot toasters I found were the Philips HD2618 (also Europe-only):
http://direct.tesco.com/q/R.200-5896.aspx
and the Braun HT600 (Canada-only):
http://www.braun.com/na/products/impressionline/toaster/ht600.html
I ended up with a Cooks model from JC Penney - not the most flashy but it was the only long slot 2-slice I could find.
I spent waaaaay too much time thinking about toasters this month. :)
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