This is a great piece by Pulitzer Prize winning automobile writer Dan Neil of the LA Times - he actually got to drive the famous #001 Gmund 356, and compares the Porsche DNA in the 2009 Carreras. Nice read.

Brand DNA and the prototypical Porsche - Los Angeles Times

brad

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Brad, what is a Vegas boy doing with the LA Times?
Marty

Have you ever read the Las Vegas Sun?

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38 years of continuous Porsche ownership

Ride History
1966-1969 ---- 1961 Rambler Classic (Sorry)
1969-1970 ---- 1969 Mustang Mach I (Engine lasted 49K mi... swore I'd never buy another American car)
1970-1972 ---- 1964 356C - Rust Bucket
1972-1976 ---- 1972 914 - Ball Buster
1976-1977 ---- 1973 911T - Was I crazy?
1977-2007 ---- 1963 356SC 306K mi
2001-2003 ---- 1984 911 SC Targa - For my son
2000-2005 ---- 1997 Ferrari 355-F Brain Fart
2007- ???? ---- 2007 Cayman S
2008 ---------- 2008 Audi R8 - Delivery late spring '08

As a former journalist, I have to read newspapers - we get three - the Las Vegas Review Journal - typical small city conservative-leaning daily... inside the R-J is an eight-page section (10 pages on Sundays) called the Las Vegas Sun, which is published as part of a joint operating agreemant, the New York Times and the LA Times...

I read all eight pages - they call themselves the "real paper" - not much of a read, really...

brad

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