skl

Always irritated when people pronounce Porsche incorrectly, even after 34+ years. Great article this month in Excellence about Ferry's sister- read a lot about her and the "other" side of the family over the years, but have never known how to pronounce that name. Help...

LVDell

What month is the issue? I have what I thought was the most current. What's on the cover?

Ray G

I've heard it pronounced "PEE-AY" on the Victory By Design documentary video. (Rhymes with "hurray")

JW in Texas

Thought it was Pee-ak.

Ray G

That could be it - it would make more sense given German pronunciation. The Victory by Design guy was British (they talk funny anyway!) In fact, now that I remember it, they were pronouncing Porsche as "Porsh" too. Hmm.

JW in Texas

Ray,
Yeah, The "Victory by Design" host is Alain de Cadenet. I met him at Monterey a couple of years ago. Great guy & a very accomplished driver in his day but he does flip-flop on his Porsche pronunciation in that series

skl

Newest issue has picture of a Cayman on the cover, from the back. That magazine has clearly surpassed Pano in the last few years... (have to watch my Victory by Design DVD again!)

LVDell

Must be the Dec issue? My Nov issue has a 997CAB on the front.

Holger B

I've always thought it was pronounced "peesh", but what do I know...

RS Patrik

Apperarently you know a lot... as thay is the correct way!

Nordschleife

The name is written Piëch. This spelling is probably a family affectation, as ë is not in the standard German character set. In modern German it would be written Pieech, but I have never seen it written that way. The family members call themselves 'Pee-eck', leastways, that is what it sounds like when they introduce themselves. Many of the current generation were educated in England. They are principally based in Salzburg. When a Porsche married into the Piëch family, this was seen as a step up for the Porsches, Viennese lawyers being a respected breed in those days.

R+C

GT3 Racer

Here is a good web site for name pronunciation:http://www.loc.gov/nls/other/sayhow.html#p

MJSpeed

R+C hit it right on the head. Phonetically I see it as Pee-egh.