Porsche Tuning Legends 9ff And speedART Fall Victim To European Economic Crisis

The European car market continues to decline as the economies of most of its nations spiral downward, and the toll on the upper end of the custom and tuner segment continues to rise. Porsche-specific tuner companies 9ff and speedART have both filed for insolvency protection in Germany this month.

They join Wiesmann, Artega, Melkus, and Gumpert among the fallen, and while there aren't many tuner/custom/boutique car companies left at this point, 9ff and speedART aren't likely to be the last. All of these companies have gone under in the past 18 months.

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MrPLP - 9/17/2013 3:44:17 PM

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Porsche Tuning Legends? Only RUF falls in this category IMO.

Now, why can't this happen to Mansory?

Lamborghini_vs_Ferrari_Racer - 9/17/2013 10:47:58 PM

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9FF tuned Turbos, GT2s and GT3s are quite the legend in Europe, perhaps you don't look at Dragtimes Videos.

quizz - 9/18/2013 10:19:26 PM

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SpeedART had some of the cool aftermarket body kits for the 911