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I think Porsche ...
... is and has always been at a level on its own, pricewise cheaper than a Ferrari or Lambo (except for some limited run models) ... .
Porsche has always had a high level of finish ... okay a Maserati had a far nicer interior but a Ferrari-interior wasn't that much better, those 328's also had a lot of cheap plastic 
... The strong Porsche-point has always been reliability, not counting the 996 and 997 if you drive them really hard, check out the secondhand market and you'll see what i mean (new engine fitted here, new engine fitted there ... and so on).
... The strong Porsche-point has always been reliability, not counting the 996 and 997 if you drive them really hard, check out the secondhand market and you'll see what i mean (new engine fitted here, new engine fitted there ... and so on).I agree that they were underpowered compared to the Italian stallions back in the sixties and early seventies, offcourse with the 911 Turbo they were at the same level for sure ... so as you state the turning point was 1976 ...
... These days i don't really understand Porsche anymore ... it is just a big company selling as much cars as they can ... like these ...
... okay it's a beast to drive ... but it's soooo ugly even without the camouflage or the snow ...read this today: "the really surprising thing is just how few sports cars Porsche now sells - of the nearly 13,000 cars it built in November just a smidge over 2,000 were 911s. And just 1,200 were Boxsters. "
How many of these GT3's are being made ? Do they really make one Euro profit on a car like this ? I don't think so .... but true Purists drive these ...
... or these .... on blue wheels fitted with winter tires ...
... so the NEXT question is, How long will they be making true sportscars ???
Bim
Porsche: when did they start to move to the "high end"?
Porsche was always competitive in motorsports. They were also always popular among sports car enthusiasts. In the early days, there was much technology and parts sharing with VW and in the US, distribution was, in the 1970's and some of the 1980's, almost...
Reagan
(background, I'm not at all a car guy, so I only see reputation of the brands, I know nothing about performance or quality) I feel like Porsche, and possibly BMW as well, became "luxury" cars in the Reagan years. Looking at movies, I seem to recall one of...
Thanks, Aaron! Always useful to get another perspective...
Too frequently, "enthusiasts" (and the boundaries can range from category enthusiasts - "car guys" or "watch guys" in general; to brand enthusiasts and "fan boys") are dismissive of non-enthusiasts' point of view, but that ignores the very important syndr...
I think Porsche ...
... is and has always been at a level on its own, pricewise cheaper than a Ferrari or Lambo (except for some limited run models) ... . Porsche has always had a high level of finish ... okay a Maserati had a far nicer interior but a Ferrari-interior wasn't...
I feel ya, man! Great pictures, by the way...
To be honest, I never felt Porsche was ever on the "same" level as Ferrari, Lamborghini, or Maserati, interior material quality wise until recently (compare same model year 1960's and 1970's Porsche with Ferrari, Maserati, Lamborghini...it can be excused ...
I'm with you Bim...
but I have to admit that one of the initial goals of my first job in Germany, late '70s, was to earn enough money to buy a 914. I never did, the money dispursed itself between my fingers, but in retrospect that 914 was one of the big steps toward corporat...
Hahahaha , Grandma ....
You know which 914 is ultracool? The one with the flat six built in ... I saw one a couple of months ago when i was hunting a P1800 for Nicolas, the seller of that P1800 suddenly told me; hey, i ve got a nice 914... wanna see it? The guy pulled the cover ...
My memories ...
My memories of Porsche here in the 1970’s were of a company that made practical drivers cars, ones that you could drive reliably every day. And cars that required a little skill because of that ‘sting’ in the tail (of the 911) that could catch you unaware...
One perspective: It started with the Boxster.
By dropping the front engined cars and introducing the baby-911 Boxster below the 993 with the first fresh interior for years, it gave Porsche some inpetus to move the 911 up-spec . Then came the Cayenne...and an austere/functional interior on a 911 would...