I looked in the Porsche newsroom, no mention there, where did Volkswagen post their closure information?

 

I added a link... Multiple sources reporting it.

"Volkswagen, the world’s biggest automaker, on Tuesday became the latest firm in the sector to announce the temporary closure of European plants—those in Spain, Portugal, Slovakia and Italy will shut this week, while its German factories will close after Friday. The facilities produce cars under brands including Volkswagen, Audi, SEAT, Ducati, Porsche and Lamborghini."

 

What I read above is that the Porsche factory will be closed Friday... unless there a change I would think unless your car has been completed and has already left the Porsche compound it isn't likely to.

I would hope that we might hear from our SA's to advise us about any delay, assuming of course they have been officially apprised of this.

 

Factories will close. I think we’ll be in for a delay of notable length.

 

UAW and US Auto Manufacturing meeting tonight about closing/adjusting hours at US facilities.

 

hmmmm. I have a GT4 June delivery. I was wondering if it would be delayed. I'll ask my sales guy and post the answer.

 

I am scheduled for June delivery as well. There are no updates based on SAs information.

I would expect that production will be paused for some period of time at least two weeks long.

 

A couple of weeks I can live with, after few months and these 2020 models should be built as 2021's!

For reference I took delivery of my 2016 Boxster GTS in August of 2015...

 

I was told that they will be 2020 cars

 

As much as we hate to learn that, this is the right decision from VW group. Every unnecessary gathering of people should be postponed until further notice. I hope other companies will follow in this path, as UAW and US automakers are getting ready to announce. We are at the very beginning of this pandemic and it will go in history books as one of the the worst disaster if not THE worst disaster in mankind. It's sad for the workers and the economy in general snd it will change our lives for a long time.

Right now I'm thinking about the health of my elderly parents and friends. I wish all the best to everybody during this crisis and sure hope we can resume discussing our lucky situation of eventually getting a P car ASAP.

https://www.marinetraffic.com/en/ais...ry:32.7/zoom:4

This is an image of realtime marine traffic on the atlantic ocean. Imagine all sailors on these ship, potentially infected (30-70% estimated infection rate at the peak of the pandemic). We need to minimize these travels to strict survival necessities.

 

Porsche press statement... two week closure.
https://presse.porsche.de/prod/press...1076567&view=1

 

I’m actually glad that the delivery dates are slipping (I guess for selfish reasons). I have to lock in my order by early May (that’s my original v250 date anyway) but I don’t want to do that while the world economy remains in turmoil. I’m really glad that I didn’t have to lock it in just before the virus hit the fan. I feel bad for those of you who did. Hopefully, by the time I have to lock mine in, the future will be rosier.

 

Not sure what you are getting at with locking it in, either way at some point that has to happen, what does the 'world in turmoil' have to do with locking?

 

Initially yes, but if they resume production months from now, let's say September to push it out to a clear time frame, those cars won't be 2020 models will they, as typically models built in September would be 2021.

 

Good point. But I am assuming that everything will get backed up and all production dates will shift forward by weeks if not months.