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Dear 001,

Just got off the phone with my mole inside Porsche who told me the four door 911 sedan is guaranteed to come to market by 2007.

I know you're going to ask why do they have to do this car?

Plain and simple, the classic 911 doesn't have the stuff to convert customers fleeing the brand for E55's, M5's and others, even with the intro of the 997.

And it's not Porsche's fault.

Most people need the extra room that the 4-door super sedans offer and there is virtually no performance tradeoff.

Especially, American customers.

In my opinion, the car makes even more sense to combat the departing customers than the Cayenne.

Finally, there's one last reason.

Porsche's brand suffers by not being able to live up to their slogan of "There is no substitute". Frankly, in today's market there are MANY substitutes.

I know I would much rather have an M5 than a 997.

That said, the business cases are strong and you can take it to the bank that it's coming soon.

Porsche doesn't like to be in second place to anyone.

And to make matters worse, is that MB and BMW have been rubbing their faces in the sand which isn't sitting too well with Porsche execs.

All the best to your readers,

Johnny 'Bump City' Bumpus

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