GregJGT3

At some point PTS at a premium doesn't make sense...+$40k is waaaay past that point.

Jamie140

Yup, but someone will pay it.

otisdog

Man, I would be rather pissed if i jumped through all of the hoops to get my PTS color just to find out that there is 10 more of the same color in North America.

Z356

Yes, it is news. Why don't you tell us more of what you know....Tejas Ranger!

That is NOT why these dealers were selected to receive these last PTS gt3's. We now know the reason and it is NOT that these dealers 'delivered on their numbers' or 'moved slow selling units'. And definitely not because they agreed to take on some additional Panamera porkers! That would be almost understandable. But its something else.


More on the what & why to surface soon!

Saludos,
Eduardo

Racingutoo

this....

if you look at the builds- they are similiar (i.e. the car at Rusnak, Mckenna, BH) all are similiary specd' and all are PTS

mcsmcs1

Is it because these dealers bid on these slots in some sort of auction?

Give us a hint man; don't leave us hanging all weekend. Is it something scandalous?

Oh wait, I've got it. Porsche needed to test new PTS operations, and what better way than to do a run of PTS GT3s. WIN WIN

Racingutoo

meant to say what Ranger 22 had said.

Racingutoo

the signal green coming to McKenna and Signal Green coming to BH are identical builds- as is the blue at Rusnak.

JCBH

I was offered the Arena Red BH car a few weeks ago - was tempted but have an RS coming, and am planning on keeping my GT3. The Arena car coming to BH even has personalized sills with Kills Bugs Fast! Very cool on an Arena car. Build is pretty good, I was impressed. Confirmed build was by Porsche, not a dealer. Extra allocation, and a surprise. Dealer was apparently not consulted on builds. Definitely an interesting development. I am not sure if the car is sold, but I passed as my wife already thinks I am nuts with the cars we have/are getting.

Racingutoo

the Arena Red is nice. They also have a Jet Black coming as well.

GreenLantern

You know, if that actually nets something, I'll gladly go on behalf of my dealer to secure them some last minute bonus allocations of limited production cars.

Z356

Yes, there were dots reported here and there. But connecting the dots...that was the difficult part!

No, it's not an internal P-dealer auction. And it's not scandalous like taking bribes or arranging for call girls. They had their reasons for choosing these lucky dealers and we will explain all of that.

The scandalous part, if you care to call it that, is that PAG declared a moratorium on all MY2015 PTS new orders starting last Fall and now these multiple PTS gt3's appear out of the woodwork. Then PCNA hands out these PTS allocations to dealers without first contacting existing gt3 customers that asked them for PTS gt3's (like djcxxx, Mr. Sullivan, NateOZ, Mooty, AC Sato, Montoya and others). These guys would have been very happy to trade their standard color MY2015 gt3's (which they already received) and probably take a small loss to switch into a PTS gt3.

And to add insult to injury, PCNA doesn't do anything to prevent SOME of these dealers from taking advantage of this articial scarcity of PTS to charge their customers a hefty premium for access to these PTS cars. Free enterprise & markets I understand. But this is not that! This is a manipulated market. PAG created a scarce product (PTS gt3's) via the moratorium it put in effect last Fall. And now these PTS gt3's are allowed to flow out. Let's take the latter at face value & give PAG the benefit of the doubt and say they were able to master whatever technical or logistic problem prevented from doing a large number of PTS, hence the moratorium. Fine. But unless you warn dealers that price gouging of its customers will not seen in a positive light (and PCNA has ways to let them know this without crossing the line since dealers are independent businesses), some will take advantage of the situation! And if you don't believe me, look at what Rusnak Pasadena is asking for their allocated PTS gt3 - $40,000 over MSRP!

Saludos,
Eduardo
Carmel

bronson7

Just wondering if there are any extra PTS built going to the bigger dealers in Canada?

montoya

Im I upset I lost out on PTS for my GT3, yes! Would I gladly trade or sell my GT3 for a Signal Green PTS at a reasonable price, hell yes!

Am I upset at the way these "bonus" PTS allocations came out when we mere mortals can't spec or order one- damn right!


You know, thanks to Eduardo, I lined everything up correctly on my GT3 order for PTS- made the connection with Porsche Exclusive, made sure my allocation was in October (that cost me some money BTW), and waited for the confirmation that never came. Yes, it stings a little when I went through a lot of effort and real money to get an order lined up only to be told, not now and not ever for this gen GT3.

I love my GT3, but I hate the PTS charade that Porsche plays!

forhamilton

I was also caught up in the pts debacle. I was offered an arena red car which led me to finding out about the 30 cars. None of them wil have lightweight buckets. Cars will be here in May.

I know I will be receiving some awesome news on a car shortly. It's going to be awesome. I'm ready!