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Porsche 911 Honored by Robb Report and American Woman Motorscene

26 January 1999

Porsche 911 Honored by Robb Report and American Woman Motorscene Magazines

    ATLANTA, Jan. 25 -- Robb Report and American Woman Motorscene
February issues pay tribute to the Porsche 911 with their magazines'
respective, annual automotive awards.
    Robb Report named the Porsche 911 Carrera and Cabriolet its 1999 Car of
the Year, and American Woman Motorscene magazine rated the Porsche 911 at the
top of its "Most Wanted" category during its "Class of '99 -- Top 10 Most
Likely to Succeed" 3rd annual automotive awards.
    The Robb Report award is given to the luxury car that best exemplifies the
aspirations and desires of the magazine's readers.  Robb Report chose the
Porsche 911 Carrera and Cabriolet from a large field of cars, all of which
were driven by a panel of judges including Ken Gross, director of the Petersen
Automotive Museum; Paul Dean, automotive critic for the Los Angeles Times;
Dennis Adler, author and automotive historian; and Steven Castle, editor of
Robb Report.
    "The 911's styling has been refined to an even nicer level, without losing
the essence of a design that dates back 35 years," said the editors of Robb
Report.  Porsche respects tradition and that tradition is part of the purchase
price, yet the 911 costs considerably less than a Ferrari 355."
    Accepting the Robb Report honor for Porsche, Frederick J. Schwab,
president and CEO of Porsche Cars North America, Inc., said the 1999 Carrera
is "the first totally new 911 we have produced in 34 years, and as such, we
believe it is the finest Porsche 911 ever made."
    The American Woman Motorscene award honors auto manufacturers in 10
categories and considers vehicles that are either new or have significant
change in design or technology.  In deciding the winners, criteria included:
appealing to both men and women, head turning ability, style, performance,
grocery getting potential, fun factor, affordable, safe and dependable, proud
to be seen in, practical, ergonomically friendly, and very cool.
    The editors of American Woman Motorscene said, "Being behind a 911 is the
best way you can experience its sonorous ecstasy -- unless you are driving it,
of course.  By the way, thank you, Porsche, for not engineering the
distinctive song out of it when you went to water cooling."
    The Robb Report and American Woman Motorscene magazine awards are the most
recent for the Porsche 911.  "MotorWeek" last year named the new 911 Best
Sports Car in its annual Drivers' Choice Awards.
    Introduced in 1998, the new Porsche 911 merges the basic concepts of the
original 911 with the latest in development and manufacturing techniques.  It
is longer, wider and sleeker than any before it, offering greater passenger
cabin space and refinement, but its design is an evolutionary one, inspired by
the car's heritage.  At the same time, its new liquid-cooled, six-cylinder
boxer engine produces 296 horsepower, giving the new 911 better performance
than its predecessor.