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Originally Posted by Porsche Chick

Agree.

We're seeing devolution.

I believe Porsche/Volkswagen/Audi is following the "if they want junk, we give them junk" school of profit. It will take a big error to change their thinking. There will have to be a model that sells way under projections to make them realize what they've done.

If Porsche and Audi continue to set sales records as they have been, that doesn't seem like devolution to me - I'd argue that they must be doing something right (Volkswagen sales, on the other hand, are being negatively impacted by the diesel scandal).

I do, however, lament the near disappearance of stick shift cars. I believe I read that 7% of new car sales are now manuals. One might call this particular development "devolution" to be sure.