[Subanez]

Its an interesting argument. As has been argued about in the past, the Boxster was released largely as a way for Porsche to make money in sales to fuel the production of its higher-end cars, and to continue R&D to make their vehicles that much better.

Although we all must agree on some level that Porsches are superior vehicles, you gotta consider that if Porsche loses sales to these other marques, that could hurt the Porsche name. Not now, and maybe not next year, but in 5 or 10 years, if they lose enough sales, we won't keep seeing the new 911 series blowing away all competition.

So we SHOULD be worried that these other carmakers are coming up with items that will woo the market to buy their cars. For people that are looking to get a fast car, even a car that could "beat a porsche," (as so many people seem to want to do), there are many options out there.

For the enthusiast--like most of us--there isn't a choice, nothing can touch a porsche in our minds. But remember that the general public with enough money to buy a porsche doesn't always understand what that means, and to be frank, a lot of them don't really care.

I could keep going, but I'll stop for now... :-)