April 2003 Porsche Club News 2/03 For more information, visit www.porsche.com Instant heaven. The 911 Cabriolet. Porsche Club News 2/03 Editorial Dear Porsche Club members, Up to January 2003, 564.814 units Further information is also available on had been produced. Further evidence page 31 of this issue. of the success of the Porsche 911 is the fact that it has repeatedly been We hope that you will appreciate all the voted the best sports car of the year activities we have planned for the 911 by readers of the magazine “auto, anniversary, and that you will join in motor und sport” (see page 8 for more enthusiastically. Let’s all raise a glass details). to 40 years of the Porsche 911. Furthermore, the career of this sports Your Porsche Club Co-ordination This year, we are celebrating a very car, which is far from over, has special anniversary: 40 years of the been crowned with numerous racing Porsche 911. victories. When Porsche presented the suc- The 911’s special birthday this year cessor the 356 type at the 1963 IAA gives us a welcome opportunity to in Frankfurt, nobody could have imagi- celebrate this success – along with Jutta Aldenhoff ned that it would be the start of owners and all fans of this unique car. a motoring legend. While the 356 Both the Porsche company and the was still developed based on the VW Porsche Clubs have incorporated this Beetle, this time a totally new design anniversary into their calendars of of Porsche sports car was making events for this year. its appearance. Ferry Porsche later recalled that back them many people One highlight will definitely be the IAA Volker Spannagel felt that the bodywork shape was in Frankfurt in September, which repre- “a little bit too square” compared sents a fitting opportunity to put the to its predecessor. However, he spotlight on the 911 and its history, was convinced that his son Ferdinand and you will see this for yourself when Alexander had created a timeless you visit the Porsche stand. Or better design – and he was certainly proved still, take advantage of our invitation right. to the Club evening at the IAA, which Franz Steinbeck the Porsche Club Co-ordination and The 911 developed into a long- Porsche Deutschland GmbH are orga- running success story, which gained nising for Porsche Club members from enthusiasts throughout the world and around the world. You can find more fascinated generations of car fans. Not details on page 12. least thanks to its excellent combina- tion of sportiness and reliability, the However, the celebrations will not only 911 became a sales success and the focus on the car itself. After all, what Anne Dungelhoeff mainstay of the company through good would a birthday celebration for the and bad times. 911 be without giving a chance to those people who own it, drive it, admire it or are connected to the car by a particular experience. Therefore, in the Porsche Club News 1/03, we already launched a call to all Porsche Club members. 1 Porsche Club News 2/03 Our Business: Internet: To make it easier for us to put together the Porsche Club News, we would like The current Porsche Club News, as to ask you to send us your contributions by E-mail. Attach your text contribu- well as archived issues from number tions as a Word file. Please save pictures in Tiff format for preference, other- 1/99 onwards, can be downloaded wise in JPEG format (minimum resolution 300 dpi, at actual size of min. from the Internet at: 13cm width, as RGB or CYMK). Please ensure that there is no “pixeling” in www.porsche.com. the pictures and that you do not save the pictures as indexed colours (web colour scale). Unfortunately we cannot process Word files or PowerPoint presentations with embedded pictures into a printable quality. Your Editorial Team Internal: Your Club Co-ordination team: Jutta Aldenhoff, Manager Tel.: +49 (0)711 911-8014 E-mail: [email protected] Anne Dungelhoeff Tel.: +49 (0)711 911-8397 E-mail: [email protected] Volker Spannagel Tel.: +49 (0)711 911-8307 E-mail: [email protected] Franz Steinbeck Tel.: +49 (0)711 911-8298 E-mail: [email protected] Fax: +49 (0)711 911-8359 Club E-mail: [email protected] Editor: Photo credits: Franz Steinbeck, Club Co-ordination Authors of the articles Porsche AG Layout and Design: Copy deadline for Porsche Engineering Services GmbH Printing: Dr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche PC News 3/2003 is 17.04.2003 Druckerei Goss GmbH Aktiengesellschaft PC News 4/2003 is 18.06.2003 Porschestr. 