Which car company is better, a Lamborghini, A Porsche or a Micheal Shumacher Ferrari?

Porsche without a doubt.  Ferraris are overpriced overhyped overstyled tacky jewelry.    Ferrari as a company caters to the wealthy, not the enthusiast.  They sell cars to those they consider stylish enough to sell cars to, reserving some of their creations to invitation only purchase.

Porsche on the other hand is an enthisiast's best friend.  They'll sell anything to anyone with the means to pay in a non-pretentious atmosphere.  They build cars better suited for the track than any other marque (I've been told from race mechanics that Porsches, out of the box, make better track cars than anything on the road, and are more adjustable in the way a track car needs to be).  Porsche sponsors the best national clubs for their owners, the USA Porsche Club is the best single marque club out there, running the best track days at the best tracks.  Porsches also retain a lot of romance and motor racing influence.  Ignitions remain on the left side of the steering wheels recalling the days of the running LeMans start.  Their highest end car has a wooden gear shift knob as this was used on many famous Porsche race cars to save weight.  Porsche also supports amature, semi-pro, and pro racers better than any marque.  You can simply purchase a race ready 911 and be competitive in just about any sports car series while knowing the development work is done for you.  Other car companies sell built race cars but none as well developed as their 911, making this often the cheapest, easiest car to campaign in just about any series (it's no wonder the LeMans grid is so chock full of 911s).  Porshces, indirectly factory supported, run in just about every sports car series and Porsche as a factory effort have finally returned to racing after a long time absence.  Compare with Ferrari which basically only supports F1 leaving it up to their customers to build and develop cars for other series.

As for their current models, I think the 911 has become too refined, with only the GT3 cars offering what should be the car's quintessential sporting nature.  The rest are very, very nice GT cars but overly weighted towards luxury IMO.  The Boxster is often called (by magazines) the most fun to drive car on the market, and the similar tin top Cayman is a great vehicle.  I have a hard time calling the Cayanne a Porsche, it's more of a VW.  But it's a cash cow and has allowed Porsche to do some wonderful things with the money.

Also Porsche runs a much higher profit (in pure dollars and in % of sales) than Ferrari...

They are in a different price category from Ferrari and Lamborghini though, so comparisons aren't fair.

Woodlouse2002 wrote on Dec 31^st, 2006 at 10:32am:

Isn't that half the point of a supercar?

For reliability it has to be Porsche.
For style my money is with Ferrari.
For a tractor I'd say the Lamborghini... of course that is their origin

And Dr. F. Porsche designed the Beetle! Nuff said

ozzy72 wrote on Dec 31^st, 2006 at 8:13pm:

Porsche made his fair share of tractors too

Woodlouse2002 wrote on Dec 31^st, 2006 at 2:36pm:



The only Ferrari that I have ever driven was a Ferrari 75s.........a two wheeled walking tractor.......but it was a Ferrari
Ferrari Tractors

Matt

PS When my lottery ticket comes in, it will be an M5 for me.

elite marksman wrote on Jan 1^st, 2007 at 11:28am:


Exactly. No point at all. A waste of space, metal, and most importantly, petrol...