Today’s sport auto day. After Mercedes-Benz, here’s Porsche celebrating their success in the sport auto readers’ poll. Porsche made it in no less than three categories: The 911 GT3 won in the category “coupes up to EUR 150,000″ and the Panamera is the “sedan above 80,000 EUR” 2010. Finally, the Boxster S finished first in the category “convertibles up to 60,000 EUR”. Porsche also had ‘podium’ finishes in two other categories: A second place for the 911 Carrera S convertible in the category “convertibles up to 120,000 EUR (after the Wiesmann Roadster MF3) and a third place for the 911 Turbo S convertible in the category “convertibles above 120,000 EUR” (1st: Audi R8 Spyder; 2nd: Lamborghini Gallardo Spyder) Congrats to Porsche!
Press release:
Porsche Triple Winner in sport auto Readers’ Choice
Stuttgart. Dr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche AG, Stuttgart, has received further public awards for a number of models in the Company’s premium sporting range: The readers of the renowned German motoring journal sport auto have picked the Porsche Boxster S, the Panamera Turbo, and the 911 GT3 RS as the “No 1 Cars” in their respective categories. Receiving these three first prizes, Porsche has once again moved right to the top in the highly competitive market of sports-oriented brands. In all, nearly 10,000 readers of sport auto participated in the competition organised by the magazine’s editors ever since 1980, with participants able to choose their favourites among more than 260 models in 25 categories.
Nearly half of the readers opted in favour of the 911 GT3 RS, precisely 49.4 per cent making this very sporting 911 their first choice in the category of Coupés up to Euro 150,000.-, thus beating the competition by far. In the category of Convertibles up to Euro 60,000.-, the Boxster S came in first place, bringing home 27.1 per cent of the votes cast by readers. Accounting for 26.5 per cent of all readers’ votes, finally, the Panamera likewise finished a strong No 1 in the category of Sedans above Euro 80,000.-. These highly successful results achieved by Porsche models are rounded off by the Carrera S ranking No 2 in the category of Convertibles up to Euro 120,000.- and the 911 Turbo S finishing third in the category of Convertibles above Euro 120,000.-.
