I'm looking for help in designing some Porsche related media- Web Page, newsletter, yadda, yadda, yadda.

The name needs to represent Porsche and jump out as easily recognized as Porsche to you and other Porschephiles.
However, it can't use the name Porsche or anything that PCNA or father Porsche in Germany and their lawyers wouldn't allow.

The name shouldn't exclude any models or be specific to any particular model. What we are looking for is something that ALL Porsche people can enjoy.

I have a free set of front Euro lenses and a 914Club poster (13x19) to the winner, if there is one...if not, I'll throw all the names of those who responded in a hat and draw a winner. BUT, you have to have your location listed in your profile to WIN.

Thanks in advance.

Carrera Motorsports
Geoff

Uber Autotecknica

PWorld
PTech
Black Forest Journal
Nurburgring News/Post/etc

-Rusty

"There is no substitute" weekly

"Extreme Engineering" monthly

"German Hardcore" page

-Chris

Hard to do this without focusing on a particular model. They all differ so much. Engines in the front, rear, AND in the middle. Affordable to astronomical. Oh well, someone will come up with something

Stuttgart (Review/Bi-Monthly/Almanac/Digest)?

Por boys

P-Nuts

cheers,

Jeroen

P-nest

(say it fast)

I like it.. but this name has to be for public consumption.

RennSpeed


B

"Carrera Central"

the domain is still available ...

carreracentral.com

whois on carreracentral.com

send my goodies to brads shop
Andy

Nice try.

The name Carrera would stick us in a 911 only hole.

Has to cover Porsches in general.

B

naaaa, at least in europe, Carrera stands for fast/racing/porsche etc.
it's not in general associated just with the 911.

maybe that's different here, but in germany, when i would say
"Carrera Central" people would think of fast Porsche Cars instead of a '86 911 ...

Andy

Andy's right about Carrera.
I thought about it.

It means "race" I think.

356 Carrera's were the bad-assest of the day. There was a Carrera 6 (not a 356) and then the 911 took over the name.
I think there was even a 924 based Carrera.


-sean

Here's one.

Ausgezeihtnet (I think it is the spelling).

German translation is "of note" or "excellent."

- Joe

"Ausgezeichnet" would be the right spelling.

i would not immediately associate this with cars or Porsches though ...
Andy

haha, my translator comes back with:

"Ausgezeichnet" = "kick-ass adj. [Amer.][sl.]"

not bad, huh?
Andy

I think trying to type that as a URL would be a lesson in futility.

-Rusty

Nobody would EVER type Ausgezeichnet into Google.

Jen

damm,

www.Ausgezeich.net
is already taken. no web-site up there tought, the guy might sell the name ...

RennSpeed is an existing company (not sure if he registered the domain though)
Carrera is trademarked by Porsche, so you'd still run into trouble with their lawyers

cheers,

Jeroen

Rustycars.net ?

Ninth Dimension...
Ninth Floor
Ninth Realm
Addicted to Speed
Speed Addict
Ninth Sickness?
This Caused my Divorce
WhyImSingle
BloodyKnuckles
Visual Addictions
Ninth Reich (I know bad bad...)
Im bored...in class will come up with more...


Jared

i doubt this ...

http://209.41.56.193/listco/hk/egana/annou...ent/a991005.htm

http://weddingband.com/carrera.html

i found thousands of brands/sites/companys worldwide that use the word "Carrera" in all kinds of different contexts.

Andy

Don'tWinRacesLikeWeUsedToButNowWeMakeSUVs

haha,

ThisCausedmyDivorce.com

is still available!!!

Whois for ThisCausedmyDivorce.com

Andy

sounds great...I called it! I dont remember what I win...but im 17..so anythings great!
Jared...

(oh hey..drove what is going to be my first teener yesterday...will write a post about the "experience" when im done doing my classwork.. )

The Money Pit News

Bernie

justemptyeverpocket

jared

We dont Compensate.com
JaReD

Keep 'em coming....dig into the history of the marque if you like.

RennTech ?

From the Porsche website:

"Trademarks
Porsche, Porsche Crest, Porsche Design, Carrera, Targa, Tiptronic, Porsche Speedster, Varioram, CVTip, VarioCam, Boxster, Cayenne, Porsche Cayenne, Tequipment, "Porsche. There is no Substitute." , RS, Porsche Bike FS, Porsche Bike S, Pan Americana, PCCB, PCM, Technorad, Varrera, and other Porsche product names, model numbers, logos, commercial symbols, trade names and slogans are trademarks and the distinctive shapes of Porsche automobiles are trade dress of Dr.Ing. h.c. F.Porsche AG ("PAG") and are protected by U.S. and international trademark laws. You are prohibited from using any of the marks appearing on this website without the express prior written consent of PAG, except as permitted by applicable laws. Other marks and logos shown on this website may be marks owned by third parties not affiliated with Porsche and are used with permission. Nothing shown on this website should be construed as granting, by implication, estoppel or otherwise, any permission, license or right to use any trademark, service mark or trade name displayed on this website without the written permission of PAG or the third party owner. The use of any Porsche logo or mark, whether registered or unregistered, as a hyperlink to this website or any other Porsche website is strictly prohibited unless consented to in writing by PAG."

click here for the porsche trademark page

cheers,

Jeroen

taken ...

http://www.renntech.com/
http://www.renntech.de

Andy

9

I think 9 Magazine is already taken.

yeah, but that doesn't prohibit you from using the name Carrera.
you just can't use their Carrera Logo. they don't "own" the name but rather the have a trademark for their distinct logo ...

Andy

P-Car

ninthdivorce.com
ninthvictim.com
lightweightwallet.com
nosavings.com

Jared

how bout Porschephile ?

Zuffenhausen

It is where Porsche has created all of there supercars, like the ...917, 935 and yes even the new 10 cyl. Carrera GT.

OR ...as on my license plate for my Porsche "ZUFNHZN"

"Porschephile" contains the holy grail of words.

How do you spell lawsuit? P O R S C H E

Actually, check out this page. It even has legal correspondence from Porsche's legal eagles.

CyberSquatting

You can use the words Porsche and Carrera as long as it has nothing at all to do with Porsche autos. (ie. jewelry is sufficiently separated from Porsche autos so as to cause no confusion)

And, as is always the case, the law favors those with the most money and or lawyers. They have legal precedent already set that any use of any of their trademarks in a similar field (autos or racing for example) is prohibited.

So according to the law (according to the explanation on the page linked to above), they do in fact own the name itself as long as it is used in the field in which they have trademarked it.

Scary, isn't it?

EASY solution.

The spanish word for race is "La Carerra". So use that.

Be sure to use Babel to translate some of your site into spanish.



Come cut off my arm, you German shysters!

Nevermind. I misspelled the domain name.

"Lacarrera.com" is taken.

So is "lacarreraclub" and "carreraclub" are taken.

but..

Lacarrerafans.com and Lacarreramagazine.com are available.

what about

www.squashedvwbugs.com

haha, no, that would only cover 911's



but what about this one?

"Made in Zuffenhausen"

www.madeinzuffenhausen.com is still available ...

Andy

www.zuffenautos.com?

Adding to Jared's 'ninth' scheme:

Level9 or Level900 or something

Demick

porsha.net is available

carsfromstuttgart.com is available

zuffenhausencars.com

or

www.itspronouncedporshayouidiot.com

or

www.rustmobile.com

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