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GM Austin said:
Ford sells a lot of trucks so I wouldn't want to make any assumptions about what sales would be like with a Ford badge. Sales might be even better.
But I do agree with your point, the Porsche badge is what many buyers are after. But the reason for that is Porsche's well deserved reputation for engineering excellence and high performance vehicles. The Cayenne is no exception to that reputation. It is the best engineered, highest performance SUV available. Ford could not have made the Cayenne.
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Also why do you assume that Porsche engineers are better than Ford or any other manufacturer?
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Yes, Porsche engineers are very good. Maybe you don't know it but Porsche has a special branch where they do development/testing for other car manufacturers. Many people don't know it and they would be surprised to hear how many cars out there on the market have a "Porsche engineering" in them in a way or another.
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JimFlat6 said:
nBerry: "Also why do you assume that Porsche engineers are better than Ford or any other manufacturer?"
Porsche automotive engineers have higher performance goals to meet, so they just might have more experience with the faster side than the Mercury Montego guys, wouldnt you agree?
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vtrader said:
But Ford engineers with high performance goals are just as good. Remember the late 60s? Didn't Ford get rebuffed by Ferarri? Didn't they then built a car to go head to head with Ferrari and a lesser extent against Porsche and won Le Mans fours years straight?
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vtrader said:
I don't think its an issue with engineers, it is the focus of the company itself and what type of products it wants to produce.
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RC said:
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The VW Touareg sells pretty well over here, so again, I don't get your point. The Touareg is no beauty either (even if I find it to be better looking than the Cayenne).
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GM Austin said:
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Yes, Porsche engineers are very good. Maybe you don't know it but Porsche has a special branch where they do development/testing for other car manufacturers. Many people don't know it and they would be surprised to hear how many cars out there on the market have a "Porsche engineering" in them in a way or another.
Yes, in fact, although I am sure no one at Porsche would ever admit to this, I have reliable insider information that Porsche has designed and engineered all current Ferrari motors!