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Peter Schutz, CEO who saved Porsche 911 and engineered turnaround, dies at 87

Former Porsche AG CEO Peter Schutz: "Everywhere I went, I listened to people who asked, 'Why discontinue the 911? It's a great car.'"
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David Undercoffler
October 31, 2017 05:00 AM

Peter Schutz, the American auto executive credited with saving the Porsche 911 from extinction in the 1980s and turning around the Porsche brand in the process, died over the weekend. He was 87.

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