IT IS WHAT IT IS!!!!
07-01-2016, 11:57 AM
#16
Rennlist Member
We have heard the rumor of additional RS allocations from several sources over the past few months. We have also seen some of the rennlist brethren get the call.
My close, non cleaning lady level source tells me the allocations that we have seen trickle out are specials, gift or reward allocations given directly to large dealers that have met specific other sales targets and such.
Have we now reached the end of the RS allocations or are there more to come?
Ryan
My close, non cleaning lady level source tells me the allocations that we have seen trickle out are specials, gift or reward allocations given directly to large dealers that have met specific other sales targets and such.
Have we now reached the end of the RS allocations or are there more to come?
Ryan
07-01-2016, 12:12 PM
#17
Rennlist Member
We have heard the rumor of additional RS allocations from several sources over the past few months. We have also seen some of the rennlist brethren get the call.
My close, non cleaning lady level source tells me the allocations that we have seen trickle out are specials, gift or reward allocations given directly to large dealers that have met specific other sales targets and such.
Have we now reached the end of the RS allocations or are there more to come?
Ryan
My close, non cleaning lady level source tells me the allocations that we have seen trickle out are specials, gift or reward allocations given directly to large dealers that have met specific other sales targets and such.
Have we now reached the end of the RS allocations or are there more to come?
Ryan
07-01-2016, 02:31 PM
#18
I get the same blasé reply from every Porsche employee when I ask the question about the high production numbers, 'Porsche never committed to anything'. This is very true, I cannot find any press release that mentions numbers. But the way they released the allocations was a very clear method to create artificial scarcity and many current owners are understandably very annoyed about this.
07-01-2016, 02:55 PM
#19
Race Director
The 911R is definitely helping potential RS buyers. Porsche is feeling the pressure to make happy the $$$ spenders as noted earlier. Not like someone denied an R is going to be happy with a new Panamera allocation 
You're definitely going to see downward pressure on all the RS's out there sitting at high prices.
You're definitely going to see downward pressure on all the RS's out there sitting at high prices.
07-01-2016, 03:08 PM
#20
Rennlist Member
I was told I had a late RS allocation coming my way before R was launched; it ended up being a December build. So pretty sure mine was unrelated to making up for unsatisfied R demand. I didn't ask for an R. Not saying I'd pass one up, though! And it was known about late Feb/early March. I did beg, plead and do lots of business with the dealer to get RS though.
07-01-2016, 06:07 PM
#23
Rennlist Member
There definitely appear to allocations trickling out, unless it's just a coincidence. I have been contacted by a few dealers that are selling a GT3 RS, but they still wanted 25K over MSRP.
07-01-2016, 07:21 PM
#25
Rennlist Member
I hope they build as many as possible so we all can buy one, Getting "dicked around" hurts the company and all of us. Imagine not knowing any of this you read about the car in a magazine and decide you want one and get attitude, you take your money elsewhere, you dont buy a cayenne for wife, or a Panamera instead on an S class PAG makes less money, theres less $ for R&D, racing etc etc, life sux…..I never heard any claims of an artificially limited #, I hope they make enough to satisfy demand +1, sithat they all sell for MSRP and one guy gets 1k off
07-01-2016, 09:05 PM
#26
odd, when I called in to talk to my sales guy earlier this week about which bases to cover...really just talking about a .2 with a manual, he out of the blue asked me if I wanted an RS. A car I long wanted but gave up on and moved on. How about them apples.
07-01-2016, 09:55 PM
#27
Wow! At msrp?
07-02-2016, 12:04 AM
#28
Nordschleife Master
Did you take the offer?
07-02-2016, 12:15 AM
#29
Was still a pretty big market adjustment. I just don't think it will hold, and I'm not the kind of person who could take that kind of hit and not blink like a lot of others.
07-02-2016, 03:00 AM
#30
Burning Brakes
I get the same blasé reply from every Porsche employee when I ask the question about the high production numbers, 'Porsche never committed to anything'. This is very true, I cannot find any press release that mentions numbers. But the way they released the allocations was a very clear method to create artificial scarcity and many current owners are understandably very annoyed about this.