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Originally Posted by javadog
From what I understand, they didn't get type approval from the German authorities (TUV?) for cars with a ducktail, so German customers had their tails delivered in a box and the cars were individually legalised/registered. Cars destined for other countries had no problem, so they were delivered with the tails installed.
JR
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According the best source I know which is the Carrera RS book, the authors describe the difficulties Porsche had with delivering an RS in Germany with a rear spoiler. A stubborn bureaucrat who was the chairman of the national Licensing Authority denied a general road license for the RS with a rear spoiler in Germany.
Porsche immediately fought back with an appeal but because tiime was running out to start production they did a legal end-around and otained an individual license for each RS that was to be delivered in Germany with a rear spoiler. This was done through TUV in Stuttgart. So each German market RS ordered with a rear spoiler was delivered with one on the car (not seperately) with no delays for the customer or the homologation process. FWIW
