Comments on: Porsche – There is no Substitute (except Magna-Steyr)

By: cRaCk_hEaD_aLLey

cRaCk_hEaD_aLLey — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 18:09:10 +0000

Don’t forget the re-launch of Porsche tractors:

All silver with red-painted drum brakes and Titanium exhaust tips: “Faster than your Case”.

And I am telling you: a Porsche lawnmower is always faster than a Honda lawnmower.

“Exclusive, Special Edition S-series Friedrichshafen-Manzell lawnmower, by Porsche”.

By: Stephan Wilkinson

Stephan Wilkinson — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 22:55:38 +0000

Oh, come on. The Japanese company Aisin has been making “those incredible Porsche gearboxes” for years.

By: Edward Niedermeyer

Edward Niedermeyer — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 22:37:23 +0000

Then there’ll be the Cayennallster. It will have half the power and cost about $15 less than its big brother.

By: J.on

J.on — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 22:27:44 +0000

Cicero,

It’ll be called the Cayenall, which will be a 4-door truck with multi-adjustable suspension, that will get great gas mileage and will have a 9-speed dual-clutch tranny with paddles so that ‘Porsche feeling’ isn’t lost to enthusiasts. At the same time, there will be a fire hose option (way over priced, in true Porsche tradition) which can be added to the truck bed.

By: BlueBrat

BlueBrat — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 22:00:41 +0000

“because it is in a position to take on development tasks for Porsche sports cars.”

I can be in whatever position they want to accept one of their vehicles.

By: Cicero

Cicero — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 21:31:34 +0000

Since Cayenne has been such a hit, this move will leave Porsche with capacity to develop a pickup, an econobox, and maybe a line of firetrucks.

By: Edward Niedermeyer

Edward Niedermeyer — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 21:00:50 +0000

I believe the Bratislavan Cayenne was an issue of lebensraum…

By: guyincognito

guyincognito — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 20:00:14 +0000

“because it is in a position to take on development tasks for Porsche sports cars.”

So, Porsche is going to offload their sports car business to…focus on building SUV’s and VW’s? Ah what great things the profits from the Cayenne will bring!

By: Paul Niedermeyer

Paul Niedermeyer — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 19:49:46 +0000

Before you worry about Boxsters not feeling German

Ferdinand Porsche WAS an Austrian, and all his early famous designs/cars were Austrian. He moved to Germany because he got an offer from Mercedes after he couldn’t get along with the folks at Austro-Daimler. After the war, Porsche set up shop in Gmund, Austria, and the first series of Porsche 356’s were built there.

The real question is, are German Porsches Austrian enough?

By: Axel

Axel — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 19:48:08 +0000

At least they speak German in Austria, right?

Someone from the Ruhr Valley, Hamburg, or Berlin would probably reply nein.

I think you can find German-Austrian and German-Swiss dictionaries.