I think I would like to see P have to deal with some more serious competition ...
At the hands of profit in the short term they are seriously upsetting some very long standing, loyal and influential brand ambassadors because they say they don't buy enough cars to justify an allocation for the one car they have put a long standing letter of intent for ... instead preferring to churn via a few hands sequential generations of limited edition cars through known safe hands and out through the dealer network, in exchange for the next limited edition car.
How much profit is there in 300 x four owner 5000 mile cars ? A lot more than in 300 x two owner cars !
If you were one of those customers of course you would take advantage of the opportunity ... but it alienates a lot of people and it only works if you have a lustful must-have in your control.
Out of principle, I would never pay overs for a secondhand car, however good it was.
This competition is the best way to persuade P dealers that they cannot take their customers for granted.
Many should remember a time when in 1992 P couldn't give new RHD 964RS away ... they tried to sell 100 in the UK and had to re-export a quarter of them to other RHD markets. So what made them the £250k spectacle that they have become ?
The enthusiasts who bought them up at £30k and showed how fab they were on road and track ... a band of P devotees who bought the things to use rather than to profit from.
Where are the Silverstone Classic displays of 964RS / 993RS these days ? The investor market has no interest in showing and driving their pride and joy, because it isn't (their pride and joy).
When the investors leave, where will that leave prices of the massively increased number of nearly new limited edition Porsches ??
A question to contemplate ...
Good competition is to my mind the best way of bringing this question to Porsche's attention ...
At the hands of profit in the short term they are seriously upsetting some very long standing, loyal and influential brand ambassadors because they say they don't buy enough cars to justify an allocation for the one car they have put a long standing letter of intent for ... instead preferring to churn via a few hands sequential generations of limited edition cars through known safe hands and out through the dealer network, in exchange for the next limited edition car.
How much profit is there in 300 x four owner 5000 mile cars ? A lot more than in 300 x two owner cars !
If you were one of those customers of course you would take advantage of the opportunity ... but it alienates a lot of people and it only works if you have a lustful must-have in your control.
Out of principle, I would never pay overs for a secondhand car, however good it was.
This competition is the best way to persuade P dealers that they cannot take their customers for granted.
Many should remember a time when in 1992 P couldn't give new RHD 964RS away ... they tried to sell 100 in the UK and had to re-export a quarter of them to other RHD markets. So what made them the £250k spectacle that they have become ?
The enthusiasts who bought them up at £30k and showed how fab they were on road and track ... a band of P devotees who bought the things to use rather than to profit from.
Where are the Silverstone Classic displays of 964RS / 993RS these days ? The investor market has no interest in showing and driving their pride and joy, because it isn't (their pride and joy).
When the investors leave, where will that leave prices of the massively increased number of nearly new limited edition Porsches ??
A question to contemplate ...
Good competition is to my mind the best way of bringing this question to Porsche's attention ...
