| Porsche is a German luxury car currently owned by | | | | Audi and BMW. |
| the Volkswagen Company. The company was | | | | The great engineering and innovational skills have |
| founded in 1931 and has been touted to be a luxury | | | | allowed Porsche to be a consultant for Audi, SEAT, |
| car for the rich and famous. Since the beginning, | | | | Subaru, Daewoo and Yugo. |
| Porsche has always catered to an exclusive clientele. | | | | Since the 60s, a lot has changed about Porsche. |
| The current Porsche cars include the Boxter | | | | Porsche has always lent its engineering skills to others |
| Roadster, Cayman, Carrera and the Panamera. Unlike | | | | car manufacturers and has now teamed up with |
| many other car companies, Porsche has had the | | | | Toyota to develop the next generation of hybrid |
| ability to weather the financial crises of the 40, 70s | | | | sports car. The four door coupe Panamera will be the |
| and 90s. The reason has been chiefly due to limited | | | | first hybrid for Porsche. The all time most costly |
| car production, good engineering and reasonable price. | | | | Porsche is the Carrera GT, currently costing close to |
| Parts of the car are made in various European | | | | $500,000 in the USA and is the most expensive |
| countries and then the car is assembled in Stuttgart. | | | | Porsche ever built. |
| Recent reports indicate that Porsche remains the | | | | The company has gone extensive re-structuring by |
| most successful car company both in terms of | | | | Volkswagen. In 2000, the famous 911 has again |
| profitability and stability of ownership. | | | | regained its name as the top selling Porsche of all |
| Porsche' major competition both on the racing circuit | | | | time and continues to sell well world wide. |
| and the consumer market has been Ferrari. While | | | | With solid finances and a great car, Porsche has not |
| Ferrari is prohibitively expensive and has done well on | | | | been hit with the global economic downturn. With all |
| the racing circuit, Porsche on the other hand has | | | | the money available the company should remain |
| done well with the consumer market. In the | | | | stable for many more years. |
| consumer market, Porsche competes with Mercedes, | | | | |