[Dave Elias]

When you make a product as capable and well built as Porsche it doesn't really matter what you say. It ain't going to affect sales one iota. The car does the talking.

Besides compare the corporate health of GM or Ford with BMW or Porsche..

[T. Rustin Noone]

I concur, and further can add the pleasure I have at my family reunions of beating my liberal, West Coast brother-in-law over the head with the fact that my '99 911 Carerra is an ECONOMY car (32 mpg highway)! Of course, not the way I drive it.

[absolootezer0]

i'll agree that the company may be run better, but porsche sells because of the name, not superior capabilty. you can spend much less on other sports cars and get the same, or better, performance.
porsche falls in with escalades, hummers, and harleys. nothing special about them but the name.

[Leo Farnsworth]

Well built?

Try to drive one 100,000 miles with only oil and filter changes. It will not happen.

Porsche is a great driving car. It is also very high maintenance. Additionally all Porsche, Volkswagen Audi automobiles are sub-par in reliability (Consumer Reports annual issue on autos). High maintenance is not my cup of tea, personally.

Additionally, Porsche almost ceased to exist as a company due to it's old business/management model - that's why they hired a Japanese consultant (I'm sorry I cannot remember his name but he was over 70 and turned around Nissan). It was the right thing to do as a business though, to me, it does reinforce the notion the German management is a bit too set in their ways and needs outside consulting support or it will die.