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GrantG

I would say first US delivery of 992 GT3 is about 3 years away (992 C2S is 1 year away and the GT3 usually appears in the 3rd year). Probably a few months earlier in Europe.

But maybe Porsche will mix things up in order to have more GT3 capacity next round...

Dr. Ferdinand

While indeed the 993 C2S/C4S had a 98 MY, there was never a crossover in terms of production with the 996. The last of the aircooleds rolled off in Q1 98 and then production switched to the 996, I do not believe you had both a 993 and a 996 being produced concurrently even if for a short overlap time.

Terrence

[QUOTE=fuddman;14719346]I don't mean to sound argumentative here ; but, as far as I can tell, the "Model Year" is, simply, a period adopted by manufacturers a long time ago and retained by them as, more or less, a convention. IMO, they are under no obligation to follow a model year convention and there is nothing to prevent a manufacturer from dropping that convention if it suits their needs. I mentioned the 918 as one example where the "model year" convention seems to have been ignored.



If the dealer the OP talked to had said Porsche would stop making the cars on 12/31/'18, then that would have carried some weight; but, the dealer didn't. Instead, the dealer just made a comment about "model years." The OP seems to have extrapolated that comment into a production period. Which, as I've said, I think is a mistake.


The dealer actually quoted from an email or bulletin. It looks like it was copied as the font was totally different from their regular emails to me.

Anyway, I am sure this info is not privy to just one dealer, so maybe CJ can chime in and validate this info, but I absolutely believe my source.

Wild Weasel

This is bizarre. Any idea what the reasoning is? I mean... it seems they're allowed to artificially overstate the value by reducing the perceived age but not allowed to devalue it by making it appear older than it is. Who is this protecting?

I understand why there would be a regulation. Everyone wants the latest and greatest and I'm sure back in the day when everyone else was selling a 1985 but you could sell them a 1986 it would be a marketing advantage that would quickly get out of hand until everyone is selling the 2099 model. But why prevent using an older model year? I mean... if the model hasn't changed... why not call them all 2013's until you bring out the new one in 2020?

ExMB

+1

Hypothetically speaking if the cert regs, EPA, etc changed for the next MY they cannot do so.

Archimedes

Exactly. Governmental regs in the US go by model year. You can't fall backward and call a car a prior MY.

Hams955

I can confirm the same from my dealer whom I have bought my last three GT cars from. She cited an email received from PCNA that indicates there will not be a MY19 GT3. MY18 only.

- Chris.

robmypro

A gap isn't really unexpected going from the 991 to the 992, is it?

usctrojanGT3

Ok, if Porsche does stop building all GT cars at 12/31/18...what the hell are they going to sell in 2019? All non-GT 992 models? Their 2018 vs 2019 sales will TANK.

Hams955

We don't know yet with regard to GT3RS. If it follows the launch path of the 91.2 GT3 it might be released as a MY19 model.

fxz

.1 RS movie remake

18months 2017/2018 .2GT3 until 12/2018

then 2018/2019 .2RS, .2 3RS, Speedster, GT4, LE for next GTLM

and from E2019/2020 several base 992s

isn't already a too busy calendar?

ExMB

There is still the possibility of the rumored GT4(RS).

evilfij

GrantG

I think they can still sell GT2RS. That is the biggest margin car for them too. There's a reason they're not limited