Zucc

Not really, most factory CPO programs exclude cars with branded titles. Makes the program seem more valuable to consumers knowing they get a car without title issues.

Jooyoung99

CPO cars have a "clean title" guarantee. So any car that has been in an accident, water damage, lemon, etc, cannot be Porsche Certified. I'm not 100% sure, but they had this policy starting with 2006 CPO cars.

doubleurx

2014's have full warranty extension, not just drivetrain.

Gef3rd

The non-auction car they bought from me. All 4 have been sold. Most sold within days. I guess one took a little longer due to a spoiler replacement. All asking over MSRP. I assume they didn't discount much due to the short timeframe they held them. My '15 with buckets is due before year end. Looking for distractions to make the time go by faster.

B5xteton

I looked at Manheim and the notes for each car indicate branded title.

Z356

Correct.

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GregJGT3

Porsche really steped-up with the issues surrounding the 2014 GT3. The original owners of the cars were taken care of and compensated very well while their cars were out of service. The new GT3 '14 owners (auction/buy-back or not) have cars which carry a 6-year/100,000 mile full Porsche factory bumper to bumper warranty (not a 3rd party extended warranty and not a partial coverage warranty). In essence this is like a "CPO" car without the "CPO title." I dont think you could ask for much more support. It is Porsche standing up and saying these cars are OK, despite "branded title," and we will stand behind them for longer than our normal warranty period. I think that is the reason you are seeing the "re-sale" of '14 GT3's maintaining great value in the marketplace.

sgroer

Hennessy sold the white one, I believe for over Msrp. . The red one remains for now.

Zucc

Are you saying that the cars with "Lemon" titles have a better warranty than what was given to the original owners of 2014 GT3's that had their engines swapped? The original owners were given a 1 year, 50k extension so a total of 5yrs, 100K miles.

GregJGT3

I was told, when offered any of the "auction/buy-back cars" (they had 3) or a car that was a '14 just traded back and not going through auction, that all of them carried the 6-year/100,00 mile Porsche factory bumper to bumper warranty. I don't know what cars and warranties you have seen but that is what I was told and offered by the dealership on all of those 2014 engine swap cars..

mcsmcs1

well the Hennessy, red 2014 GT3 is not a CPO car. It just has the 1-year warranty extension that all 2014s received.

mcsmcs1

Further, I just checked the 17 GT3s listed on the Porsche website on the pre-owned search, and not a single one of the buyback cars is CPO. Instead, they each say something to the effect of "This GT3 has had engine replaced by Porsche and includes factory warranty until 1/20/2019."

I am sorry, but unfortunately many of the dealers out there are misinformed or explain things poorly.

I am fairly confident that a manufacturer buyback does not qualify for Porsche Approved Certified Pre-Owned Vehicle status. If you buy a car that was traded in, sure it can be CPO'd as long as it was not a lemon car.

GregJGT3

Well if that is the case I am a little dissapointed that Porsche would not step-up on the 6 years/100,000 miles. They are already stepping-up to 100,000 miles, seems normal to expect that to be 6 years duration as well. As an aside, none of those cars I was offered were represented as CPO cars just that they had a 6 year/100,000 mile factory warranty. Frankly I considered giving up my '15 GT3 build for one of the '14's just for the warranty, but in the end decided to spec my own car.

doubleurx

Well, it is close. The warranties are all 5 year, 100,000 miles, so just one year less, same mileage.

mcsmcs1

I think you absolutely made the right choice. I guess Porsche does not offer manufacturer-backed extended warranties on new cars? Sounds like there might be a good market for that.