15-19 PC News 5/2003 is 18.08.2003 Published: D-71634 Ludwigsburg PC News 6/2003 is 17.10.2003 6x per year Germany PC News 1/2004 is 18.12.2003 2 Porsche Club News 2/03 Contents 1. News from Porsche AG Shareholders meeting: Half-year figures once again very promising page 4 Think positive, act positive 24-hour race at Daytona, USA – Porsche triumph in Daytona page 6 “The best cars of 2003” – Huge readers’ vote by “auto motor und sport” – page 8 Porsche 911 voted Germany’s best sports car for 16th time Carrera GT: Premiere in Geneva page 9 2. Who is Who Internet, eBusiness and Dialog Marketing Manager – Dr. Henrik Dreier page 11 3. Info exchange Central Porsche Club Co-ordination/Porsche Deutschland GmbH Club Co- page 12 ordination – Porsche Club evening at IAA 2003 Porsche Club News Editor – Porsche Club Sport page 15 Porsche Club Salzburg – 30 years of the Porsche Club Salzburg page 19 Porsche Club Roland zu Bremen – 40 years Club anniversary page 20 Porsche Selection page 21 Porsche Tequipment page 22 4. Classic info exchange Porsche Club 914 de France – International 914 meeting in Deauville page 24 Porsche Classic Car Trophy 2003 page 25 European Concours d’Élégance in Schwetzingen page 27 Porsche Club News Editor – Report series: “The first 40 years of page 28 the Porsche 911” – Episode 1: The first Porsche 911 assessed by the industry press 5. Club management Continued: The first 40 years of the 911: Tell us your personal story page 31 6. Reportage Porsche Club New Zealand – Visit to Continental Car Service for official page 34 opening ceremony Porsche Club Brasil – Porsche Racing Festival 2002 at Interlagos page 35 Porsche Club of America, Riesentöter Region – Driving for a good cause page 36 Club Porsche de France, Région Méditerranée – Welcome to Catalonia page 39 Porsche Club Konstanz – 20 years of the Porsche Club Konstanz page 41 7. Classic Reportage Porsche Diesel Club Europa e.V. – Ernst Bladt reaches 80 page 43 3 Porsche Club News 2/03 1. News from Porsche AG Shareholders meeting: Half-year figures once again very promising Think positive, act positive According to the preliminary figures, Group sales are up by 19.6 percent compared to the first half of the pre- vious financial year, to around 2.20 billion Euro. Adjusted to take account of the consolidated financial services companies (around 169 million Euro), sales increased by 10.4 percent to around 2.03 billion Euro. Volume is set to increase by 5.2 percent to a pre- dicted 24,684 vehicles, made up of 13,697 units of the 911 (up 4.3 per- cent), 9,477 units of the Boxster (down 8.4 percent) and 1,510 of the Cayenne. Forecast production is 27,689 vehi- cles (up 10 percent), of which 2,700 will be the Cayenne. For the full year Porsche on the agenda: Chairman Dr. Wendelin Wiedeking reports success 2002/03, the company expects Group volume to be around 65,000 vehicles. The figures were right. The trend around 297 million Euro is the equiva- at Porsche was once again up- lent of the company’s total stock mar- Figures alone are no substitute for wards in the first half of the current ket value ten years ago. Reflecting on words. The warmest reception was not financial year. As a result, as well this fact still acts as a defence mecha- just reserved for the outstanding finan- as the company’s success, social nism against arrogance and negligen- cial data; Dr. Wendelin Wiedeking recei- responsibility was one of the main ce to this day. However, a look back at ved spontaneous bursts of applause issues discussed at the sharehol- recent history proves that there is no for his announcements and statements ders meeting in Stuttgart. reason for Porsche to get caught up in regarding aspects of Porsche policy. the economic pessimism that is so rife “Companies simply have to realise that On 24th January 2003, there were at the moment or the widespread fear their actions are inextricably linked queues of people outside the Lieder- for the future. As Wiedeking said: “In with their social environment. Running halle Cultural and Congress Centre the last three years, we have earned a business is a social process. The in Stuttgart, such as are normally only as much as we did in the previous 50 social acceptance that our culture has seen for a closing down sale. However, years put together.” generated for our products, our mar- as Chairman Dr. Wendelin Wiedeking que and our company is worth its made clear in his hour-long address to The 3,100 guests at the event were weight in gold. Nobody will buy a the shareholders meeting, Porsche is further rewarded – with the prelimi- Porsche if his neighbour is pointing his still not giving anything away.