Can Porsche Shine at Volkswagen?

[imcarthur]

Article: NY Times: Can Porsche Shine at Volkswagen?

"THE formal merger of Porsche and Volkswagen is not supposed to happen until next year at the earliest, but at the factory here that produces Porsche Cayenne S.U.V.’s, it seems to have started years ago . . ."

"WORRIED devotees can still summon the ghost of Ferry Porsche on YouTube, where in an old promotional film the scion warns of the perils of being part of a big corporation. “Porsche must remain small and independent,” Mr. Porsche, who died in 1998, says as strings swell in the background and drums pound ominously. “No Porsche will ever be created by a committee, but by a handful of people inside these walls who know what a Porsche is.”"

Ian

[pwd72s]

Guess it's for each of us to decide as time passes on...In other words, the market will decide.

[enzo1]

2011 Porsche 911 Deep Dive - Automobile Magazine
http://rumors.automobilemag.com/6679214/news/porsche-pact-porsche-developing-new-platform-for-future-vw-group-cars/index.html

[Schumi]

Those who think Porsche died with Ferry.... need to go drive a GT3.

They still know who they are. They just better understand their customers today.


Unfortunately here at Pelican, we represent a very small percentage of actual Porsche owners. It is a sad fact, but the 'soft' Porsche of today more adequately supplies it's customer base.

You have your track addicts, but you also have your posh blonde trophy wives who get the car as a gift. And both have to be happy with a Porsche.

It's not Lotus, and it's not Jaguar, and let's be happy about that.

[pwd72s]

Like I said, the market will decide...and we each choose what to buy...or not.