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Originally Posted by matt13421342
Call me old but I don't see the need for all of these new terms. If it was made by Porsche (regardless of which factory made it) then it's OE. If it was made by anybody other than Porsche, it's Aftermarket.
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The different terms are there for you the buyer. They allow the buyer to differentiate from the parts available for them to buy.
It doesn't seem to me that you really understand the terminology yet.
Porsche is a manufacturer of cars. Bosch is a manufacturer of car parts. Porsche may manufacture some of it's parts or may contract them to another manufacturer. That manufacturer is the OEM (Original Equipment Manufacturer) for the parts they were contracted to make. The OEM part they make today may or may not be OE (Original Equipment), even if it is sold through a Porsche dealership with Porsche part numbers. How can that be?
Part manufacturers make a run of parts to fill an order. Years later when stock has depleted they may get another order for that part. If that part was redesigned for whatever reason, be it more cost effective, better engineering or supercession by later design, then the part is no longer OE for your car regardless of whether you buy it from Porsche or Pelican Parts. If that part was redesigned then the only way to get a new OE part is to buy a NOS (New Old Stock) item. That or convince the OEM to make another run of the out dated design.