Porsche
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Porsche is a popular sports car manufacturer amongst young humans who just got out of 10th grade. Sadly, your father will probably not give you one as your first car.
Fiction
Transformers film
After learning that Sam Witwicky got an A- on his family genealogy report, his father took him to buy a car. He went through the driveway of a Porsche dealership to tease Sam about the possibility of getting one, but alas, it was just a mean prank. Transformers
Toys
Despite none being officially licensed, there have been various characters and figures with alt-modes distinctively based on Porsche cars.
Porsche 935
Porsche 924 Turbo
Porsche 928
Porsche 962
Porsche 959
Notes
- Porsche AG does not seem to be particularly fond of Transformers. The first toy planned for the Alternators toyline was Jazz (probably to be named "Autobot Jazz" for trademark reasons) as a licensed Porsche 986. A prototype was made, but Porsche refused to grant Hasbro and Takara the license, stating that "Transformers are not worthy [of] carrying the Porsche trademark. They are war machines and the toyline in no way represents the lifestyle and ideas which Porsche represents."[1] As a consequence, the toy ultimately never went into production. Photos of the prototype were first depicted in the Japanese book The Transformers: Binaltech & TF Collection Complete Guide. Hasbro later displayed the prototype during the BotCon 2007 Hasbro Tour; TakaraTomy subsequently displayed it as part of Transformers Expo in 2014.
- Volkswagen, the parent company and long-time collaborator of Porsche, also refused to license Bumblebee as a Volkswagen New Beetle under the similar concerns of not wanting to associate their cars with "war toys", but later gave into having a licensed figure almost a decade later. Maybe it's time for the guys at Stuttgart to reconsider their position? Please? Pretty please?
