They batch the colors. This is why I think some people get moved up, some people get pushed back.

It would be interesting to see if the batching is done via software or manually.

Yes, not seeing the batching.

IT IS SOFTWARE. I have worked in manufacturing environments my whole career, and is is obvious to me the reason you see more and more car manufacturers going to fewer or no options is because they can’t handle the variety with options and do Just In Time (JIT) scheduling of vendors to their production line. Add the options list that Porsche has with the 911’s, introduce custom tailoring and CXX and then PTS, then the whole thing blows up.

We see that with many CXX items the standard part is assembled in the car and then replaced- again this is because of the inability to schedule options- do you think they want to throw out whole dash assemblies to do a CXX option? Of course not, but the software and production planning systems just don’t let them do it. I believe they use SAS for their operations, which IMHO makes it even worse since changes to that enterprise software is measured in man years and millions of dollars.

Nevertheless I think it could be handled better- they just are not treating CXX and PTS as an entrepreneurial enterprise measured on $$ and customer satisfaction. This is where the beaucracy of the organization contributes to the problem.

Man, I’m glad my company is lean and focused. We run circles around the big guys which fuels our growth. So big is not always better, but when it comes to cars, unfortunately it is- cost, design leverage, government regulations etc. Hell every car produced is a miracle of engineering and science that most could not have dreamed of 40 years ago....

I am 100% sure they batch PTS cars. Certainly they do multiple batches of the same color, but if you scan through Instagram it is painfully clear colors are batched.

I know we have had the debate and I don’t doubt they take advantage when builds are close together (like within a month), but consider my case- my allocation shifted before my color was locked in, and has stayed there while the other Pastel Orange onthe list was built months ago. They could have moved one of us for batching but no such thing happened. Again, once a production date is set the production management system is pretty limiting to changes.

i agree they must batch the PTS colors. Anecdotally I’ve seen it too. First came the bright green cars (many cars in viper, gelbgrun, etc). Then came a bunch each of dark greens (Irish, BRG, Oak). Now we are seeing a bunch of Mexico Blue, Arrow Blue, and Voodoo.

I know my Mexico Blue just finished production and others have posted pictures in the last few weeks of other Mexico Blue GT3’s either coming out of the factory or being delivered. mine a little late due to stop for CXX items.

Like others here, I originally had a much earlier allocation and production month. It wasn’t until after my PTS color was final approved that production mo th changed to June/July this year. Coincidence. I think not.

Based on Andre’s tally on Page 1, it’s not obvious they batch colors. Perhaps if we had an extra column showing the date the car exited production we might see a reliable pattern. Better yet, some communication from Porsche would be appreciated; Until then, we’re all just speculating.

Hopefully the car comes before the tariffs, as both one will make the waiting cease...

I compiled the ones that came out at nearly the same time earlier in the thread, but another instance was there were two auratium green cars that hit the market within a couple days of each other (the GT3 at Greenwich and a 718 cayman in Chicago). Being that there are (probably) three Auratium green cars total thus far (the earlier GT3 car in Miami and I have one on order which will be #4), the two that came out together had to be batched. If you go on Instagram either PTSRS or just #painttosample you will see patterns.

To be clear, I am not saying they take every order of a color and produce them all at once. Only that they lump the same color together and build a number of them at the same time.

If you want logic out of the PTS build sequences, I have very little to offer. I will say that it used to be that almost all PTS were pushed back toward the end of the production year. But now only some are pushed back. Still, more PTS at the end than early in the build cycle. With GT3: First batch, PDK only no PTS. Second batch you ask for PTS and get pushed back whether you get PTS or not. Go to the end of the line. Most got it, some did not. All were delayed. Now, the end of the line allocations Sept-Dec PTS GT3 is easy to get. Just ask. You wait. I wait. Lots of us wait. Who cares? No one complaining is without a Porsche.

Bottom line is Porsche has made clear that PTS = Please Take a Seat and wait.

Not shaming, I was responding to mooty. ;-)