Monday, March 26, 2007
Porsche tractors: There is no substitute
In certain circles, a Porsche tractor is about as cool as it gets:
The Porsche Tractor, last manufactured in 1963.
I would imagine that with Porsche's brand cachet it could slap a lawn mower on one of those, charge $20,000, and sell 10,000 a year to wealthy American suburbanites in the hunt for the next idiotic toy.
10 Comments:
By 
RandomThoughts, at
Mon Mar 26, 09:15:00 PM:
I agree, but that might earn you some beatings in Iowa.
By 
, at
Mon Mar 26, 09:51:00 PM:
I can imagine how many acarage that can be plowed in a day
By SR, at
Mon Mar 26, 10:04:00 PM:
What kind of bumper sticker would you be likely to see on that sucker?
By Meme chose, at
Mon Mar 26, 11:54:00 PM:
I used to drive one of these on the farm in France. Three cylinder diesel!
By , at
Wed Mar 28, 12:10:00 AM:
Hey hook up a hay bailer and just think of how many bails of hay they could get in just half a hour
By , at
Wed Mar 28, 10:09:00 AM:
Many people are not aware of the genesis of the Lamborghini automobiles. Feruccio Lamborghini made a fortune manufacturing tractors in Italy, but was offended by his treatment when purchasing a custom Ferrari. He vowed to build supercars that would humble Enzo Ferrari.
So across the Alps you may find some Lamborghini tractors to compete with the vintage Porsches in your agricultural raceday activities!
By , at
Wed Mar 28, 01:22:00 PM:
Yeah, but what can it do in the quarter mile?
By Dan Collins, at
Thu Mar 29, 10:54:00 PM:
When I lived in Italy, a friend and I went to Lake Trasimeno to hang out at the (topless) beach once in a while. Once, we decided to visit the estate of Mr. Lamborghini. He had a villa and winery, and on the premises was a little museum devoted to the brand, which began with tractors.
Great guy. Talked with and translated him for a while to a group of students. He seemed to have an affinity for being photographed with his arm around beautiful young American girls. You could buy the wine and the sunglasses and other stuff his kids had designed there. The tradition of artisanship still lives in Italy.
By , at
Thu May 10, 11:44:00 AM:
i could choose better....
e.g
john deere,
jcb fasttrac,
case mx series,
lambo's, and many many more porsche are just show offs
By , at
Fri Aug 22, 10:23:00 AM:
Porsche Traktor Museum in Hitzendorf
Near Graz in Austria.
Website address is cms.grazmuseum.at for an information document about the Graz region. The tractor museum is at item 5 on Page 4 of the tourist pamphlet.
Email address lackner.traktor@gmx.at
Postal address is:
Altreiteregg 27
Hitzendorf
