Back in 1983, Tom Cruise appeared on the silver screen in the movie 'Risky Business' and delivered an unforgettable quote after a car chase outrunning thugs in a 1979 Porsche 928. He pulled the car to the curb, looked at his passenger, and said, “Porsche, there is no substitute.” We cannot publish the response from his other passenger tucked in the back, but it was a classic.
Later in the movie, the 928 would roll off a dock into a lake and end up in a repair shop. Another classic line from the movie was delivered by the mechanic as water and fish poured out when he opened the door; “Who is the U-boat commander?”
As we all know, Porsche does not have a U-boat in its product lineup, but what they do have is a stable of sports car models that offer to satisfy the insatiable appetite American car enthusiasts have for European high-performance sports cars.
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