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  1. #1
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    Porsche V Mercedes

    Slr mclaren v carrera gt
    slk v boxter
    clk gtr V 911 gt1
    sl500 V 911 turbo
    m class V cayenne
    300sl V original 911

    who do you think is the better company?

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    Quote Originally Posted by UK CARS
    Slr mclaren v carrera gt
    slk v boxter
    clk gtr V 911 gt1
    sl500 V 911 turbo
    m class V cayenne
    300sl V original 911

    who do you think is the better company?
    In all the comparisons you did I would say that Porsche is better... well the clk gtr vs 911 gt1 is a hard one. But yes, my vote goes to porsche

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    Im with you too on that one.Porsche.Carrera GT, 911 turbo. need i say more.....?

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    which has the most racing history?

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    silver arrows till i die................ you gotta love them a friend of mine calls the porsches upsidedown-bathtubs

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    Quote Originally Posted by UK CARS
    Slr mclaren v carrera gt
    slk v boxter
    clk gtr V 911 gt1
    sl500 V 911 turbo
    m class V cayenne
    300sl V original 911

    who do you think is the better company?
    Don't you mean SL 55 AMG against 911 Turbo.

    Carrera GT
    Boxter
    SL 55 AMG
    Cayenne
    300SL
    are my choices.

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    Without a doubt, Porsche. By the way UK CARS, Porsche has the most racing history
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    Quote Originally Posted by Ferrari Tifosi
    Without a doubt, Porsche. By the way UK CARS, Porsche has the most racing history
    search the 1928 Mercedes SSK's history

    where was porsche in 1928?

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    Quote Originally Posted by SL500
    search the 1928 Mercedes SSK's history

    where was porsche in 1928?
    In the womb.

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    Quote Originally Posted by UK CARS
    Slr mclaren v carrera gt
    slk v boxter
    clk gtr V 911 gt1
    sl500 V 911 turbo
    m class V cayenne
    300sl V original 911
    1: no contest, the Boxster wins, but the new SLK may be decent, and it does have the folding metal roof.
    2: i'd go for the 911 GT1, i don't trust anything that flips you off the racetrack.
    3: SL500. the turbo may be a ncie car but i've never liked the 996 911, and the Sl500 has the added bonus iof a folding metal roof (Again!) perhaps a fairer contest would be sl55 AMGvsTurbo.
    4: as much as i hate to admit it, the Cayenne has got this one. it's a car VS A tractor.
    5: 300Sl. early 911's have a reputation for evil handling, then again so do 300sls..... still, love the gullwings.

    as the better company i'd say Porsche in a business sense, they have the highest profitability of any car manufacturer (i think it's about 10.2% profit per car) while mercedes has about 6. but porsche always signified some one who "indulges in solitary pleasures" to me, and so i'm torn. plus Merc is the original car company, and covers more markets than Porsche.
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    Apart from all the other reasoning I might choose to share, the fact remains that Mercedes doesn't offer a manual transmission with any of their high-performance cars; that's just ridiculous.

    Of course, as a sports car nut, I'm much more biased toward the more hardcore sports car company. I suppose that's the case with most of us, as this poll has shown so far

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    porsche & only porsche

    it took me a while to decide. i'll stick with porsche. porsche's engines are good & their performance is great. mb make nice cars too but its the luxury features that make the car heavy. i love the sl & cl classes especially the amg versions. but the 911 range & the carrera gt are the best.

    if only the carrera gt didnt cost 1.5 million dhs. then id take the cl65 amg [700,000 dhs.]

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    sort it out

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    Porsche all the way.

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    Quote Originally Posted by IBrake4Rainbows
    2: i'd go for the 911 GT1, i don't trust anything that flips you off the racetrack.
    actually thats not entirely true...the GT1 was known to flip
    if you dont believe me watch the entirety of this video...its towards the end.
    http://www.4130-products.com/video/Full_Throttle.WMV

    just to let you know (even though ive said it on more than one occasion) it wasnt the CLK-GTR that flipped it was the CLR.
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