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Porsche Reports July U.S. Sales

2 August 2000

Calendar Year-to-Date Sales up by 9 Percent

    ATLANTA - Porsche Cars North America, importer and distributor of Porsche 
sports cars in the United States, today announced sales and stock figures for 
the month of July, 2000.  Retail sales for the month totaled 2050 cars, an 
increase of 40 percent over July 1999.  Calendar year-to-date sales are up by 9 
percent over 1999.

    Model                Month to Date      Year to Date    Dealer Stock
                       Current    Prior   Current   Prior     Current
                        Year      Year     Year     Year       Year

    Boxster              534        655    3841     6085       225
    Boxster Tip          154        220    1189     1874        50
    Boxster S            439          0    3129        0       127
    Boxster S Tip         96          0     684        0        26
    ALL BOXSTER         1223        875    8843     7959       428

    All 1998 Carrera       0          1       2       10         0
    Carrera Coupe        196        129    1263     1225        79
    Carrera Coupe Tip S   46         31     387      346        19
    Carrera Cabriolet    227        184    1830     1484        68
    Carrera Cabriolet
     Tip S                92        119     734      652        22
    Carrera 4 Coupe       22         44     280      642        11
    Carrera 4 Tip          8         18      60      121         0
    Turbo Coupe          155          0     387        0        21
    Turbo Coupe Tip       51          0     102        0         4
    Carrera 4 Cabriolet   14         37     334      528         3
    Carrera 4 Cabriolet
     Tip                  16         22     131      130         0
    All CARRERA          827        585    5510     5138       227


    GRAND TOTALS        2050       1460   14353    13097       655