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Spyderidol said:
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nberry said:
FWIW, Weideking almost 10 years ago announce Porsche was officially out of racing. A couple of years ago they signed an agreement with Penske for limited racing support.




The Spyder Program was commissioned by PMNA. Porsche design, build, and develops the car. They have a contract with Penske to run the racing program. -BTW - any team that buys a Spyder gets a Porsche Engineer with the car (included in the price)
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nberry said:They agreed to race in the lower classes and not compete at the top tier level. If you consider that is a racing program so be it.


This is only a rumor. no one knows for sure. It is suspected that WW made a deal with VW to share the platform for the Cayenne in return for "allowing" Audi a free hand in the Prototype classes at Le Mans.

The racing program does need to be looked at, and I'll post later on this subject.



If Porsche is all about racing why did they decide to compete only in the lower tiers?

Part sharing is not a rumor. It is a fact. Weideking stated over three years ago that the goal was to maximize part sharing between models. He set a minimum of 50% between the 911 and Boxster. How do you think they have become so profitable in such a short time?