press release: 500-HP Cayenne with panorama roof

[Kan-O-Z]

One thing I dont get is why is Porsche so concerned about the Boxster getting to 911 performance levels. In the end, isn't it sales and money that drives a company as it was stated here earlier? Why did Porsche make the Cayenne...money. Why doesn't Porsche make the Boxster compete with all the new cars coming out....like the new M3. Offer a higher level model just like aesir stated. So what if it eats into 911 sales....who gets the money in either case.....Porsche!! Personally, my fav cars are the Boxster and Carrera GT. The 911 is ok, I wouldn't pay for it. Porsche tried to kill this car off before and I personally think that the Cayenne is a step towards killing this car off again. The Cayenne....don't get me started. All I say is that if they are going to make a 500hp Cayenne then they need to make a 500hp Boxster. For those that have the argument that the Cayenne sells more than the Boxster....I have this to say. How many 500hp Cayenne does Porsche think it's gonna sell....exactly not many....much less than Boxster? So why did they go into the effort of developing a 500hp Cayenne? Do they want a Halo SUV? I thought this was a sports car company.

Kan-O-Z

[Perfectlap]

someone posted an article saying the Cayenne is 40% of Porsche Sales.
40%!
Who would have ever thought that nearly half of the money Porsche makes
is from sellling mini vans! LOL

I'm thinking of heading down to PA and picking up a CayenneS at one of those dealer auctions. I'm going to keep my eye on the prices.

Having a BoxsterS and a CayenneS in the garage? What could be better?
Yes I know...a GT3 and a BoxsterS.

[Kan-O-Z]

I made a typo. Here is what I mean to say:

"The 911 is ok, I wouldn't pay for it. Porsche tried to kill this car off before and I personally think that the Cayman is a step towards killing this car off again."

Yes I sort of did know that the Cayenne is making the most sales even before this post. The thing that blows me away is the Cayenne Turbo. As you can see below, it's only 25% of all Cayenne sales. So once again. If Porsche is money minded, why would you go out of your way and try to improve the version that only 25% of customers buy.

I really see a contradiction in the way Porsche is handling things. They have always had the true sports car enthusiast image yet they don't want to pump up the real sports cars like Boxster, they want to make SUVs. The car they decide to pump up doesnt' need any pumping(already 440hp) and doesn't even sell that well and isn't even a sports car!.
They are not gaining sales nor are they gaining their sports car image!

Give the 911 500+ hp and Boxster 400+hp along with the Cayenne and it'll all make sense.

Kan-O-Z

[slogans7]

SUV supposedly stands for "Sport Utility Vehicle." One of the reasons I hate most SUVs is that they're anything but sporty. Tell me a Lincoln Navigator is sporty. And utilitarian?

Most SUVs rarely see anything but supermarket parking lots and elementary school driveways.

"Sporty" my "Compact Athletic Teenage" ass.

So at least the Cayenne honestly is an SUV. While I'd quickly buy a Volvo Wagon before any SUV to carry a bunch of people or boxes, this Cayenne is one of the sportiest SUVs out there.

[RandallNeighbour]

Originally Posted by Kan-O-Z

One thing I dont get is why is Porsche so concerned about the Boxster getting to 911 performance levels.

Who ever said or read where a Porsche representative stated they were concerned about the boxster getting to 911 levels?

Sure, the magazine writers reviewing the Cayman and the new Boxster S say crap like this, but I've never seen any official statements from Porsche AG or PCA about it.

I think this statement is a fairly accurate assumption, but until I hear or read a formal statment from Porsche, it's just an assumption! I sure would like to hear something other than conjecture on their issues of pricing and performance along their line of cars.

(You just gotta know that Porsche employees in the marketing department from Atlanta peruse these forums from time to time... so if you-Porsche Marketing Executive-are lurking here and reading this post, I do hope you'll clear this up for us! Hey, sign up on this forum as "deepthroat" and we'll know it's you!)

Kan-O-Z, please don't get your feeling hurt by me quoting you...I could have easily quote a thousand others as everyone has made this assumption