Porsche drives away from the Sydney motor show
Aussies hoping to see the new Porsche 911 Turbo, GT3, and Targa at the Sydney motor show should prepare to be disappointed.
Thanks to the unusually high number of exhibitors scheduled for this year's event, Porsche was unable to secure the spot they initially requested. Using the alternative offered by show organizers would have forced Porsche to alter their display in a way that was not acceptable, so they made a tough decision: Porsche would pull out of the Sydney show altogether.
For the area's Porschephiles, this has to be a bummer of the first order. Three new 911 variants and none of them are headed to Sydney. If it was us, we'd be unhappy, too.
[Source: drive.com.au]
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Matthew 2:33PM (7/29/2006)
Being someone who works for a company that displays at convention centers and trade shows, Porsche should be pissed (and I bet they are). There is no acceptible answer to Porsche for why their spot was allocated to someone else. They've probably lost thousands of dollars that can't be recouped and missed a pretty large show. I'd consider some legal retribution, but then again, I'm American =-}
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here 5:20PM (7/29/2006)
I totaly agree with you Matther.
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Richard King 2:13AM (7/30/2006)
Your a bit late on this story , porsche did not even attend the 2005 sydney motor show let alone the 2006 one!
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Christopher 4:19AM (7/30/2006)
Yeah, they never come to Melbourne either. Lamborghini, Ferrari, Pagani, Lotus etc always do, but Porsche, probably the most mainstream sports car manufacturer of them all, is never at the Melbourne show.
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Swede 7:48AM (7/30/2006)
Poor form from Porsche!
To bad the if the organizers messed up but that doesn't mean Porsche have to let down all entusiast who love to dream about their cars, This is pretty much the only chance we got to see, feel and maybe sit in their models.
Lotus is always really cool and nobody will ever forget the bloody painful attempt to get in and out of an Exige... But how lovely when you sit in that racing seat, low to the ground with the biggest smile across the face!
Only in the Lotus display... Sorry Porsche you miss out...
Check out the superchargered Exige S this year!
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