Let me 1st state that I am a diehard Porsche fanatic for life, and have been so since I was about 5y/o. I am an automotive enthusiast as well, and I still love Ferraris. I've owned a 914, and am hoping to purchase a 951 as well as a 930 or 965 within the next year. I've researched and continue to research every single piece of information I can find about Porsche. I just love the company, the man, it's history, it's cars, the professional racing history, it's inventions.........I could go on forever!
The point of this post is that I would like to bring out as many facts as possible to help support my argument. The argument is that I believe Porsche is overall better than Ferrari as far as production vehicles, professional racing acheivments, etc. My friend believes the opposite, and is a diehard Ferrari fan. I don't look down on Ferrari, but my friend looks down on Porsche. He constantly takes pots shots at Porsche, when around me, and it is getting rather annoying. Ferrari is very advanced as well, and has had much success in it's history but, I just don't think it ultimately stands up to the legendary acheivments of Porsche.
As stated on Porsche's official website, Porsche has had over 23,000 victories in motorsports to this day. I've tried to find some sort of grand total for Ferrari, but have been unsuccessful. From everything I heard, this is far in excess of any other manufacturer's wins in motorsports. The numbers don't lie, yet my friend somehow believes that Ferrari is more successful, most likely because of their success in F1.
From all the research I have done on Porsche, I have come to realize just how underappreciated this company is!
I've seen numerous accounts of items made standard, on production Porsches, that were the 1st of their kind on production automobiles. Some examples are passenger side or dual air bags ('87 944 I believe), rear transaxle layout (it appears the 924 was the 1st production car with this), tire pressure monitor (928 GTS I believe), etc etc. I can't even remember half of them at the moment. On top of this, Porsche has always been one of the top pioneers when it comes to exotic materials/parts, improving production vehicle standards and performance, etc. They've invented so many items that are truly state of the art, such as PCCB, PCCC, etc. I haven't seen much of this from Ferrari. Porsche, IMO, has been slipping lately and needs to enter factory cars back into professional racing. Professional motorsports is what the Porsche name was forged through, so they can't just abandon it.
I guess I kind of answered my own question!
I mainly wanted to hear other people's opinions and anything anyone else might want to add in regards to Porsche. The argument is 2 sided, and I realize Ferrari has made lots of acheivments as well. I love Ferraris and would like to own many in the future. However, since money is still a consideration for me at the moment, my hard earned dollars are going to go for the best value which is Porsche! I like the no BS approach to Porsches. There is a certain passion involved with Porsches as well IMO, even if others might not believe this. However, their technological and engineering prowess is what they are really about, and what makes them stand out from the crowd IMO.
I apologize for any grammatical mistakes I've made. I've been up about 48hrs and am very tired!