Porsche... just another car company???

[Postesla]

By most accounts, Porsche has a superb reputation for high-end cars. But I'm pondering what I value more, just a high end car or a great car company? Objectively measuring a great car is routine (safety/reliability/performance/longevity/value), but measuring a great company is more complex (financials/quality/service/honesty/integrity/culture).

As my first Porsche experience, the poor transparency and communications I’ve endured (and expressed by many others) is quite a surprise. Doesn’t paying the $$ premium warrant a premium experience from beginning to end? Sure, new EV startups and new tech are difficult and expensive, but integrity is free. No good excuses for the poor launch communications (at best) and hiding problems (at worst) from customers.

Really thought I was buying into a great car company, no longer sure about that. Great companies and brands do better.

 

[daveo4EV]

their cars are their triumph card - their behavior is rarely world class - you overlook it because of their cars and once you drive them it's hard to drive anything else

my 911 GT3 is masterful - there is frankly nothing in it's class when you balance _ALL_ factors - but the company itself - well lets just say if their products were weaker sauce then they'd be in trouble…

this is the risk with how they approach digital - much of their "advantage" does not translate to digital platforms - and then their weaknesses tend to dominate - and that's a huge risk to the brand…

my $0.02 - YMMV.

but frankly there is no substitute for a 911…others have tried.