Strong December sales have helped Porsche Middle East & Africa FZE record a 48 per cent growth in 2004 compared with the previous year, the company reported.

Total sales were 2,708 cars compared with 1,832 in the year before.
Sales in December were 350 units, up 80 per cent over the same month in 2003. Among the main contributors were the Cayenne and the new 911 Carrera Coupé, which was introduced in the region last September.
The company said the addition of the new Boxster, which arrived in the Middle East in December 2004, and the new 911 Carrera Cabriolet, which was recently shown at the Detroit Motor Show, would boost sports car sales in the region. Both versions of the 911 Carrera Cabriolet convertible sports car, the Carrera and Carrera S, will be available at Porsches Centres in early April 2005.