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labstaR said:
It's cars like this Macan/sub 4/4 that are putting me off another Porsche.
VW are diluting the brand.
This is a real concern for Porsche, they must tread carefully with their image and buyers perception. I would though, be interested in why it puts YOU off buying a Porsche?VW are diluting the brand.
Personally, it doesn't bother me in the slightest, as long as they keep making great sports cars like the GT3 etc. in fact it's these brand stretching posing pouches that allow them to make proper cars and go racing etc.
Keep em coming I say.
Edited by mollytherocker on Sunday 28th October 20:11
Koln-RS said:
....and the 'must have' wheels for the school run - until the Macan arrives
These are the people porsche are now chasing. You cant blame them but this market is fickle and you can go from hero to zero in minutes.But i think porsche can play this game as well as anyone else.
mollytherocker said:
labstaR said:
It's cars like this Macan/sub 4/4 that are putting me off another Porsche.
VW are diluting the brand.
This is a real concern for Porsche, they must tread carefully with their image and buyers perception. I would though, be interested in why it puts YOU off buying a Porsche?VW are diluting the brand.
Personally, it doesn't bother me in the slightest, as long as they keep making great sports cars like the GT3 etc. in fact it's these brand stretching posing pouches that allow them to make proper cars and go racing etc.
Keep em coming I say.
Edited by mollytherocker on Sunday 28th October 20:11
I can see where you are both coming from, but I have to say, I did prefer it when they were rarer.
As for going racing, Porsche seem to have forgotten their routes. It was 1998 when they last won at Le Mans.
nurburgring1 said:
I realise that Porsche or should I say VW are in business to make money, but they have dilluted the marque to the point where the cars are no-longer rare as they once were.
I can see where you are both coming from, but I have to say, I did prefer it when they were rarer.
As for going racing, Porsche seem to have forgotten their routes. It was 1998 when they last won at Le Mans.
Hi bob I can see where you are both coming from, but I have to say, I did prefer it when they were rarer.
As for going racing, Porsche seem to have forgotten their routes. It was 1998 when they last won at Le Mans.
I too remember when Porsche was exclusive, unique and very special. I can't remember as far back as you of course, my comparative youth precludes that.
The world is very different now and Porsche as it was would not survive today. The compromise is vw ownership and blingy models for orange middle aged women.
But, I am with you on racing, they can only profit from past success for so long. They need to walk not talk! And soon.
Edited by mollytherocker on Monday 29th October 08:32
Edited by mollytherocker on Monday 29th October 08:33
nurburgring1 said:
mollytherocker said:
labstaR said:
It's cars like this Macan/sub 4/4 that are putting me off another Porsche.
VW are diluting the brand.
This is a real concern for Porsche, they must tread carefully with their image and buyers perception. I would though, be interested in why it puts YOU off buying a Porsche?VW are diluting the brand.
Personally, it doesn't bother me in the slightest, as long as they keep making great sports cars like the GT3 etc. in fact it's these brand stretching posing pouches that allow them to make proper cars and go racing etc.
Keep em coming I say.
Edited by mollytherocker on Sunday 28th October 20:11
I can see where you are both coming from, but I have to say, I did prefer it when they were rarer.
As for going racing, Porsche seem to have forgotten their routes. It was 1998 when they last won at Le Mans.
Helicopter123 said:
nurburgring1 said:
mollytherocker said:
labstaR said:
It's cars like this Macan/sub 4/4 that are putting me off another Porsche.
VW are diluting the brand.
This is a real concern for Porsche, they must tread carefully with their image and buyers perception. I would though, be interested in why it puts YOU off buying a Porsche?VW are diluting the brand.
Personally, it doesn't bother me in the slightest, as long as they keep making great sports cars like the GT3 etc. in fact it's these brand stretching posing pouches that allow them to make proper cars and go racing etc.
Keep em coming I say.
Edited by mollytherocker on Sunday 28th October 20:11
I can see where you are both coming from, but I have to say, I did prefer it when they were rarer.
As for going racing, Porsche seem to have forgotten their routes. It was 1998 when they last won at Le Mans.
nurburgring1 said:
I'm not saying that Porsche are getting it wrong, I am just saying I prefered it when they were rarer. My first encounter with anything Porsche was when we had the Top Trump cards at school. I was only 12 and was really taken with the shape of the 911, something I had never seen before. I was taken to the 1976 or 77 motorshow and stood there looking at the white Martini decaled cars on the Porsche stand, I was captivated. When I was at college, I was told of a 911 parked nearby, I walked 20 minutes just to see it. Now aged 51, I can stand on almost any city street corner and see the whole Porsche range within an hour. Maybe I am stuck in the past and thats why I drive an air cooled 911, but I feel there was just something magical about them when they were rare.
BobDo you remember Fast Lane Cars in Standish? I used go in there nearly every day after school! It was mostly Fords of course, but they had them all! I remember them getting the original Cosworth and the RS200. Porsches were completely off my radar as I thought them unattainable! They were other worldly.
When you get older, you just cant recreate that sense of childish wonderment!
mollytherocker said:
Bob
Do you remember Fast Lane Cars in Standish? I used go in there nearly every day after school! It was mostly Fords of course, but they had them all! I remember them getting the original Cosworth and the RS200. Porsches were completely off my radar as I thought them unattainable! They were other worldly.
When you get older, you just cant recreate that sense of childish wonderment!
I remember Fast Lane cars very well, I also remember Langtree Garage that were there before them, I must be older than you, although I do look younger.Do you remember Fast Lane Cars in Standish? I used go in there nearly every day after school! It was mostly Fords of course, but they had them all! I remember them getting the original Cosworth and the RS200. Porsches were completely off my radar as I thought them unattainable! They were other worldly.
When you get older, you just cant recreate that sense of childish wonderment!
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