Evidence receipt / belief
Published · transcript-backedDoug DeMuro: belief
27 Jun 2023 Acquired Porsche (with Doug DeMuro)
“I think Wiedeking's thought was, the entry level Porsche has always been looked at as a second class citizen like Fuhrmann literally said, which was true.”
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- Speaker
- Doug DeMuro
- Attribution
- Verified speaker
- Claim type
- belief
- Recorded
- 27 Jun 2023
- Publisher
- Acquired
- Episode
- Porsche (with Doug DeMuro)
Transcript context
…It shared the design language. It shared the design language. I think Wiedeking's thought was, the entry level Porsche has always been looked at as a second class citizen like Fuhrmann literally said, which was true. Everybody thought it, but he said, How do we make it not look like a second class citizen? The answer is, make it look like a 911. Make it literally shared. It didn't even just look like, it literally had the same fenders, the same headlights and hood. Also from a production and profitability in operation standpoint, this is so great. You're now sharing so many components, not with another auto manufacturer, but with yourself.…
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