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Porsche Exceeds Previous Year's Sales by November


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2014 Porsche Turbo Spyder

Last unit of the 918 Spyder sold

ATLANTA -- Dec. 10, 2014: Porsche AG increased global deliveries to customers from January to November this year to more than 169,000 vehicles, already exceeding the overall total for 2013 of 162,145 new vehicles. This represented a growth of 15 percent over the same period last year (January to November 2013: 147,290 vehicles). In the month of November, Porsche delivered 17,700 vehicles – an increase of one quarter over the same month last year.

"This strong November is evidence that our strategy is working extremely well," said Bernhard Maier, Member of the Executive Board – Sales and Marketing of Dr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche AG. "It also confirms our commitment to taking advantage of every opportunity presented in the global markets."

In Europe, Porsche delivered 54,500 vehicles from January to November 2014 – an increase of 18 percent over the previous year, with the domestic German market accounting for 22,200 of the sales. The American region also showed a significant 13 percent increase over last year with a total of 51,600 deliveries.

In addition, November announced the finality of sales for the 918 Spyder hybrid super sports car. With a limited run of 918 units, the majority of the cars – 297 – will be shipped from the Zuffenhausen manufactory to buyers in the USA. In both Germany and China there are already around 100 proud new owners who have taken delivery of the super sports car.

PORSCHE AG

Deliveries

November

January - November

2014

2013

Variance (%)

2014

2013

Variance (%)

World

17,743

14,150

25.4

169,205

147,290

14.9

Europe

5,173

3,900

32.6

54,466

46,031

18.3

   Germany

1,977

1,465

34.9

22,221

19,210

15.7

America

5,481

4,532

20.9

51,649

45,662

13.1

   USA

4,699

3,966

18.5

43,732

39,077

11.9

Asia Pacific, Africa and Mideast

7,089

5,718

24.0

63,090

55,597

13.5

   China

4,483

3,707

20.9

40,504

34,113

18.7