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911 highly successful the world over
Accounting for a total of some 79,540 units, customer deliveries by the Porsche Group in the period 1 August 2006 – 31 May 2007 again reached the previous year's figure of 79,564 units. An important point to be considered in this context is that production of the first generation of the Cayenne sports utility was discontinued in November 2006, with sales of the new model generation not starting until 24 February 2007 in Europe and Asia and 3 March on the American continent. Just how successfully the new Cayenne appeals to customers the world over is clearly borne out by the fact that sales of this model series as of the end of May 2007 already amounted to 25,436 units, just 10.7 per cent below the previous year's figure. By comparison, sales in the first six months of the 2006/07 year of business were 41.4 per cent below the previous year's figure on account of the upcoming model change.
The Porsche 911 is even more successful, Porsche's traditional model series aiming for a new sales record in the 2006/07 year of business: In the first ten months of the year, sales of the 911 were up 12.2 per cent to 31,287 cars. Sales of the Boxster series, in turn, amounting to 22,806 units as of the end of May, were only slightly below the previous year's figure, the two Cayman and Cayman S mid-engined coupés accounting for 13,586 units sold.
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