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Old 01-26-2013 | 12:53 AM
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I'm currently considering ordering a Cayenne Diesel. Also waiting for the new X5 to come out but the Cayenne looks to still be winning the race so far.

In any event, I asked my Sales Advisor about Exclusive paint and he said it was no longer available on the 2013 Cayennes? He mentioned the last Exclusive paint car he ordered was a 2012 and it was simply a matter of checking the box on the order form. When he couldn't find the box to check he made a few calls and found out it's not offered any longer.

Is this true?
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FWIW, there's a $5500 paint to sample color option for Carreras, Panameras, and Boxsters in the online configurator, but none for the Cayenne (or Cayman). Since your dealer stands to make extra from PTS, and he has verified the issue, I don't know why he'd steer you wrong. That said, if you were willing to pay enough, I thought almost anything was possible from Porsche.
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Unfortunately PTS is not offered on the Cayenne because the bodies are painted at the VW plant in Hamburg. Hopefully in the future they will allow PTS on the Cayenne but they never have and still don't.
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colour availability on Cayenne is very poor
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Originally Posted by mile2424
Unfortunately PTS is not offered on the Cayenne because the bodies are painted at the VW plant in Hamburg.
Hamburg? Are you sure of this? My understanding is that they're still built in VW's Touareg facility in Bratislava, Slovakia.

According to VW, the Touareg and/or Q7 can be ordered in any custom-made color of the customer's choice (See attached web scan). Why should the Cayenne be excluded from this option?
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Pretty crummy. I don't even want PTS, I just want one of the other Porsche colors. Agree, the color selection is fairly lousy.

Damn...
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Originally Posted by Mike in CA
FWIW, there's a $5500 paint to sample color option for Carreras, Panameras, and Boxsters in the online configurator, but none for the Cayenne (or Cayman). Since your dealer stands to make extra from PTS, and he has verified the issue, I don't know why he'd steer you wrong. That said, if you were willing to pay enough, I thought almost anything was possible from Porsche.
cayman, boxster, 911 is zuffenhausen and 5500

panamera is leipzig but chassis goes to zuffenhausen by train for PTS. $9900

cayenne comes from VW factory initially... different base coat/etc.. no PTS available or ever available regardless of price.


in the past cayenne had the yellow, purple... no longer available.. were not PTS but special colors.. they then had peridot and red, peridot is gone.. only red.



when cayenne first came out, some got special color.. but the dealers were actually painting them!... i for one would love PTS on cayenne.. but i feel the dealer would want like half down no deposit.
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Originally Posted by Andy E.
?..Why should the Cayenne be excluded from this option?
A. Not a proper Porsche
B. Dr. W. blew the opportunity for P!g PTS at the meeting where the 3rd row seat Cayenne (Q7 derivative) died.
C. Snooki hasn't asked yet
D. Who cares
E. All of the above
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Originally Posted by ltc
A. Not a proper Porsche
B. Dr. W. blew the opportunity for P!g PTS at the meeting where the 3rd row seat Cayenne (Q7 derivative) died.
C. Snooki hasn't asked yet
D. Who cares
E. All of the above
Gee, great post.
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Originally Posted by Needsdecaf
Gee, great post.
Thank you.
Please ask your salesman to show you the 2012 PTS Cayenne....
It will be right next to the picture of him and the 2007 Cayenne.
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Originally Posted by ltc
A. Not a proper Porsche
B. Dr. W. blew the opportunity for P!g PTS at the meeting where the 3rd row seat Cayenne (Q7 derivative) died.
C. Snooki hasn't asked yet
D. Who cares
E. All of the above
Funny. I have thought about the poor color selection for the Cayenne and I think this explanation is as good as any other I have seen or can come up with. They pulled the 957's macadamia brown for the 958s...let's see what colors they offer for the facelift. My money is on dark brown being one of them. Enough with the auburn red already- when i saw the post about "only 20 world wide" i expected it to be about auburn red 958s, not the peridot. Alas they probably have to continue to offer it if they want to run through the supply they ordered 7 years ago...
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Originally Posted by ltc
Thank you.
Please ask your salesman to show you the 2012 PTS Cayenne....
It will be right next to the picture of him and the 2007 Cayenne.
Do you really think you're helping? Or just simply amusing yourself.

Way to make newcomers feel welcome.
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Originally Posted by Needsdecaf
Do you really think you're helping? Or just simply amusing yourself.

Way to make newcomers feel welcome.
Wait, this is a trick question, right?
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Originally Posted by ltc
Wait, this is a trick question, right?
It most certainly was.
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Originally Posted by Needsdecaf
It most certainly was.
Tell you what, I'll just wait here until your salesman shows you a PTS Cayenne. That should give me plenty of time to consider my answer ....

If you want a PTS diesel SUV, just buy the VW...it's the same as a Cayenne anyways. Same engine, Trans and unibody.

Funny, seems like only yesterday that Dr. W stated there would never be a diesel Porsche (Cayenne).


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