Not all Porsches were brilliant. But you can sometimes see a consistent ,maniacal engineering philosophy of complexity uber alles. An example from long ago - Porsche ,yes the Dr. himself, designed a gas/electric hybrid way before it was fashionable. Many of the characteristics of that vehicle continue to this day - check out the "Porsche Elephant". I am not joking !
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elefant