Well if you life in Germany, maybe it depends where you live.
If you life near Stuttgart or the Baden Württemberg area, people maybe prefer Mercedes and Porsche. If you life near Leipzig, people maybe prefer Porsche. If you life near Wolfsburg, people maybe prefer Volkswagen. If you life you life near Neckarsulm or Ingolstadt, people maybe prefer Audi. If you life near Köln, people maybe prefer Ford. If you life near Rüsselsheim, people maybe prefer Opel. And if you life near Munich or in Bavaria, people maybe prefer BMW.
But in the end i think the Porsche brand indeed has a special status as a sports car manufacturer.
Regards, Markus