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What I meant is sports cars aren't generally a hit with female buyers in the first place, and that is what Porsche is known for. SUV's like the Cayenne and Macan are a different story. Those will appeal to a broader audience. (Although to me Porsche selling SUV's in the first place is kind of ...)
I still don't get why people get so uptight about a company that made these and these making SUVs. Those SUVs is what rescued Porsche from the near-perpetual threat of bankruptcy and put them on the financial footing that let them continue making the cars that the "purists" deem "real" Porsches.
Manual transmission -> Roadster
Auto transmission -> Chick car
I share similar thoughts. But I do I think that line is becoming more transparent with the increasing popularity of their PDK transmission. I'm currently rocking a 6-speed Cayman S, but if I had to do it all over again, the decision would haunt my dreams. Those lightning fast paddle shifts are intoxicating!
a little bit sure when compared to a 911 cayman or some such the thing is i see beautiful sporty ladies driving all models of porsche and think a hot blonde trophy wife totally deserves a boxster hehe
I know three Doctors that own Porsche Boxster's. Two silver one white. All of them are stick. One of the Doctor's wife drives a Suburban. So that is three guys driving what someone here might consider a woman's car? I have known two other people that had owned Boxter's and they were both guys. I have known women that own 968's and they loved those cars. A woman here had driven a 911 Targa for years. I don't see it as a girls car at all. I see it as a car for people that want to own a Porsche but don't want to spend $105,000 to do it.
Someone mentioned that Porsche is building SUV's and they have never built an SUV ever. They have built a Crossover.
They did not build a crossover to keep from going broke as that poster mentioned. Porsche has been one of the most profitable car companies on the planet. So profitable infact that they made a play for VW and might have been able to pull it off accept that the CEO for VW swallowed Porsche whole. If Porsche had pulled it off it would have been akin to a minnow eating a whale. Profitable though? The company has been profitable for a very long long time and building a crossover helped the bottom line even more.
I didn't read your thread, but I bet if you had asked this question in ALL of automotive, you would get a much different answer in the poll. Its hard to tell how many in here are bias.
My understanding is the early versions were pretty lame and therfore something a "chick" would buy (e.g. all looks/name and no performance - on the assumption men are more likely to know and be concerned about performance).
However I was told later versions got better. By that time, I think it already had a reputation though.
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