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Originally Posted by XutvJet
Shareholders.
When Porsche went public, that's when the brand really went to crap, IMO.
Anyone that was with a privately held company knows that things tend to go crap once a company goes public and/or are acquired by private equity. It's all about stock price and the shareholders. Going public forces companies to grow, grow, grow, and that ultimately comes at a big price. Tesla is a great current example.
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You’re right, Porsche definitely doesn’t listen to their customers. They didn’t make a manual GT3. They didn’t go back to a 4.0 NA engine for the 718 GTS. They didn’t make a manual turbo (new sport classic). They didn’t stuff a GT3 engine into a Cayman body. They didn’t give 991.1 GT3 owners a 10 year engine warranty. They definitely didn’t make an off-roading 911 that nobody even really asked for. They’re just in it for themselves and those dastardly SUV profits!