I’m a huge fan of Porsche cars. There’s a reason I’ve got Porsche 911 GT3RS and Porsche 911 RSR as my collector’s Lego cars and I have a few other smaller models, too. That’s why when I saw this promo video of their 75th anniversary, I smiled, it’s so good:
Is Porsche doing things wrong really?
Here’s how they start:
For over 75 years, we’ve done everything wrong.
Talking about Porsche 911:
When they said, engines go in the front, we put them in the back…
When they said, ignition’s on the right, we put them on the left…
Then about Porsche Cayenne - the SUV that saved their company:
When they said, a real sports car can’t have 4 doors, we built 4-door models faster than most 2-doors out there…
And then their all-electric Porsche Taycan:
When they thought, you couldn’t build fully-electric sports cars, we built the Taycan…
They they refer to the fact, that you don’t have to be a millionaire to drive their cars:
Luxury is for the few, they said, until we built the biggest car community out there…
And lastly…
If being us means being wrong… then it is just the right thing to do!
Maybe this video resonates with me also because I can imagine a similar video about me running a #NoOffice company… but that’s a topic for another post.
Anyway, congrats to Porsche for celebrating more than 75 years of building sports cars (actually, the celebrations started 3 years ago in 2023, as their first sports car Porsche 356 was built in 1948, but this video is new). Just being a (15th?) part of their history is a privilege.
It drives like a Porsche…
Their cars are so good, that as my favorite YouTuber, Doug DeMuro points out, their “most hated by enthusiasts” 996 generation of the 911 model drives like a Porsche: