I think it's a good analogy. Porsches are reliable compared to Ferraris but not compared to many, many other mfrs.I was referring to 2009 DH when Santa Cruz came 1st and the CRC intense team came 10th. Regardless if you are to argue that the bike has almost nothing to do with results, which of course makes 90% of the threads on this forum completely irrelevant, which they probably, then my analogy regarding quality and reliability stands. Santa Cruz = Porshe, Ferrari= Intense.
If you know nothing about these cars which it appears a few do not judging by responses, ferrari are known for their extremely poor reliabilty, service intervals and huge maintenance costs, whereas in comparison it is the opposite for porsche. However people buy Ferrar's from the heart and Porsche from the head, much like the respective bike manufacturers
Might even be more accurate to say Intense = Maserati.
I'm pretty sure you have it backward. Outland developed it with/for Intense, if I recall correctly.If we are talking innovation, didn't Santa Cruz come out with VPP ages before Intense licenced it from them?