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Originally Posted by MNBoxster
Hi,
Are you kidding me? 10 years ago their positions were reversed with Porsche not being able to borrow a dime on a street corner. Only the Cayenne, an SUV, (and not the progeny of any Race Heritage by any stretch) pulled them back from the abyss. If they had relied on the 911 and Boxster to do that, they's have gone the way of the Dodo and been relegated to the pages of Nostalgia and History Books.
Chevy's (GM) problem stems mainly from their Union Benefit and Retirement obligations, not from Unit sales - they're even obligated to pick up the Tab on Viagra for the ED crowd, which explains why the Steering Wheels on Chevys are pushed so far forward.
Chevy has been producing the Corvette for nearly as many years as Porsche has been building cars, who has racked up more sales?
The Porsche Uber Alles Crowd needs to come to grips with the fact that theirs isn't the only great car made and that admitting so will not have the Porsche Gestapo deporting you in the middle of the night !...
Happy Motoring!... Jim'99
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Did someone get up on the wrong side of the bed this morning? Jim, you need to chill.
BTW, the Boxster is the car that saved Porsche. It's the car that allowed them to build the Cayenne which, along with the Panamerica will take Porsche into the next decade and beyond. They are the vehicles that will allow Porsche to continue to build cars like the Boxster, 911 and now the Cayman.
To expect Porsche to stay the same is wishful thinking, they have to change to grow and they have to grow to survive.
Oh, and if you don't think that Porsche's race engineers had anything to do with the design of the Cayenne your sadly mistaken. A Racing heritage is why Porsche's SUV is the fastest and one of the most capable SUV's on the planet.