odurandina

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"what happens when you go to sell it..."



i guess they'll never understand, but i really liked what he said @ 11:00 of the video clip (from a couple of years ago).



i hope you all don't mind the off topic post, and you can see this interesting video clip....



://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a_57q5ixQx8&feature=related

Mrmerlin

928 s at 5 52

GlenL

it's sad that Ferry says the original 356 is the inspiration for everything at Porsche. They got burned with the 928 as it wasn't accepted and the 944 series to some extent as well. They're gun shy about doing something original that average people won't immediately recognize as "a porsh."

vze2jshn

Don't know if they lost $ on the 928 but I know porsche made a bundle on the 944.

GlenL

Yeah, you're right about the 944 being profitable. The Boxster and Cayenne have been wildly so.

Nicole

Zey all zpeak wizz ferry hevvee Tsherman accent...

"Committees lead to creations that have no soul, no identity. This is why no Porsche will ever be created by a committee." - Ferry Porsche

He is probably rotating in his grave these days...

riviera455

sounds like allo allo,

the 928 was to expencive for european market,
tax was rated on engine size.
a yearly tax 3000 dollar!! and a one time tax when you buy a new or second hand was about 5000, so only the supper rich could afford them overhere, they all wanted the 911, less taxes, smaller engine with turbo. and a v8 has the name of being a gasguzzler. remember, gasprice in europe isnt the same as in the states.
a porsche overhere is ,,even new,,mostly a weekend car or summercar.

even overhere in belgium , a neighbour country of germany, some people think my car has an audi engine,,, like the 924.

nobody seems to know it haves a v8,,,
its a forgotten porsche. but it surely turns heads, and gives smiles.
the sound is amazing, even at idle,
i would never have bought an other porsche ,i bought it for that lovely v8.

89FrontPorsche

Indeed. It financed much of the projects that were "real" Porsches.

odurandina

i always get a kick out of how people say something like....

"well, you know, after 20 years, the line had pretty much run it's course..."




ok bud...










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Hayk928

Indeed Nicole, I can expressly underline all of your statements... And besides, both is a shame - the accent and rather the fact that Wiedeking lost his battle with Piech who was strongly supported by our new President. Piech got his revenge after he always felt so poor in the family (and has been fired by his uncle due to his delinquency associated with the 917 proejct). Therefore, I remember as Ferry Porsche himself told my mom personally that he'd some pains about his Sister Louise and her family and had to support her even financially - that was in 1989, shortly after his wife Dodo died...

Anyway, even if I didn't fully agreed about Wiedeking's plan, its important to note, that if the German politic would have left its hands of that and accept European law, Porsche would still remain independent - and the nephew from Austria couldn't steel the table silver.

However,

that's not fully true. The last production units of 928 have been subsidized by around 1500,- DM each, because production costs were higher than the sales prices. The whole design of the shark was made by engineers instead of economists.

Cheers

Marc

bigs

fbarnhill

The easy answer for me is that I love the car and love to work on them. I would rather be out in the garage working on the car than watching TV. It is a better stress releiver than most others. Also it is the challenge to get them perfect if that is possible. I spent 7 on my 79 when I bought it, spend 3 or 4 since then and God only knows what it is worth now. I hate to think what the 88S4 will be like.