{"id":370124,"date":"2013-02-21T08:00:58","date_gmt":"2013-02-21T13:00:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportscardigest.com\/?p=46692"},"modified":"2024-12-26T17:25:23","modified_gmt":"2024-12-26T17:25:23","slug":"famed-andial-name-stays-in-porsche-family","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/famed-andial-name-stays-in-porsche-family\/","title":{"rendered":"Famed ANDIAL Name Stays in Porsche Family"},"content":{"rendered":"
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ANDIAL principals (l-r) Arnold Wagner, Alwin Springer, Dieter Inzenhofer<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

With the last active owner Dieter Inzenhofer retiring later this month, the legendary ANDIAL name will stay in the Porsche family as Porsche Motorsports North America, Inc. (PMNA) announced it has purchased the brand for future use.
\nANDIAL is an anagram made from the names of the founding members \u2013 the late Arnold Wagner AN; Dieter Inzenhofer DI; and former PMNA president and current consultant Alwin Springer AL.<\/p>\n

From the company’s formation in 1975, it evolved into one of America’s most successful and respected independent authorities on Porsche performance tuning.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe have always considered ANDIAL a member of the Porsche family,and now we are pleased to have the name become an official part of Porsche Motorsport. Arnold, Dieter and Alwin played a key role in growing the prominence of Porsche racing in North America, and their reputation was well-known among both racers and Porsche street car owners well beyond North America,\u201d said Jens Walther, president of Porsche Motorsports North America, Inc.<\/p>\n

Plans on how the company will use the ANDIAL name have yet to be formulated.
\nInzenhofer, who, along with Wagner met Springer at Vasek Polak\u2019s Porsche dealership in Manhattan Beach, Calif., in the late 1960s, is pleased that his company will now be part of Porsche Motorsport North America.<\/p>\n

\u201cMy whole career and professional reputation has been built on ANDIAL\u2019s success with Porsche performance and tuning, and I couldn\u2019t ask for a better outcome of my decision to retire than have Porsche Motorsport buy our name,\u201d said Inzenhofer.<\/p>\n

Some of ANDIAL’s major Porsche sports-car-racing accomplishments included:<\/p>\n