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Porsche Announces March 2006 Best 911 Sales Month in U.S. History

Record March for U.S. Porsche Sales

ATLANTA, April 3 -- Porsche Cars North America, Inc. (PCNA), importer and distributor of Porsche sports cars and Cayenne SUVs in the United States and Canada, today announced its best-ever March sales in the United States. The company sold a total of 3,185 Porsches, an increase of 14 percent compared to March of 2005. Of this total 1,127 are Porsche 911s, the most ever sold in one month in the United States in the model's history. Year-to-date sales are up 26 percent to a total of 9,117 units compared to 7,219 sold in the first three months of last year.

PCNA has marked record sales in each of the three months of 2006. This remarkable performance was mainly due to sharp increases in sports car sales. The Boxster/Cayman series first-quarter sales of 3,248 units were 85 percent ahead of the same period last year, while the 911 series total of 2,839 units was 23 percent greater than the three-month total in 2005. Cayenne sales in March were up 2 percent compared to the same period of 2005, bringing the first-quarter total of 2,997 units close to last year's three-month volume of 3,093.

In addition, dealers sold 567 Porsche Approved Certified Pre-Owned vehicles in March, compared to 470 for the same period last year.

                  Model                    Month to Date      Year to Date
                                          Current   Prior   Current   Prior
                                           Year     Year     Year     Year

  Boxster                                   289      429      730      990
  Boxster S                                 146      312      397      762
  Cayman S                                  560        0     2121        0
  ALL BOXSTER/CAYMAN                        995      741     3248     1752

  911 Carrera Coupe                         104      288      277      789
  911 Carrera S                             211      253      507      599
  Carrera Cabriolet                         164       76      369       76
  Carrera S Cabriolet                       245      104      615      104
  Carrera 4 Coupe                            59        0      152        0
  Carrera 4S Coupe                           98        0      273        0
  Carrera 4 Cabriolet                        81        0      177        0
  Carrera C4S Cabriolet                     162        0      460        0
  All Carrera models (996)                    3      270        9      732
  All Carrera models (993)                    0        0        0        1
  ALL 911                                  1127      991     2839     2301

  Cayenne Tiptronic                         462      407     1240     1263
  Cayenne                                     8        5       21       15
  Cayenne S                                 458      420     1337     1269
  Cayenne Turbo                              72      200      244      546
  Cayenne Turbo S                            52        0      155        0
  ALL CAYENNE                              1052     1032     2997     3093

  CARRERA GT                                 11       35       33       73

  GRAND TOTALS                             3185     2799     9117     7219

  Certified Pre-Owned                       567      470     1470     1137