Us . Row. 72 ratio

[NZVW]

Any one out there know just how many US to the rest of we small folk of the world ratio is for 72 ?
Mark

[Jon B]

Any one out there know just how many US to the rest of we small folk of the world ratio is for 72 ?

This is from the February 73 issue of Christophorus magazine:

"As is commonly known 911 production was at a low point in 1971. Due to the strike and overall economic climate only 10,620 vehicles were built.
In contrast, 1972 production climbed to 14,265 cars of the 911 model, a very pleasant rate of growth."

"For 1972 one can figure that roughly 40% of overall production will go to the US, 30% of all Porsches will remain at home in Germany and another 30% go to other European and overseas countries..."





Jon B.
Vista, CA

[356fan]

Jon, that's a great article find!

I took a look at the Red Book (2015 edition) and it notes that Porsche produced 12,962 Model 1972 cars broken down as follows:

911T - 1,963
911T Targa - 1,523
911T US - 2,931
911T US Targa - 1,821
911E - 1,124
911E Targa - 861
911S - 1,750
911S Targa - 989

Only the T models are broken out by US vs ROW as US T's had MFI and the ROW T cars had Webers. Of the 8,238 total T cars, 4,752 were US models accounting for 57.7% vs 3,486 (42.3%) for ROW. I don’t know if the E and S cars followed the same ratio as the T’s but at least it’s some data for you to consider. If the Red Book and Christophorus article numbers are true, then that would suggest that the US ended up with significantly less of the E's and S's produced than the ROW to end up at 40% overall.

[Jon B]

Tom, I probably should have mentioned that the Christophorus article is a review of the 72 calendar year, not the model year.
Even so, the author prefaces the US-vs-ROW percentages by saying that in "A short view of the markets: relative figures have changed little in recent years."

Maybe both sets of numbers will help Mark find an answer to his question.

Jon B.
Vista, CA