When Did Porsche become a Southern US company?

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Seriously, all their recent vehicle names are all things you'd find in the south:

Panamara
Cayman
Cayanne
Cajun

I mean..they are a German company. Maybe they're just trying to dispell rumors that they're founded by a nazi supporter. Still. American names on a German car is just wrong.
 
They have used 'Carrera' for years now, and that's spanish. 'Boxster' isn't much of a German name, either and nor is 918 'Spyder'.

Porsche has never used many German names to begin with. At least not as far as I am aware of.
 
It's Panamera - as in "The Carrera Panamericana was a sports car racing event on open roads in Mexico" not Southern US.

Cayenne - Cayenne is the capital of French Guiana not even close to US.

Cayman - is an Animal -"Introducing the Cayman name, Porsche took the concept from the animal world, and the German sports car maker was quick to communicate the details of the Cayman, a reptile that belongs to the crocodile family. Within this group of the world's largest reptiles, the cayman is a relatively small, but very nimble athlete and hunter, and this creates a clear resemblance to Porsche's new sports car."
 
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raz_10
It's Panamera - as in "The Carrera Panamericana was a sports car racing event on open roads in Mexico" not Southern US.

Cayenne - Cayenne is the capital of French Guiana not even close to US.

Cayman - is an Animal -"Introducing the Cayman name, Porsche took the concept from the animal world, and the German sports car maker was quick to communicate the details of the Cayman, a reptile that belongs to the crocodile family. Within this group of the world's largest reptiles, the cayman is a relatively small, but very nimble athlete and hunter, and this creates a clear resemblance to Porsche's new sports car."
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Thank you.
 
As long as the name fits the car it doesn`t particularly matter, I think. I like it when car companies use inventive names - alpha-numeric designations are so unemotional and impersonal (not to mention confusing!!!!:crazy:)
 
AMCNUT
alpha-numeric designations are so unemotional and impersonal (not to mention confusing!!!!:crazy:)
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Oh, I'll have to disagree with this. 911 is probably the most emotional name a car can bear today ♥

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Or the Hyundai Tuscon. Or the Kia Sedona....
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Good news, everbody! The Dacia Sandero... Well, no good news, but it's got a name that fits right with the above ;)
 
I always thought it was Cayenne like the pepper:

Cayenne+Pepper.jpg


Cayman like the Islands:

cayman-islands.jpg


Neither one of those have much to do with the South :D
 
And 911 is the US emergency number. Why not use the German 112?
 
I think he meant South America not South U.S, somebody doesn't know the difference between continent and country.
 
SuperShouden
Seriously, all their recent vehicle names are all things you'd find in the south:
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Still. American names on a German car is just wrong.
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I don't know about that one duff... When an American says "the South" they're generally refering to the areas from Texas to Virginia :indiff:
 
AMCNUT
As long as the name fits the car it doesn`t particularly matter, I think. I like it when car companies use inventive names - alpha-numeric designations are so unemotional and impersonal (not to mention confusing!!!!:crazy:)
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I guess you're right. And they do fit the cars.. I'm just waiting for all the names to be used up and someone names their car "Stupid"
 
daan
And 911 is the US emergency number. Why not use the German 112?
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Trivia time.

The 911 was originally going to be called the 901, however Peugeot objected based on their use of model number ending in 01. Porsche agreed to change the designation and the 911 was borne.

I've got a Porsche book with a few of the original adverts for the 901 in it.

901E.JPG

More - http://derwhites356literature.com/DerWhites911912SalesLiterature.html


Scaff
 
Scaff
Trivia time.

The 911 was originally going to be called the 901, however Peugeot objected based on their use of model number ending in 01. Porsche agreed to change the designation and the 911 was borne.
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I thought Peugeot claimed to have exclusive rights with all model names that were three numbers long and had a 0 in the middle? So Porsche couldn't have called it a 902, or a 903 even for that matter?
 
Crash
I thought Peugeot claimed to have exclusive rights with all model names that were three numbers long and had a 0 in the middle? So Porsche couldn't have called it a 902, or a 903 even for that matter?
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You know, I remember reading something about this when I was a kid, in a Porsche book of some sort. I think it actually had more to do with the "90-" part than the "0", since I don't recall anyone making a fuss over the Ferrari 308. Or the Fiat 500.
 
I'm guessing that Z06 wouldn't fall into that category because of Z being a letter and not a number, correct?
 
Crash
I thought Peugeot claimed to have exclusive rights with all model names that were three numbers long and had a 0 in the middle? So Porsche couldn't have called it a 902, or a 903 even for that matter?
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That's a much more modern Peugeot claim, the one that affected the '901' related to the 01 at the end (which Peugeot used for a number of models at the time) which Peugeot claimed at the time could cause confusion between the Porsche and Peugeot model ranges.

A bit of a strange claim even if Porsche was a much smaller and less well know brand at the time, but that's what happened.


Scaff
 
Crash
I thought Peugeot claimed to have exclusive rights with all model names that were three numbers long and had a 0 in the middle? So Porsche couldn't have called it a 902, or a 903 even for that matter?
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That doesn't explain the 904, 906, 907, 908 and 909.

Edit: Nevermind Scaff has explained it.
 
That reminds me about how Ford/Volvo wouldn't let Toyota/Scion use "xC" so they went with "tC" instead.
 

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