hjles

Really dumb question, but...I'm trying to search for all new Targa 4S's anywhere in the USA (sitting on a dealer's lot), and can't really figure out if there is an 'official' way to do it.

On the Porsche USA website the new car search tool shows the three dealers closest to me.

Of course, there is the used car locator which is nationwide, but I'm looking for new.

The closest I have come to a new car search is using Cars.Com or Autotrader.

Is there are better way to do this? Does a dealer have access to a database that is not made public?

How can I search for all new cars nationwide?

LexVan

Yes. The dealership does. You can also keep changing the zip code, re-search the Porsche web site, and extend the radius. Rinse & repeat.

I see 3 right now within 500 miles of Chicago. Pre-owned. Black in Cincinnati and Minneapolis, and a white one in Austin.

Keadog

You can go to the dealer and ask (as above), you can try Cars.com or you can go to the Porsche Dealer Locator and go through each dealer, state by state. Porsche does not allow consumers to search all dealers at once but at least you can access every dealer if you have the time and interest in locating the car without using a particular dealer to do it for you.

ny991

There is a black with MT in Syracuse, NY. 13201. It's been there a while.

gota911

The white Targa looks awful with the Fuchs style wheels.

Dalema

As you pointed out - it is interesting you can search nationwide for used, but not new, through the porsche website.

hjles

Thanks, I think I'll spend my Sunday watching the Bills lose (I live in Orchard Park, NY) and searching dealer websites. I'm talking to my local dealer on Monday to find out if they have any available allocations.

Wow:
http://www.isringhausen.com/Inventor...ehicleID/11163

Is there a color difference between the MY14 "Basalt Black Metallic" and the 2015 "Jet Black Metallic"?

Double wow:
http://www.circleporsche.com/new/Por...3bb075407f.htm

hjles

Some initial observations:

1) There are 189 Porsche dealers listed in the USA.

2). Autotrader and Cars.com are not even close to being accurate for new cars.

3). This difficulty in searching for new cars must be intentional...just not sure why. Shipping cars around the country is (relatively) cheap, so why make searching everywhere so hard?

CSK 911 C4S

Where are you in the US?

I take it you don't have a sales person you like or trust to sit down and do a search with you?

If not this would be a great ice breaker to meet folks at your local dealer and see which sales person you like.

hjles

Sort of. I just don't like the 'information asymmetry' where they have resources that I don't have. Makes negotiating much more difficult.

That being said, I am going to sit down with him sometime this week and figure things out. I guess I can always ask for a different salesperson.

mtbscott

Although in the interwebz age, it's very easy for a consumer to buy from anywhere, it's still the old school dealer model to point you to your local stores.
Anecdotally, I don't know of any manufacturer that sells in the US that allows consumer searches of the whole nation at once. Any one I've ever gotten on was the same way as Porsche's, one dealer at a time.

G car

Porsche Exchange in Chicago has some

CSK 911 C4S

When I was buying a new Audi a few years ago the dealer pulled up every car that was available plus ones that were on the boat which were not sold. Once I gave my "must haves" the list got smaller and then I picked one. It was pretty simple. Had the car in 7 days.

I vowed to really try to never order a car again. Call me superstitious but the 2 that I've ordered in my life have all had issues....the others have been mostly trouble free.

Larry Cable

this try in google:

site: porschedealer.com new/Porsche/911*Targa*4S*/info.php

fjpdds

A black one at Harper's Porsche in Knoxville. Preowned very few miles.....good luck