Report: Porsche makes €21,799 per car
Posted Mon Jan 22 2007 7:49 AM by Viknesh Vijayenthiran
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Reader Comments
Mon Jan 22 2007 8:28 AM
Renton says
Wow. I knew they made a lot, but I never guessed it would be that much.
That is a big difference.
Mon Jan 22 2007 9:14 AM
jim says
When you consider that Porsche is rumored to be buying control of VW you need to realize the money is coming from somewhere.
Another thing to consider is from a material point of view; leather, metals, plastics etc., and labor, is a Porsche really that more expensive to build than a Miata? Grandted a difference for the quality of the material and some factor for engineering cost.
Mon Jan 22 2007 11:28 AM
ben says
Owing a 2nd gen miata, I can say while it's an excellent car, it's definitely got a bit of the parts-bin special aspect to it. What impresses me about Porsche is that they must be doing an excellent job of controlling costs with such a small model lineup.
The R&D process still has to be very expensive for them. Every year the cars have more trick materials, custom composites, ceramics, etc.
And the things are built like tanks. Even old 911s are impressively solid.
Mon Jan 22 2007 12:33 PM
Todd Black says
Yowza! That's . . . just a stunning figure.
Mon Jan 22 2007 2:13 PM
Gunnar Heinrich says
Whose study?
Mon Jan 22 2007 2:35 PM
TechnoPenguin says
Yes, it would be nice if we have a solid source to backup this interesting topic
Mon Jan 22 2007 11:47 PM
Gunnar Heinrich says
Danke.
Tue Jan 23 2007 12:25 PM
biturbo says
The update explains: the 20K figure is just rubbish, the money came from investments.
But I am sure Porsche still makes tons of money on every one of their overpriced round-mobiles :)
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