Larry Cable

^^^ sweet!

hsmith

I recall a dealer listing a mint green GTS that was to be available in September/October i believe. Perhaps it might still be available. One of my all time favorite colors. My helmet is partially Porsche mint green i like it so much.

Edit: found the thread in the for sale section. Walters Porsche. November delivery

https://rennlist.com/forums/vehicle-...upes-v215.html

Larry Cable

Scott Mcleod @ Walters is a good guy ... mint green (or martime blue) woud

NateOZ

What color did you get? I have a Slate Grey one coming.

RS911

The paint is a Maserati color called: "Grigio Granito Metallic". It is basically a dark charcoal gray color with a hint of red. (The paint code has two shades of red in it, but is almost black). Also Maserati colors are know for their larger than usual metallic flakes in their paint, which should tie in very nicely with the silver Targa rollbar. Let's just see if Porsche gets the color right.

Parnelli

I just came across the Porsche letter that I received that states the number of paint to sample 911's that were produced . According to the letter there were approximately 11,200 Porsche 911's that were produced for north America distribution in the 2014 model year. 90 of those 11,200 cars were PTS. Of that 90 total, 35 were metallic paint and 55 were non-metallic paint . Final ideal year 2015 numbers should be out within weeks. According to my source the numbers shall be approximately the same in 2015 as they were in 2014. Hope this helps

Parnelli

That should read final 2015 year totals not final ideal year totals . Damn iPhone

Larry Cable

effectively 1% then ... wow!

Slantnose!

Didn't know...well, isn't that cool?

mathfuzzy

I was able to tour the body prep and paint facility when we picked up our Club Coupe. Remarkably, Porsche arranged for a Club Coupe to be painted while we watched (remarkable because they had to figure out how to sync up the production process with our tour).

First, it was really cool to see the cars get painted. Before the robots painted Club Blau, I watched cars get painted black, white, red and carmine red. I'm not sure the exact order, but those cars all went through the process is pretty rapid succession. Then there was a fairly long pause - maybe 10 minutes - and then the next car was painted Club Blau.

I found the whole process fascinating and was able to talk with the person responsible for this part of the production process. He explained that they have capacity for - I think - 12 standard colors as part of normal production. In other words, the line continues smoothly as long as the cars are being painted in one of these 12 colors. But when a non-standard color is applied, there's extraordinary work to do to setup for that color.

Long story short, I walked away appreciating why a PTS color is a relatively expensive option and what it means to the production process. Small wonder that they don't accommodate a large number of PTS orders.

Larry Cable

that is SUPER cool that they did that!

mathfuzzy

Absolutely! And after seeing a bunch of the production process, i'll never again bitch about the order having to be locked so far in advance of production. It's kind of remarkable how the whole thing works, and also seemingly incredibly complicated.

JUPJAI

Mexico blue c2s at Pfaff Toronto

Scorponok

May I ask what the big deal is about PTS specifically with respect to the aftermarket?

I get the appeal of PTS when building a new car - customize everything including color.

But when buying used, you're limited to such a small pool of cars, and of that pool, you may or may not like any of the colors chosen by previous owners, right?

I'm asking honestly, as I don't know why the OP wants a PTS car in particular and didn't specify any color preferences, I.e. What am I missing here?

LexVan

I'd say the answer is in Parnelli's post. A PTS car puts you in the 1% rare column.