Right raoul, now that you've had your anti-Porsche tirade there are some grossly inaccurate assertions that you make in your post above.

A modern Carrera is powered just right for the market within which it competes. It's not meant to be an M3 beater nor is it intended to out-drag an E63 or a Corvette. It is purely in a phrase, the entry-level 911, which, just happens to be the most successful sports car in history. Despite the power deficit, few cars actually compete with the 911's performance and handling dynamics in its class. EVO recently gave a 911 with performance pack upgrade 5 stars and called it "all the 911 you'll ever need". And no, they not being given back-handers from Stuttgart.

Any good car company is about profitable product and owners of 911s are all to happy to be given the opportunity of owning a Cayenne to cart the family around in. The Cayenne still sets the benchmark for SUV handling and regarded as rather outstanding luxury conveyance by journalists and owners alike.

Boxster not really a true Porsche? Poppycock. Go and drive one. I have and it's an exceptional driving experience. In my opinion, the Boxster remains the best drop-top for the buck and well beyond. Consider the Boxster's layout a bit non-Porsche, a bit nancy? Actually it's much closer in concept and layout to the greatest of Porsches ever made, if not the greatest supercar ever to hit the roads - the timeless Carrera GT - when compared with anything else Porsche had ever made... The Carrera GT was so good that it surpassed even Ferrari's lavishly developed Enzo as motoring's zenith at the time.

Porsche, by all indications, haven't sold their sporting souls to the automotive netherworld; they still produce the most emotive and drivable German sports / supercars around. In fact, without Porsche, Germany wouldn't have had a Ferrari and Lamborghini competitor at all. And Nissan would've benchmarked the new GT-R against an M6.

I tell you what, if I was rolling in the dosh and I had a GT3 RS, I sure as dammit would have a Cayenne too just for the hell of it. A twin-turbo V6 diesel would do nicely I'm certain...