potent951turbo

So I finally got around to actually checking the option codes on my 87' 951 and one of them is 900, which the only thing I can find on what this means is "tourist delivery". Can anyone elaborate on what exactly this meant?

Claus Groth

I don't actually know but would guess that this car was routed to a holding area for foreign customer pickup. Many people would pick up a car at the factory, drive around Europe and have it shipped back the their country.

TRWright

My parents bought a BMW like a few years back. They flew to Germany, picked up the car at the factory, drove it around Europe for 3 months, then dropped it off to be shipped to the US and they flew home to meet the car. I think the program was called 'European Delivery.'

I would imagine what you describe is something similar.

Charlotte944

As I understand Porsche's version of "Tourist Delivery" the buyer takes delivery in Germany. You also get a tour of the plant, museum, and a temporary or "tourist" European driver's license.

JDeitz951

Yes, it means the car was picked up at the factory, as was mine. When I bought it in '02 it came with the original german language road map of "West" Germany and a german first aid kit (mandatory in Europe). Plus the importation papers to Savannah, GA.

Olli Snellman

Only in Germany and few other european country

Scott M.

My old 84 928 was a 900 car...

PO told me that back then there was a small tax savings if you physically picked up the car from the factory. He cruised Germany for 2 weeks, dropped the car off at a port, then picked the car up at his local Porsche dealer. They prep'ed the car and finished the US paperwork. He saved some sales tax.