1983 · Automotive

Porsche

Nobody's Perfect

At the 1983 Le Mans 24 Hours, Porsche 956s took eight of the top ten places, led by Al Holbert's winning car, but a Sauber broke the streak by finishing among them. Porsche turned that near-sweep into the poster headline 'Nobody's perfect' over the finishing order. The self-deprecating line works because the 'flaw' it admits is failing to win literally every top slot - the humility is a brag about near-total dominance.

Category

Automotive

Decade

1980s

Period

Le Mans dominance

Origin

Porsche 1983 Le Mans results advertisement crop from seed board

Format

Vertical print