Boxster Production in Finland to end

[Richard Hamilton]

http://www.hemscott.com/news/static/tfn/it...=65116000054881

[geoff]

What was interesting is that the Porsche announcement indicated that Magna Steyr will not just take over assembly, but also take on some development work for Porsche as part of the deal. Porsche used to do design work for other car manufacturers, and now Magna Steyr does design work for Porsche! BMW used Magna Steyr to design and build most of the BMW X3, and supposedly will be shifting X3 production to the US in the future. Really makes car branding in the future confusing!

What is also interesting about Magna Steyr is they are scheduled to assemble the Aston Martin Rapide, which will be a Porsche Panamera competitor. I can't wait to see the build quality comparisons when all the cars are in full production.