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And another thing, US prices bear no resemblance to the UK.

Talked with a US salesman about 997 Turbo Coupe, the price was under $145,000 (£72,500) and for the spec I would buy. They had build slots available so it would only be the time needed to order, build and ship to the US.

How does that make sense when you look at UK prices?
 
Interestingly, it works out to be £77,000 for a "standard" Turbo in Japan - where I thought it would be FAR higher.
(From 18,580,000 Yen)

This may be the price without tax though - which I understand is crippling for a "foriegn" car in Japan...

http://www.porsche.com/japan/jp/models/911/

But it's always been this way in the USA - it was far cheaper to buy a Jaguar in Florida then the same car in Coventry. [:mad:]
 
We asked Porsche GB this question the other day at one of their presentations. Their reply was that the cars the US get are not so high spec as those we get here. They mentioned as an example that the Carrera GT in the US had 60 something different components and had a lot less BHP than those produced for Europe.

What you don't also 'see' on the Porsche US site is that dealers often make you pay above the official price when demand is high - something that dealers in this country are not allowed to do by law.

However, saying that, when demand is lower dealers in the US do offer an additional 5-15% discount off from reports I have heard.

But yes, if I was living in the US right now, I would be ordering a GT2 and not a standard Turbo [:D]
 
There are a number of factors - economies of scale (companies like Porsche are hugely dependent on the US market), exchange rates (everything looks good value at 2:1), local taxation, comparative specs., etc. There's no dout that US consumers get a better deal, but it's not quite as clear as some suggest.

Prices have fallen significantly, in real terms, in the UK over the last 10 years. A brand new 2007 2.7' 987' Boxster is the same price as a brand new 2.5 '986' Boxster was in 1997.

My only quibble is the Warranty - surely every new UK Porsche should have a 3-year manufacturer's warranty?
 
We asked Porsche GB this question the other day at one of their presentations. Their reply was that the cars the US get are not so high spec as those we get here.
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B*****S!!!!!!!!!!!!
So what exactly are the differences apart from which side the steering wheel is on? The only thing that is not so high is the price. From the US configurator I can't spot them for the 997S.
http://www.porsche.com/usa/models/911/911-carrera-s/featuresandspecs/
 
ORIGINAL: Alex L

We asked Porsche GB this question the other day at one of their presentations. Their reply was that the cars the US get are not so high spec as those we get here. They mentioned as an example that the Carrera GT in the US had 60 something different components and had a lot less BHP than those produced for Europe.

What you don't also 'see' on the Porsche US site is that dealers often make you pay above the official price when demand is high - something that dealers in this country are not allowed to do by law.

However, saying that, when demand is lower dealers in the US do offer an additional 5-15% discount off from reports I have heard.

But yes, if I was living in the US right now, I would be ordering a GT2 and not a standard Turbo [:D]
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Crap alert!!![:'(]
The spec is the exact same thing! The carrera gt they mentioned could be the worlds thinest arguement, it doesnt come in many specs you know and different components in the same production line??
Anyway 195.000 Euros for the base (no extras) 997turbo coupe in greece...[&:]
 
Comments not aimed at the messenger but at the very old, stock corporate reply. They must really think we are stupid if they expect us to believe those arguments.[:mad:]
 
Its the same line from all manufacturers, Porsche are just singing from the same page...

Its the warranty that sometimes gets my back up. It won't change until it has too knowing Porsche and the UK.

garyw
 
As I remember Porsche were given an EU clean bill of health on pricing by costing in the tooling /development costs for rhd .
In respect of the warrantee were on a par with Smart cars and only a few others!
The US useage is probably a different profile and PCNA won't support any claims if the car is tracked unless gt2/3 not even sure about turbo.Assume its 2yrs in Europe?
Most dealers would of course love 3/4yrs as it'd cut out the independants and increase there revenue from very profitable servicing,for warrantee repairs they've got lower rates from Porsche!
For Porsche GB it'd be another 1/2k cost!
Can't see a change while they own dealerships,-turkeys voting for Christmas?
 
Peter

As PCGB owns most of the dealers they would recoup the costs on servicing etc.

I am afraid that all vehicles in the US are cheaper. I have just ordered for my everyday car an Audi A5 3litre diesel and with it all speced up it will cost 41.5K pounds . An S5 in the US is expected to start at 50K dollars. I am not sure what the depreciation costs are in the US and it is at least for me the "changeover" costs which are more important than the sticker price.

I agree that the warranty is an important issue but if Audi and Jaguar can give 3 years here why cant Porsche? Of course 5 years would be better.
 
ORIGINAL: chrismouzou

gary

asked my opc about us warranty was told that all warranties built in to price of car (strange)
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If that is the case we are lucky we don't get just 12 months warranty as PCGB would have us believe we are getting extremely high spec cars, as standard, at very cost effective list prices [:D] On the other hand which car company makes the most profit per metal moved [:)]
 
What you don't also 'see' on the Porsche US site is that dealers often make you pay above the official price when demand is high - something that dealers in this country are not allowed to do by law.
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Certainly true for F-cars, you can't buy a 430 - not that anyone <cough> here would of course, for anything close to list.
 
Reading through some threads recently and simple things the US dont get on their spec, things like the dimming mirrors which are standard on the TT, not alot but its $300 to change it over to EU spec... not the large difference I know but small thing add up..! as we all know from the options [;)]

garyw
 
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