Several years ago, a West Coast advertising agency was researching Porsche in preparation for pitching the Porsche Cars of North America account. Contacting Porsche Cars North America personnel was not permitted. Instead, five managers of Porsche dealerships were recommended as knowledgeable sources. I happened to be one of them and had already met with one [...]
Harmony is accordance, agreement, conformity, internal calm (tranquility), and congruence. It is a result of everything going right and being in its proper place at the precise time. The Universe is all about geometry with math being a universal language. Part of this is resonance, vibrations, where frequencies determine harmony. As the Moody Blues (a [...]
Volvos are safe for two reasons. First, they do a great job of safety engineering and second, they tell you that they did a great job of safety engineering. Unfortunately, Porsche is a small company and has a laundry list of praiseworthy attributes. Porsche has too many virtues to consider promoting the advent of a [...]
No matter which model one chooses, Porsche represents the purest driving experience of that category. Driving a Porsche is an experience that involves the senses. It is above all else, a driver’s car. Through communication and participation, the driver can become more aware and involved with vehicle control. First there is feel or touch. The [...]
As a Porsche owner, you should expect much more than a thank you and directions to the service department. Ownership should include opportunities for you to thoroughly understand and enjoy your Porsche. First and foremost, an understanding of history and heritage helps make sense of exactly what it is that you own. In 1931 Ferdinand [...]
Road feel is not a design flaw, but rather, a design choice. Isolating drivers from the road’s surface, while providing a nice cushy ride, lessens vital feedback like traction. The tradeoff has typically been a bone-jarring ride that magnifies every imperfection in the road’s surface. Porsche has accomplished the unthinkable and combined road feel with [...]
You would not put a pair of wing tips on a sprinter. All the components in your expensive sports car are there to make your tires work. Want a quicker lap time? The biggest bang for the buck is improving your tires. Why risk thousands of dollars in body shop bills trying to get another [...]
Porsche is not something for everyone, but rather everything to someone. The ingredients for a true driver’s vehicle have always been Porsche’s goal and subsequently its achievement. When spin has replaced truth and deception has replaced reality, telling it like it is seems like a distant memory. We see ads with small econo-boxes ripping up [...]
Society, the world, and the universe are all based in truth and harmony. Everything works as it was designed to work in accordance with everything else. Just like the laws of physics which can’t be ignored, the laws of nature can’t be ignored, the truth is not debatable. Something is simply true, or it isn’t. [...]
Ferdinand Porsche was born September 3, 1875 in Maffersdorf, Bohemia, part of the Austrian Empire. Today the town is Liberec in the Czech Republic. Ferdinand was the eldest surviving son of Anton Porsche, a tin smith. Ferdinand was expected to follow in his father’s footsteps, but an affinity for electricity resulted in a preoccupation that [...]
