Mrs B and I stopped a place to eat while we were out in the 356. A couple leaving complemented us on the car and as they walked towards their 911 carrera. I used to opportunity to ask him if he knew why Porsche had put Carrera on the back of his car. I see lots of Carrera's in London and I suspect that most owners have no idea of Porsche history. It appears that I was correct he didn't have a clue but I was happy to help him.
PS as a footnote I think Porsche has completely ruined the Carrera label as it now has almost has zero value.
Do you know why your car has carrera on it?
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Re: Do you know why your car has carrera on it?
Much as they did in the middle 70s with the 911S, 10 extra hp is not a 911S make.neilbardsley wrote:Mrs B and I stopped a place to eat while we were out in the 356. A couple leaving complemented us on the car and as they walked towards their 911 carrera. I used to opportunity to ask him if he knew why Porsche had put Carrera on the back of his car. I see lots of Carrera's in London and I suspect that most owners have no idea of Porsche history. It appears that I was correct he didn't have a clue but I was happy to help him.
PS as a footnote I think Porsche has completely ruined the Carrera label as it now has almost has zero value.
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Re: Do you know why your car has carrera on it?
Porsche has no option but to do so.neilbardsley wrote:PS as a footnote I think Porsche has completely ruined the Carrera label as it now has almost has zero value.
US IP laws require the owner of a copy-righted name to keep it active by regular (retail sales) use of that name every X years, or they lose control of it.
Sorta like Al Z. griping about the factory suing him, but by US IP law, they have no choice; let Al use it, and now every Uzbekistan back-yard foundry can cast up crankshafts and stick the Porsche name on it.
I owned and drove the crap out of a 250 Ferrari Lusso for some 15 years; you can imagine how wonderful I find the "new" Lusso station wagon:
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Tough; Ferrari owes me nothing.
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