PATTER - Porsche Club Chesapeake Region PCA

From the Editors by Mark and Manrico
Dear Fellow Porsche Fans,
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sponsors. If you know anyone who would like to advertise in the Patter (or otherwise sponsor the
Chesapeake Region), then please direct him or her to your Patter editors. Better yet, volunteer to
serve as the region’s sponsorship chair!
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upcoming events, and generally giving us suggestions for the Patter. Please contact us by e-mail at
porschepatter@pcachs.org or chat us up in person the next time you see us.
Answer to the trivia question:
911 (1965) to 911 S (1967), two model years
924 (1976) to 924 Turbo (1979), three model years
928 (1978) to 928 S (1980), two model years*
944 (1983) to 944 Turbo (1986), three model years
Boxster (1997) to Boxster S (2000), three model years
*The 928 was not introduced in the US until 1982 as a 1983 model.
The inspiration for this question was a post I saw on a discussion board about five years ago. The
owner of an early Boxster complained that he owned his car for only a couple of years before
Porsche released the S and “devalued” his regular Boxster. The poster was annoyed that his base
Boxster was upstaged so quickly by the S model. Had he paid any attention to Porsche history he
would have seen it coming! Apparently Porsche decided that waiting two or three years to
introduce an upgraded model is too long; the Cayenne, Cayman, and Panamera have all been
introduced as S models before introduction of the base models.
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