Early last month Porsche announced a "shuffling" of the management deck across a number of regions. Among the changes was the movement of Joe Lawrence from the position of President and Chief Executive Officer of Porsche Cars Canada to Chief Operating Officer of Porsche Cars North America. Taking over Joe's responsibilities is Alexander Pollic (46), currently Vice President Sales Network …
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With 15,020 deliveries worldwide in May 2013, Porsche's numbers were down slightly from last month (15,200) but still outperformed the figure of the same month in the prior year by 13 percent. Year-to-date deliveries are equal to 67,261 new Porsches – a boost of 19 percent compared to the period of January to May 2012.
“In terms of customer deliveries to date, we have exceeded our …
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Rising flood waters in the Czech Republic are high enough to disrupt the flow of Porsche Cayenne bodies to the one plant in Leipzig where they are assembled. As a result, workers on the early shift (one of three shifts per day) will not be coming to work on Thursday and possibly longer depending on weather and transport conditions.
"We have a bottleneck in the supply of car bodies built in …
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Coming off a record month of sales in April, Porsche Cars North America announced today their best May sales month to date (3,928 Porsches sold, an increase of 38% over last year) and the second best month ever. So far, year-to-date, PCNA has delivered 17,609 Porsches.
“Our two-door sports cars are still the heart and soul of the Porsche brand and of our entire model range,” said …
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These days there are so many things distracting us when driving: phone calls, emails, texts, screaming kids in the back seat, nice scenery, etc. What about a sharp looking Porsche driving by, is that a distraction? Apparently, for Cynthia Muse it was.
Muse was driving through the parking lot of Heritage Commons (a shopping plaza along Lafayette Road in Rye, NH) when a blue Porsche …
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Porsche Cars North America (PCNA), today announced the appointment of Joe Lawrence as executive vice president and chief operating officer of PCNA and the promotion of current PCNA chief operating officer Michael Bartsch to CEO of Porsche Cars Australia. These changes are effective September 1.
In his new position, Lawrence will lead sales operations for Porsche’s single largest market. …
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Porsche's world-wide sales numbers continue to improve month over month. In April, more than 15,200 customers around the world took delivery of a new Porsche equating to a 21% increase compared to April 2012.
“With our globally popular products and evenly spread international sales we were also able to add further growth in April,” pointed out Bernhard Maier, Member of the Executive …
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Despite a difficult economic environment in Europe, Porsche AG is off to a good start in 2013. Deliveries of the sports car maker picked up by 21 percent to 37,009 vehicles in the first three months of the 2013 fiscal year. Turnover rose by 8.3 percent to 3.28 billion euro in the first quarter. At 573 million euro, the operating result stood at 8.5 percent above the value of the previous year (528 …
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Porsche Cars North America, Inc. today announced the highest sales month in the history of the company with sales of 4,032 vehicles in the month of April. This compares to 3,437 vehicles sold in April 2012, or an increase of 17 percent. Year to date, PCNA has delivered 13,681 vehicles in the U.S., up 29 percent over last year’s total (10,596).
The Cayenne continues to lead sales with 1750 …
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Just last week Maria Sharapova was named as Porsche's first "brand ambassador" in a three year deal linking the tennis sensation to our favorite marque. With yesterday's win at the Porsche Tennis Grand Prix, in the sold-out Porsche Arena, it's obvious that the 26-year-old Russian beauty takes her new role seriously. Beating China’s Na Li in straight set 6-4, 6-3 Sharapova successfully …
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