More Than 60% Since 1948!

[KevinH1990]

In a Porsche "coffee table" book that friend gave me there is a picture of Ferry Porsche standing in front of the 5000th Porsche as it leaves the factory in March 1954. Later on in the book there is a similar picture of him in front of the 70,000th Porsche in March 1956.

I believe that somewhere around 165,000 Boxsters have been built since 1997, so you can see that the higher production numbers at the end of the 1948-2006 period are skewing that 60% statistic.

If the story that Porsche is trying to tell is that there cars are durable and cherished by their owners - I agree with them. I just wish they didn't resort to using this kind of claim.

Also, I've seen pictures of old 356's that have been resurrected from piles of rust. That is more of a tribute to the Porsche enthusiast and the ability of the cars' design to stir the enthusiast's soul than to the manufacturing quality.

This >60% Claim comes from the Boxster Brochure in the section dedicated to the "Environment" and more specifically "Materials & Recycling". Strange but true. I think Porsche is using this claim more for a statement of being enviromentally friendly than one of quality.