shahrukh_bakar

It may not make it more desirable to some but for the investors and flippers, have a car being hard to acquire makes it more ‘desirable’ in the sense that the value is driven up.

wormman

Buy a 911 GTS instead or pony up. The market is the market

Chris C.

And, like cars, this leads to dealers selling at MSRP to friends who wear/drive em for 3 months and sell them back to re-sell as used for a great profit - seen this for years when manufacturers dictate MSRP only. Many people on this board knowingly or unknowingly participate in this. Unscrupulous dealers will always exist.

Honestly, it's a supply and demand problem driven by the fact that Porsche isn't listening to customers saying we want more natually aspirated driving experiences. Some love the Turbos, and that's great, but Turbo power isn't very differentiated from cars like BMWs for example that make 675hp. It's a market research and product manageement problem, driven by external regulation and the belief that electric cars are climate friendly. Bring one synthetic fuels - gotta love real innovation!

I applaud your open letter - the solution will need to be mutli-faceted, and include opening more dealerships in high demand territories, and selling directly to consumers via the web.

komodor19

LOL, I enjoyed reading the same internet trolls come out with their “hard” stances about lessons in capitalism and archaic survival of the fittest mentally. As soon as anyone says anything that deviates from their views, cue the insulting and belittling comments… hold on I just joined the club.

n d

so true…… I feel bad getting a car at msrp now (not really) but how can I ask a dealer to not make money market value is what it is ….. and if I had to pay admission I would . Btw same dealer that sold me the gt3 at msrp just got me a g63 for about 50k over and I’m happy to pay….

chance6

Oh Lord, a possible wive's tale...they are such experts at gossip, aren't they?

These f* jack*sses ...

Mr Mojo Risin

Love it!! I hear the tooth fairy is a loyal enthusiast.

CPS992

One just hammered for ~$313k in the UK on collectingcars.com - so don't know why you're finding it so hard to believe someone got their checkbook out in FL.

chance6

You say that, but there's no way in Hell I'd buy one of these cars sight unseen...where it's just delivered to my door without any real pre-delivery inspection.

chance6

OK so about $240K U.S.

Shockwave93

Seriously, just let me order my car online, first come, first served. Want to prioritize 918 buyers? Let them preorder first. It's ridiculous that you basically have to beg a dealer to sell you a $200k car.

Maverick787

Not being a jerk, but no one complains when they buy at 10% under MSRP. Raising MSRP doesn’t fix a thing because ADM will get the new MSRP. GT2RS and Speedsters ran close to 300k MSRP and many had ADM’s so that logic is flawed and Porsche will not make a GT3 for everyone that wants one. The GT cars were a treat for their top customers, and now everyone wants a trophy the math will never work. My buddy at Porsche came by for a beer last Thursday and he laughed and said people just shouldn’t pay it not our problem.

Archimedes

Why should the first person to click on a website take priority over someone willing to pay more for an asset who just wasn’t first to sign up? And what makes you think Porsche wouldn’t use dynamic pricing and just raise the prices when the demand was high? You don’t think Tesla does that with all their price changes?

Fact is, when you have 10 buyers for every car, some people ain’t gonna get no Coke. If you want one, pay for it. If not, don’t. Just stop whining about how the world owes you a car at MSRP.

CPS992

I did the conversion. $313k USD.

shrimp money

There are just things wealthier people get to enjoy in life. Ain’t mad at it.

I do wish Netjets would fly me around for $500/flight hour.