Butonce again, Porsche is not like most car companies, and therefore theprices it charges for options, which are almost always
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| Oneoption that you might want to buck up for is the bi-xenon headlamppackage, as increased lighting distances mean enhanced safety. (Photo:Trevor Hofmann, Canadian Auto Press) |
made toa much higher standard than similar items found on competitivevehicles, are almost always dearer. Porsche has also put together aTequipment catalog full of cool extras to personalize your Cayman S,such as yet more wheel options, snow chains, an aluminum-look exteriorpackage, sport tailpipes, interior trim packages, made with aluminum orcarbon fiber, roof racks plus lockable cargo boxes and ski or bikecarriers, a remote for your
nav system, a logbook, cellphone, childsafety seats, car care products, etc. If you still want more stuffembossed with the revered Porsche crest, someone at the dealership willno doubt be happy to supply you with a Porsche Design catalog, filledwith watches, pens, lapel pins, apparel, hats, key chains, and thelike.
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| Aftera day on the road and at the track, I now fully understand why Porschejust had to build a car that fills a niche so small that mostautomakers would never even dream of putting it to market. (Photo:Trevor Hofmann, Canadian Auto Press) |
awayfrom Birmingham impressed with Porsche's latest sports car, fullyunderstanding why the designers and engineers just had to build a carthat fills a niche so small that most automakers would never even dreamof putting it to market. But this said, Porsche isn't like mostautomakers, now is it? It's the most profitable car company, on aunit-by-unit basis, in the world, the result of which has allowed it tostow away enough cash to recently buy a majority stake in Volkswagen,no less, the largest automaker in Europe and the fourth largest makerof passenger cars in the world! This deepens the relationship betweenthe two companies, which not too long ago combined forces to bring theCayenne and
Touareg SUVs to market, allowing Porsche greater access toVolkswagen's wealth of resources (could a DSG-type sequential manualtransmission be in the pipes?), and providing Volkswagen with theinfluence of a leadership team that has proven its worth.
