View Poll Results: Should the PTS approved colour list be freely available and not confidential?
YES, potential customers should be able to review this information (even if one doesn't choose PTS).
68
90.67%
NO, dealerships and Exclusive should maintain this list confidentially.
7
9.33%
Voters: 75. You may not vote on this poll
PTS confidential
05-06-2016, 11:29 AM
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Nizer, the motivation was to document the well-known (on RL) and overwhelming desire to have this information in the hands of those customers who want it. Eduardo has been trying to convince Porsche to make this more public, and if it is now documented in an actual poll result (even if the question doesn't pass the duh test), then hopefully it will be of some use to bolster his argument.
Think about it: CAFE standards, dieselgate, exploding airbags, GT3 engine issues, management turnover, transition to hybrids and turbocharging that most engineers and customers don't really want, the reaction to PDK-only GT cars, trying to separate real PTS/GT car demand from ephemeral demand created by global central banks flushing cash into the system, the threat of self-driving cars...the list goes on. This is an industry in massive upheaval. If I'm PAG/VAG senior managment I have to be wondering where the next hit is going to come from. The desire to hunker down and take cover must be overwhelming and I suspect that PTS, CXX, etc are not top of the priority list.
My hope is that PAG comes out the other side of this intact and still able to build cars that we want and can reasonably justify on a cost basis.
05-06-2016, 11:36 AM
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^ Well said Nizer. While PTS seems like a little bone to toss our way, I understand why and agree that it probably will not be on the next Board agenda.
