usctrojanGT3

I dont giving a crap if a car is in demand or not in demand, if I want a damn car I want it....don't really car what others think. If PAG/VW wants my $200k US dollars I'm ready to hand them over. Any time you guys in Germany are ready....

NateOZ

I would buy 2, one RHD delivered in the UK and one LHD in NY. RHD version for track duty while I live in the US and later street duty when back in Australia.

jlee504

To for from 6 months ago to getting an allocation in October is pretty impressive

GT3RS-Fan1

Hello loungedog,

You said you were able to get a production date of October. That is great to hear! So, in light of this BIG demand and that we are almost done this month of November, have you submitted your 991 GT3RS configuration sheet?

Drive safe,
GT3RS-Fan1

dtodd

I think the total production number for the '16 RS is only 2000. There will be more coming as a 991.2 version likely as a 2018.

I put down deposit as well for a '16 in May and just got my allocation for next June delivery.... can't wait. It depends on which dealership you put deposit with and your relationship with them. My allocation was supposed to go to someone who put deposit down 3 years ago but he never bought anything from the dealership, so the manager decided to give it to me (I bought 4 from them)...

Pmon

I had a 15 GT3 and now a 16 RS. I paid over for the RS as I wanted one, so thinking/hoping the market will settle at around $250k, if it drops lower so be it, its not the end of the world. I buy my cars to enjoy, I buy other investments to try to secure a retirement.

I speak with a fair few dealers as the RS is the latest in a long line of 911's - I really don't think Porsche is about to announce a big new shipment of RS's - there were a few discretionary allocations recently, but even PNA have no visibility of future allocation plans - off course that's purely speculation/based on my conversations.

For all of you waiting to buy, or take delivery of an RS's - you will be smiling a lot when you get your hands on one, and for those of you who have them I know you are already smiling. If you have to wait a while, pick up a GT3 inbetween times, they don't drive too different from the RS on the road, they are readily available with low miles and they still bring the smiles.

916Bob

Since getting my 650S, obtaining an RS has become far less of an imperative. I'm more interested in the possibility of getting a 675LT Spider should they start making them. On the Porsche side, I'd trade my GT3 for a GT4 Clubsport in a heartbeat.

dertub

Gosh. I put down a deposit when I picked up my 4.0. That was 4-5 years ago!!
I was just hoping there would be another one. As a result, I was #1 for a UV RS.
I put down another deposit for the next one too. We will see.

Manifold

The demand isn't high, the supply is being kept low enough to make it seem that way. Creating this actual and perceived scarcity is a very effective way to make people grab allocations when they can get them (before they miss out), and pay full MSRP in the process, which means a nice profit margin for dealers. But it's only a matter of time before this RS bubble bursts.

NateOZ

I think there is demand coming from people looking for USD denominated alternative assets. Much more so than the 997 as the US is the strongest developed economy at the moment with a currency that looks likely to continue to appreciate. There are tax advantages of a motor vehicle vs other asset classes as a foreign purchaser in the US.

silverrules

^^This. Where do I sign? The next round of allocation will burst the bubble. I say January.

Just in time

Nothing more or less than the old demand/supply curve. IMHO a halo car has to be short on the supply side. If it is long, then the bubble bursts and the halo status goes down the tubes. Looking over the years PAG has been very astute in keeping their halo cars in short supple thus the premiums. I guess, however, that PAG must be aghast at the massive premiums being transacted for the RS. If they had forecasted such I have to think the MRSP would have easily pushed and maybe brokien through $200k. Given the state of VW I would not be surprised to see another batch of allocations with a higher MSRP.

H82BL8

My dealer was at a meeting where they discussed the "flippers" profiting on RS.
My dealer stated "we are not allocating cars based on short term profit taking, and we are not holding 'auctions' for allocations, and we are not selling cars over MSRP"
Quote is Lawrence Romanosky Porsche Centre Calgary

I think that is rare today.

But I still don't have an allocation......

Alan C.

Yep, I was offered a second build slot for a GT4 a little over a week ago.

mrsullivan

Have been told there will be plenty gt4 cars