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DeMuro: Porsche Digital's Online Car Auction Site Marqued Is Fledgling
“Porsche has a business right now an auction business called marked that they're running and as a, from Porsche digital, and it's fledgling to say the least.”
In 1978, Porsche Launched the 928 Intending to Replace the 911
“So in 1978, Furman introduces the Porsche nine, 28 with the stated intention that this is going to eventually replace the nine, 11.”
Gilbert: Ferrari averages over $170,000 profit per car
“The profit per car average exceeded 170,000 dollars. That is more than the entire retail price of your average luxury sedan, and even Porsche would need to sell six cars to equal the profit dollars that come from a single average Ferrari.”
Gilbert: Porsche's China delivery share collapsed from 33% to 15%
“Now, Porsche, on the other hand, China was 33% of their deliveries a few years ago, which has collapsed all the way to 15% and continues to fall.”
A 2008 Short Squeeze Briefly Made Volkswagen the World's Most Valuable Company
“So, during the week after the
The collapse in October, 2008.
That's when Volkswagen Group becomes the most valuable company in the world.
Hedge funds have been shorting Volkswagen.
You get a short squeeze that happens and the stock just goes through the roof.”
Volkswagen Granted Porsche Royalties on Every Beetle Sold Worldwide
“In return, they give that German Porsche company literally the sweetheart deal of a lifetime, a royalty on every beetle sold. Worldwide.”
Porsche Contract Manufactured the Mercedes-Benz 500 E in Zuffenhausen
“Porsche built a Mercedes Benz, which was called the 500 E. It was a midsize sedan. Mercedes didn't have the capacity or didn't really want to do it.”
Gross Margins Across Automakers: BMW 17%, Porsche 29%, Ferrari 48%
“BMW, as we mentioned, 10 times more units of BMW sold than Porsches are down at 17%. In terms of gross margin, so they really aren't marking up much above their cost of goods in order to ship those cars. Mercedes a little bit better at 23%. Porsche is at 29%, …”
Oliver Blume Simultaneously Serves as CEO of VW Group and Porsche
“Oliver Bloom is both the current CEO of VW Group And Porsche.”
Porsche's Market Cap Dropped Below €400 Million in the Early 1990s
“At one point, Porsche's market cap was less than four hundred million euros.”
Porsche's Dealership Business Earned More Revenue Than Its Manufacturing Arm
“So by the time in the early 2000, when it all gets consolidated back into one company for most of the two separate histories, that was the larger company by revenue. So the Austrian Porsche company becomes the largest Car dealer network in Europe, not just for…”
Hitler Established Volkswagen to Contract Ferdinand Porsche's Beetle Design
“That car would go on to become the Volkswagen Beetle, and the company that contracted Porsche to build and design it was Volkswagen, which was established to do so by Adolf Hitler.”
Porsche Carrera GTs Dropped to $250,000 Before Surpassing $1 Million
“The sticker price was 440,000 dollars, and they dropped fast. You could get them in oh eight, oh seven, oh eight, you could get them for two 50 all day long. And now you can't, there's, they don't exist under a million dollars.”
Porsche's US Sales Plunged to Just 4,100 Units in 1992
“They dipped in 91, 92 to 4100 units. That was worse than 1965 sales. They had routinely sold between 13 and 30,000 cars a year throughout the sixties, seventies, eighties. 13 and 30,000. And in the U.S. At 92, they dipped to 4100 cars.”
Porsche Spent $4 Billion for 20% of Volkswagen Group in 2005
“September, 2005, Porsche spends four billion dollars to acquire 20% of the VW group on the open market.”
Porsche's Market Cap Grew From €400 Million to €32 Billion by 2007
“Porsche goes from death's door, less than four hundred million euro market cap when he takes over to By 2007, Porsche's market cap is thirty two billion euros.”
Porsche Generates a 29% Gross Margin Compared to Apple's 43%
“Porsche is a 29% gross margin. Apple's a 43% gross margin.”
Porsche Offers Historic Catalog Paint Colors for Around $15,000
“You can do a thing today where you go to buy a Porsche and their online configurator, and they have the paint from every single Porsche ever produced in history. And so you're like, you know, there was really something about this particular nine 11 in this yea…”
Volkswagen Acquired the Porsche Operating Company for 8.5 Billion Euros
“VW does end up buying Porsche, the operating company in two tranches over three years.
They buy 50% up front.
Three years later in 20 11 they complete the purchase.
It ends up being about eight and a half billion euros total.”
The Porsche and Piëch Families Jointly Exited Operations in 1970
“So in the fall of 1970, Ferry and Louise together call a joint family summit... At the end of it, they come to a very, very surprising decision. They don't decide that one Ferdinand or the other is gonna take over. Instead, they make the call that the families…”
Porsche Renamed the 901 to 911 Due to Peugeot's Trademark
“The nine 11 Is only called the nine 11 because Peugeot of all companies had a trademark in France for any car with a model name of any number, any Roman number with a zero in the middle and then any other number.”
The Porsche Boxster Shared 911 Seats, Including Unusable Coat Hooks
“In fact, if you get into a Boxster, which was a two seater car, it has a coat hook on the back of the seat because the nine 11 had a coat hook on the back of it. You can't put a coat in the Boxster. The seat is right up against the, but they shared everything.”