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I'm just guessing here, but I doubt Porsche is trying to compete with Toyota in the engine longevity metric. They may very well be happy to engineer motors that are good for around 130K miles, on average. Maybe somewhere in the middle ground between Toyota and say, Ferrari.
I think you're right about the Toyota/ Ferrari spectrum. But in my opinion, 130K is not going to cut it unless they really, and I mean really drop the price of the cars to reflect the Toyota/ Ferrari price per mile metric.

I'm not a repulsive bean counter type of guy, but a Porsche completely wearing out due to designed obsolescence at 130K miles would make even me prefer to buy a Japanese ****box putt putt with a fartcan muffler than a 130K mile rattletrap from Stuttgart.
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