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If you have seen this car at this dealership &
know the color, please don't comment until
enough folks here try to guess at the color.
Thanks. It sure stumped me...I had never
seen this color before on this model!
Also very much agree with this.
Chose Maritime for my PTS request. Would have been a very tough choice if I'd known Arrow Blue was a possibilty.
Is the paint code for Arrow and Royal Blue the same? Do we know the paint code for Arrow Blue?
I had requested Voodoo, but I think Arrow is my first choice now. I like PTS colours that are historic. Thanks for the update about its availability gents
Is the paint code for Arrow and Royal Blue the same? Do we know the paint code for Arrow Blue?
I had requested Voodoo, but I think Arrow is my first choice now. I like PTS colours that are historic.
Seems Porsche is duplicating the late 1970's
'Royal Blue' which was also called 'Arrow Blue'.
That is the reason for the reported (305) color
code.
In the early 1960's, Porsche also had a blue
called 'Royal Blue' in English. It was color
code (6012). But in German it was called
'Koenigsblau'.
My first ever PTS car that I owned was a 1964
356 Carrera 2 Coupe in 'Koenigsblau'! I doubt
the two colors are the same exact hue...I'll have
to research that!
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Originally Posted by jo_ker
before searching any more in toyota forums...
unfortuntlatly no toyota pts eduardo was found...
who knows the model who had Voodoo and
arrow first. from Toyota and from Porsche?
Funny you would mention that because
I am holding a PTS seminar for Toyota
enthusiasts at a corner in Winslow, AZ
next week! It's standing room only! So
we are in the process of minting new color
gurus as fast as we can!
First time I saw it person was a few days ago.
First time I saw it in photos was in b-thumper's
thread! Looks better in person!
I agree, pictures don't do Nogaro blue justice!
I've seen it on local S4s in motion, and it's brighter in real life.
Thinking of ordering an RS 3 in this color, however it's pearlescent, so I'm not sure I'd still like it up close.
Current Status of PTS Request on the .2 991 gt3 for US Market
I hope I am wrong. But there is something about
the current PTS request process at PCNA that frankly
I don't have a good feeling about! And I hope Porsche
is not (perhaps unwittingly) setting people up for a
big dissappointment when they finally announce who
really is getting PTS on the .2 991 gt3 for MY2018!
As I undertand it, PCNA recently asked of every
dealer with customer that already had a Fall 2017
.2 991 gt3 allocation & wanted PTS to fill out a
request & submit it to them. They then forwarded
these requests to PAG Germany & we now await a
final decision from the Fatherland. They weird thing
is that someone (possibly at PCNA) assumed that
all of these PTS requests would be fulfilled by PAG
& pushed their customer's formerly Fall 2017 built
slots into Spring of 2018! Even when a few have
opted out of PTS because of the price, their slots
remain now in the Spring of 2018! To me this all
means that PAG & PCNA have already filled those
old Fall build slots with new allocations in standard
colors.
But here is the rub. What if PCNA somewhat has
misunderstood what this current tentative V180
status means for a client that has requested PTS?
What if PAG doesn't approve but a fraction of those
PTS requests? PCNA, or someone in the organization,
has already given away these folk's Fall 2017 build
slots! So if PAG ends up approving only 10% of all
of those US customers that requested PTS, the unlucky
90% will end up the creek without a paddle! That
means no PTS & a much delayed production schedule
into the Spring of 2018! That is a 'double whammy' -
which would surely infuriate some of the most loyal/
long term customers of Porsche in this market!
The reason I am worry this might ocurr is that so
far I have not heard of a single Rennlist person that
requested PTS on their .2 991 gt3 via their dealers
being told he/she was unlucky & did not get it!
Even at the higher price of US$12830, I just do not
believe PAG will offer PTS to all .2 991 gt3 customers
that requested it. And the fact that PAG is presently
in the middle of their summer 'vacations' in Zuffenhausen
means that this unresolved limbo status on PTS might
continue for another month!
I am wishing for the best. But in my many years of
following the strange world of PTS at Porsche at close
hand, I can not envision a scenario where 100% of
those officially requesting for PTS on a GT model will
be approved! It defies PTS history at PAG. In the
911R, where every single customer for this limited
edition model was hand-picked by PAG & was some
sort of 918 VIP, celebrity, Titan of Industry or a Piëch/
Porsche family member, PAG rejected many who
asked for PTS! So I am having a hard time believing
Tom, Dick & Harry that requested PTS for the .2 991
gt3 in the US (or elsewhere in the world for that matter)
will be approved & waltz down happily the yellow-brick
road into the Land of Oz!
So trust but verify! And keep the pressure up on
PCNA to clarify your PTS status ASAP so that you
don't end up very dissappointed...and in much
worse shape (built date wise) than before this
PTS saga started weeks ago!
08-06-2017, 09:40 AM
