Porsche-Jeck:
STRADALE:
MKSGR:
Showing off a Porsche (or any other expensive car) in Berlin is not a sign of good taste - this young and trendy city is very understated
Too bad. Really too bad....
Actually understatement is not the most suitable characterization of a typical Berliner I lived in Berlin for eight years (during the "wild" 90ies) and members of my family still live there. I love Berlin because it's a real exciting place - the other big cities in Germany are boring in comparison (just IMHO)
As per my own experience the (relative) small number of expensive sportscars in the city has nothing to do with understatement or PC nonsense (read: envy) nor with a "good taste" issue.
As stated correctly by Markus demography and average income in Berlin is very different from cities like Hamburg, München or Düsseldorf (the three cities with the biggest Porsche density in Germany AFAIK).
Reasons for the low sportscar "population" in Berlin (IMO):
(1) In Berlin there is a bigger fraction of population which earns less money (compared to other big cities in Germany).
(2) Those who could afford to buy an expensive sportscar often are young professionals or business owners in business segments like design, fashion and similar "non industrial / non banking" sectors. They tick very different compared to an investment banker living in Frankfurt or a corporate executive living in Munich
I should know because my brother living in Berlin is one of them (has his own successful design business) and he easily could buy a nice sportscar (if he would like to he probably could humiliate me as a humble GT3 owner in showing up with a GT2 RS ) The astonishing thing is that these guys are simply not interested in sportscars at all It's not that they hate sportscars - you even can discuss with them all night about design aspects of a Porsche or Ferrari in a very professional way, but they are simply not interested in the performance aspects or the thrill of driving such a car (they rather go bungee jumping - nothing for me ).
Maybe driving a performance car just for the fun of it is becoming a thing of the past and soon will be regarded as "old school" by the youth
You lived there so obviously you would know best but I'd probably add another reason:
3) There's a chance your car will be BBQ'd?
"Burning cars has long been a popular nocturnal pastime in Berlin"
Sounds very Cosmopolitan...
RE: Porsche-Jeck: "nothing to do with PC nonsense (read: envy) "
The investigators seem to disagree-
"The investigators A spokeswoman for the police said that of the 372 cars torched in 2011, 155 were being treated as "politically motivated" crimes. "
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/aug/26/berlin-torched-cars-elections
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