Comments on: Porsche to cut 911 production – report

By: bootracks

bootracks — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 09:39:45 +0000

it’s inevitable given the financial climate – they’ll be on the top of my shopping list once this recession is over.

By: NacaYoda

NacaYoda — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 03:23:30 +0000

I’m sure Nissan is making good money on the GT-R. Sales, service and parts. They are doing huge volume and enjoying 100% sales take-up. There’s no way they’d have even started this project at a loss.

Add to this the reusable techologies they’ve developmeed as a result, which will surely trickle down into the rest of their range.

By: Supply & Demand

Supply & Demand — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 21:42:36 +0000

You can compare the GT-R with the 911 but all I’m saying is that if Nissan wanted to actually make a direct profit from the sale of the GT-R it would need to be priced much higher. The Porsche is therefore very reasonably priced.

By: charles

charles — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 10:40:36 +0000

Unfortunately Alex I haven`t but by the sounds of things I`m not missing all that much.

By: Alex

Alex — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 10:31:09 +0000

I’ll take a 911 over a GT-R. Who here has actually driven a GT-R? I have. It’s boring at normal speeds and around normal corners. You have to be on a track to enjoy it and who here would actually take it to a track more than say, once a fortnight? You can have fun in a 911 while driving through town. It’s zippier.
However, I do think they can and should be compared.

By: charles

charles — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 07:00:54 +0000

I agree the Nissan is great car but I`d only own one if I had everything I wanted in life and was looking at a car simply for the purpose of thrashing it either on a track or on my favorite piece of road. There is no way I could live with it as my only drive, its simply to ugly inside and out.

By: quivive

quivive — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 06:53:27 +0000

It may ven force Porsche to hire a car stylist, having sacked their last one in 1963 Old does not make it iconic.

By: Ben Richards

Ben Richards — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 06:53:01 +0000

Credit crisis or not, Porsche should be selling no matter what the environment, if they are really struggling then I believe they should just shut down the plant. It kills me to see such a proud company resort to this….

By: Skybreak

Skybreak — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 04:55:56 +0000

Given that Nissan openly benchmarked the performance of the GTR against the Porsche 911 Turbo, yes you can compare them.
I don’t think you can compare their street cred so easily. Both cars are hugely respected by their fans, it’s just that their fans are different.

I money was no object, I’d go for the Porsche. I just like them better.
If my budget was only around the $150-160k then I’d be more than happy with the GTR – it is also an awesome car and would impress the hell out just about everyone I know and put a big big grin on my face.

Pretty much every car maker has seen a drop in sales. Cutting production is not great, but I don’t think Porsche will be too worried.

By: Shak

Shak — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 04:52:25 +0000

F-O of course you can compare the two. Nearly every motoring media outlet and magazine has run a comparison in the last twelve months. Where have you been for that long?? Oh bTW the GTR whopped the Porsche in every one of them. Its just a better all rounder. Not that id buy one.