yesterday, i parked next to a a new "cayenne S". this car is priced in the 50k$ starting. that is HIGH. maybe not as high as it CAN be, but a lot of money regardless. well, my reason to post was that the thing didn't even have a auto dimming mirror. i understand in sports cars. they try to keep weight down. every onuce counts. but a 50k$ SUV with a manual rear view mirror??
the cayenne S starts at 57k$. now they have a turbo S that starts at 11k$ with 540hp. i think i'd take my money over to jeep. 425hp gran cheeroke SRT8 starting under 40k$.
Porsche's never been able to do cheap cars correctly. The Boxster ballooned in price pretty soon after it was introduced, and it had so many options on most offered that the real price was (ahem) slightly inflated over the base MSRP. And does anybody remember the 914?