christallon

I've read that Porsche imported 186 2005 TT S Coupes into North America. What is NA considered? I assume its US, Canada and Mexico...does it also include Brazil? These 186 coupes include both Tiptronic and Manual. How do tips and manuals balance out in the Turbo world....50/50?

split71

Not to come across harsh, but I don't think Brazil would be considered in those statistics considering it's in South America. I'm pretty sure it is just a reference to US/Mexico/Canada. I HIGHLY doubt the balance of manual to TIP is 50/50, probably more like 75/25 or 70/30 with the majority being manual...but maybe somebody has some statistics from Porsche they'd like to share

leftlane

Did they move Brazil while I was sleeping?

christallon

Ha, thought I read somewhere that Brazil was in the NA mix. It sure wouldn't make sense though.

So more manuals in Coupes than Tips. Probably makes more sense.

autobonrun

I'm not coming up with the "more Manuals than Tips" conclusion but I'm not going to argue one way or the other. I've searched multiple boards but have only found total numbers, nothing that shows the split of the 186 total figure. I'm basing my conclusion on the number of Tips vs Manuals I see for sale, and the target audience of the 996TT when it was introduced. I realize the number for sale now doesn't necessarily tie to the number sold initially, but in the absence of facts, you're left with assumptions. It could be that there are more manual than tip coupes, but the inverse for cabs. I think total cab sales by PCA NA was around 604. I don't think anyone knows the actual split. I would love to see something factual from PCA NA.

edit:
Just for grins, I sent the question to PCA NA. I asked for manual vs tip split, and split by color since I was asking.