Usually, when Porsche is toying with a new idea in the name of perfecting its recipe for sports cars, it bears fruit in practical areas like overall performance or comfort. The byproduct of its brilliance over the last 78 years has been technology that has trickled down to other brands. Things like series turbocharging and even targa roofs come to mind, not to mention several other Porsche-perfected pieces of engineering. Fortunately for us, one idea didn’t spread beyond its cars and across the industry. Whether through competition or sheer copying, ideas that Porsche pioneered have spread throughout the industry for the better. On the other side of that is a piece of technology that solved a small problem Porsche felt was unignorable.
