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Originally Posted by dd74
The RS4 is an Audi, correct? An Audi isn't a Porsche, just as a GTi isn't a Porsche. I don't think either car hurts Porsche sales..
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!!!! viewed from over here you are joking...The number of people who buy an RS to accommodate a growing family who cannot fit in a P car is the serious factor in the success of the RS group of cars...But I guess that in the US there is a different deomgraphic that does not fit this as well..
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Originally Posted by dd74
Bentley and Veyron - boutique stuff like Maybach. I don't see either factoring in too highly in VW vs. Porsche. ..
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The Bugatti factor would kill any future high end P-car (Carrera GT etc)...at least whilst Peich is alive...
The Bentley would block any GT car Porsche wanted to build...
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Originally Posted by dd74
Not necessarily. Porsche was fine w/o an SUV and a four-door. Market share dictated that decision. Extending the performance range to the SUV and four-door was a given as they were to wear the Porsche badge...
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The alternative perspective is that Prosche required range expansion to survive as sales of the 911 inadequate to survive... hence the Boxster and Cayenne...allowing people to own two P cars instead of one...and now three with the Panamera
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Originally Posted by dd74
Yeah, and to see a modern-day type 356 for $35K is a pipe dream. Try $70K, and one might be in the ballpark.
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Too true.
Overall I think that this limits Porsche to producing a sports copue...a 911 if you will for ever...which is a good or bad thing depending on your perspective..