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nberry said:
Very interesting.

Nevertheless, I remained troubled by Ferrari going to the Porsche formula. In my opinion, the jury is still out as to whether ultimately the Porsche marque has been tainted to the point where customers turn away from it.

We should know hopefully by the end of the year.



I don't know about the older generation, but my contemporaries, many of which are potential Porsche customers for the future, are very vocal in voicing their distaste for what Porsche is turning into. The Cayenne should only have been built as the S and the Turbo, without the bottom-dwelling, VW-powered 250-bhp brick. Same goes for the base Boxster and Cayman, as well as the 325-bhp Carrera. Just offer the S versions as the base versions and be done with it.

Then again, the Turbo still gets massive respect from everybody, so the brand is not seriously diluted yet, just in a minor identity crisis, for now.