Majed

Does anyone know if Porsche distributes 992 allocations to dealers on Monthly or Quarterly basis?
Thanks

JiminyGlick

My SA has told me that it's quarterly (at least from Porsche). However, it can change because dealers swap among each other. So even though you don't have an allocation today and nothing comes from Porsche for a few months, trades may happen that bring your allocation to the dealership and on to you.

tehdentist

Hey all,
I put a deposit in July 2021 for an (what I thought) was an allocation for a “spring 2022” 992s. I never heard from the dealer, so I emailed the sales rep yesterda. He responded to tell me that there is now a 10% markup on msrp. My paperwork says the deal is for msrp. Has anyone come across this?

Drew46

Depending on your paperwork, you may or may not have a leg to stand on. Even if you have an iron clad deal at MSRP, you are still kind of screwed from a practical perspective. If you make a stink about the MSRP, I would assume that you would magically stay on the list and never get an allocation. I wouldn't say a thing until I had an allocation and then you can always plead your case based on your paperwork and even escalate up to management/ownership. However, I would not count on having any success, so you might want to see if you can get on another list at a dealership that is still holding to MSRP and hope they still will be when you get an allocation.

I am sure this is not the answer you were hoping for and there are threads upon threads about how this is BS and a terrible business practice - all of which are correct in my mind. But none of that changes the reality of the situation. Right now, there are long waiting lists, a significant shortage of cars (not just Porsches) the likes of which has never before been seen and fewer and fewer dealers holding to MSRP. All of which results in a seller's market on steroids. So you pretty much need to decide if you are going to fall into the "I won't pay a premium - I will just wait" camp or the "It pisses me off, but I want my car now so I will just suck it up, swallow my pride and pay the premium" camp. Neither is right or wrong.

inthesticks

My recommendation is if that ADM guarantees you a near term allocation slot, then you should take it and not look back. Its becoming the standard and soon the wait lists will be full of people agreeing to pay the ADM.

EZ E

Quarterly. Trades are dead in this market!!! A dealer I've used before called and offered top dollar for my C4 GTS and offered a 2022 C4 GTS. I put the order in and now it seems to have a stop order on it because of the Aero kit. Bottom line is I'll wait!!

EZ E

Porsche now sends a link and on my Porsche you see the order and the production dates! Clearly that can change!!

Drew46

I understand. But there is still not “allocation date” or “allocation month”. The first date that means anything is the order date.

bboerit

To answer the question re "allocations" specifically, dealers receive allocations Quarterly, Nov 1, Feb 1, May 1, Aug 1. Inbetween these dates, they MIGHT also receive additional allocations here and there based on sales volume, etc. This has been confirmed multiple times by multiple reputable dealers.

HappyHades

is the August 1st allocation release include the following year models?

bboerit

The factory closes annually for the entire month of August. My understanding is Porsche retools the factory for the next model year during this closure. This implies 8/1 allocations are for the next year model. This is the best of my knowledge anyway, others may be closer to this question.

audi4t

My dealer offered me an allocation on July 19 - I don’t know if this was an additional allocation they had been given. I know they also had a Boxster GTS allocation at the same time.
It’s not so much when you get an allocation that’s determines model year it’s when the car is built. Although I seem to remember the configurator changed to model year 22 in the June / July time frame.

westcoastj

So I know every news site is reporting a car shortage, but if you look at the sales figures, is there really a shortage?

Porsche reports Q3 2021 U.S. retail sales
Porsche Reports Third Quarter U.S. Retail Deliveries\
Porsche Posts Record U.S. Retail Sales in 2019

2021 Q3 sales: 15,289 and YTD 51,615
2020 Q3 sales: 15,548 and YTD 39,734
2019 (pre-covid) Q3 sales: 14,805, couldn't find YTD for Q3, but full 2019 was 61,568, so looks like 2021 is on pace to be their best year for USA deliveries.

Drew46

There is absolutely a shortage. The fact that supply levels stay the same (or increase) is only half of the equation and does not negate the existence of a shortage. Availability would be a more meaningful measure. When you can’t walk into a retailer and purchase a product from inventory and cannot even order a product, to me that is clearly a shortage.

drgek

It happened the end of March; I was able to spec out and get my allocation for my MY 2022 C2S Cab the beginning of April. Delivered about two weeks ago.