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Porsche has announced that the current iteration of the iconic 911 sports car, the Type 997, has reached a milestone. The 100,000th 997 has rolled out of Zuffenhausen, and the significance here is not the number, but how quickly it got there. The first 997 was completed in April 2004, and no other 911 generation has reached the 100,000 car mark in so short a time. The landmark vehicle, shown above, is a Guards Red 911 Carrera S with a manual transmission which will be delivered to a German customer. How'd Porsche get to the number so fast? Well, obviously there's demand for the car, and production capabilities have only improved over the years. We wouldn't be at all surprised to see the next-gen 911 repeat this feat.
[Source: Porsche]
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
AMGoff @ Jul 11th 2007 2:48PM
Who's the brunette on the driver-side? She's cute. If she came with the millionth Porsche I'd actually consider buying one!
Evotec @ Jul 11th 2007 3:12PM
yeah shes hot... you can keep the porsche.
robz4 @ Jul 11th 2007 3:18PM
Amen to that ! She can push my car ( even though is not a Porsche) anytime.
AMGoff @ Jul 11th 2007 3:25PM
And before some smartass comes on and says something.. I know I can't count... it says 100,000 not a million... I was too distracted by the girl... mmm.. if she works in the factory I bet she's one sturdy woman ;)
Johnny Rocket @ Jul 11th 2007 4:56PM
Yeah, that guy is pretty fine. I'm glad I'm not the only one who noticed...oh wait. Driver's side? I thought this was a UK model.
Juvenille @ Jul 12th 2007 2:50PM
It's your mother
JC3 @ Jul 11th 2007 3:03PM
Retiring baby boomer$
Toy Yoda @ Jul 11th 2007 3:15PM
Is the brunette and company really Porsche factory workers or models for the occasion? I would guess the latter.
AMGoff @ Jul 11th 2007 3:20PM
Well the blonde isn't much to look at and then you've got the doofus behind her so I wouldn't be so sure.
thesawzall @ Jul 11th 2007 3:22PM
Guten Tag mein SchuB. And the girl is nice too!
The FedEx Man @ Jul 11th 2007 4:10PM
One of the best sports cars ever.
Dude @ Jul 11th 2007 4:20PM
Not to mention that, in my opinion, the 997 is much better looking than the awkward 996 ever was. It took the step from the 993 that the 996 should've.
Dan @ Jul 11th 2007 6:30PM
Those can very well be production line workers. I saw a good mix of men and women working alongside each other producing 997s last summer when picking up my 997S Cabriolet at Zuffenhausen.
Spank Me @ Jul 11th 2007 7:38PM
Yeah, but those workers are German and we all know about German women...
seoultrain @ Jul 11th 2007 8:07PM
so how much faster would this have happened if the cayman hadn't cannabalized 911 sales?
Nick @ Jul 11th 2007 9:31PM
Most promisingly, this means the 997 may end up being common enough that I can afford a used one someday.
vetter @ Jul 11th 2007 11:16PM
Yawn...
Yet another high performance VW Beetle rolls off the line.
Ebm @ Jul 12th 2007 4:48AM
Vetter,
I would not mind to have one of them. It is better than my 99 VW Golf Gti. Plus the brunette looks like she is from Jdate, but a Jewish chick would not be working in a German factory... lol