Porsche PTS now $11,430!?
05-10-2018, 07:13 PM
#17
For a premium manufacture like Porsche to offer the color choices they do outside of PTS is pretty pathetic. Just about every other manufacture has more. Give us at least 6 basic colors, 10 next level colors and maybe 6~8 "premium" colors as a minimum,....and whatever crazy amount of $$$ for PTS. We get Chalk as a premium color?? really? (It's a good color BTW, but should be in the free category) I could also think of about 20 other colors I would pick before most of he premium colors Porsche has offered in the last 10 years,.....some of which are just putrid.
05-10-2018, 07:19 PM
#18
I'm so happy. I can tell my wife my investment in Viper Green has appreciated in value. Surely she will be impressed with my savvy investing prowess.
As I've posted many times here, Porsche hasn't offered any standard green in the 991 era. And they killed both browns (I had a Mahogany Boxster and an Anthracite TT - Anthracite was simply a beautiful color that I would happily order again).
I like the idea of at least one green/brown/orange/etc as a "special" ($3Kish) color. I agree it would satisfy a significant portion of the PTS demand. Currently they ignore a large part of the color spectrum.
As I've posted many times here, Porsche hasn't offered any standard green in the 991 era. And they killed both browns (I had a Mahogany Boxster and an Anthracite TT - Anthracite was simply a beautiful color that I would happily order again).
I like the idea of at least one green/brown/orange/etc as a "special" ($3Kish) color. I agree it would satisfy a significant portion of the PTS demand. Currently they ignore a large part of the color spectrum.
05-10-2018, 07:19 PM
#19
For a premium manufacture like Porsche to offer the color choices they do outside of PTS is pretty pathetic. Just about every other manufacture has more. Give us at least 6 basic colors, 10 next level colors and maybe 6~8 "premium" colors as a minimum,....and whatever crazy amount of $$$ for PTS. We get Chalk as a premium color?? really? (It's a good color BTW, but should be in the free category) I could also think of about 20 other colors I would pick before most of he premium colors Porsche has offered in the last 10 years,.....some of which are just putrid.
05-10-2018, 08:25 PM
#22
Rennlist Member
The palette on my GT4 seemed good because it was hard to pick a color that car didn't look good in. The (nearly) same palate on the 991.2 Carrera offered some choices I didn't mind, but not one color I was excited about on the 991.2—hence PTS. Has also always bugged me that you pay $700-800 for metallic paint at this price level, when metallics are free on a VW GTI...and so many other cars. Reminds me of the days when Porsche charged extra for floormats in 986s and 996s.
05-10-2018, 08:45 PM
#23
Rennlist Member
I'd really like to see them developing more interesting paints, a la Saffron Yellow, as factory options. Maybe a nano-structure paint that resists dirt and never needs washing. You know, innovation!
05-10-2018, 10:22 PM
#26
Yes, just ask those who paid big dollars to get Speed Yellow on a 996 instead of Pastel Yellow, only to have Speed made a $0 color on later 996s.
Or those who have to pay PTS money for Speed Yellow instead of Racing Yellow in order to match their Speed Yellow PCCB calipers...something I hope exactly no one has done.
Or those who have to pay PTS money for Speed Yellow instead of Racing Yellow in order to match their Speed Yellow PCCB calipers...something I hope exactly no one has done.
05-11-2018, 07:49 AM
#27
Pro
I am "assuming" here - this could be a temporary price increase as the 992 rollout is happening at the factory. Lets see what happens when the 992 is officially out.
05-11-2018, 08:30 AM
#28
Race Director
Originally Posted by captainkirk
I am "assuming" here - this could be a temporary price increase as the 992 rollout is happening at the factory. Lets see what happens when the 992 is officially out.
Porsche pricing never goes down ...
05-11-2018, 09:33 AM
#29
Rennlist Member
Originally Posted by STG
Porsche pricing never goes down ...
So Porsche pricing does go down sometimes.
05-11-2018, 10:49 AM
#30
Define "in charge of", but I'm with you otherwise. Mini, Fiat, Toyota, and Jeep (Jeep!) have been slaying Porsche on colors for years, and with less expensive cars. There are others.
The palette on my GT4 seemed good because it was hard to pick a color that car didn't look good in. The (nearly) same palate on the 991.2 Carrera offered some choices I didn't mind, but not one color I was excited about on the 991.2—hence PTS. Has also always bugged me that you pay $700-800 for metallic paint at this price level, when metallics are free on a VW GTI...and so many other cars. Reminds me of the days when Porsche charged extra for floormats in 986s and 996s.
The palette on my GT4 seemed good because it was hard to pick a color that car didn't look good in. The (nearly) same palate on the 991.2 Carrera offered some choices I didn't mind, but not one color I was excited about on the 991.2—hence PTS. Has also always bugged me that you pay $700-800 for metallic paint at this price level, when metallics are free on a VW GTI...and so many other cars. Reminds me of the days when Porsche charged extra for floormats in 986s and 996s.
We still have to pay extra for floormats in Germany...;-)
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