Originally Posted by fq

By shifting inventory I meant that they are producing more US spec cars (poor choice of words from my side, my apologies). All these cars are produced on the same line and it is very easy for them (with just a few days' notice) to alter production schedules to produce more US spec cars as opposed Euro or Chinese spec. So in order to keep their production lines going they have diverted production to produce more US-spec cars, hence, inventory building up here.

Originally Posted by aa909

Assuming we reach a fiscal cliff deal here in the US we may be well poised for 4% growth in 2013. add to that continued appreciation in home values through the next several years and I think the US is primed to absorb the additional porsche stock allocation