mdrobc1213

Well I just asked….sent my dealership and SA a copy of one of the letters another member received and posted from Porsche NA re: the delay and said I had not been contacted our updated and asked what their plan was. SA replied back with the above offered items from Porsche NA and the dealership throw ins. Car is 2024 Cayenne S e-hybrid.
Maintenance plans I believe are on Porsche. Tint my SA threw in along with significantly discounted ceramic/PPF. Dealer also added interior protection stuff and since ii have 22” said wheel protection can be added and offered at savings below cost. I just asked and after some back and forth we agreed upon the above.😀

Patriot

Does the hold prevent dealers from selling cars on their lots, or does the hold prevent that too?

Shuga

It doesn't seem to effect the cars that are already at the dealer. I've been talking to a few dealers and non of them mentioned a Stop Sale on the cars on the lot.

Shuga

I'm honestly getting pissed off. The dealers I talked to over the weekend where foaming at the mouth saying how they're not going to get any Cayennes till April so the prices are going up again, and that they don't want negotiate because of the low inventory.

The whole thing is a scam, and gets me wondering if this whole thing is a set up.

Needsdecaf

Dude, no. Manufacturers do not shoot themselves in the foot this way. Whatever your dealers are telling you are just your dealers being dealers.

My dealer is rightly pissed. They don't have cars to sell and these guys are on 100% commission. Hard to make money in sales when you don't have anything to sell. This is not a set up.

Shuga

I don't agree. Create a limited supply price goes up. It scares the current buyers into jumping something that they're on the fence about because they fear that they're not going to be able to get one for months... .
These cars don't fly off the shelfs to begin with. They make the money off the Macan buyers.
So the Cayenne's can sell at sticker or above which gets the dealers through till April.

Needsdecaf

Erm....ok. We will disagree on this one then.

mdrobc1213

Yes they have cost to keep the dealership running and move cars that's what they do...they do not create this kinda problem (we're talking nationwide across the US also not just a handful of cars for a week ro so) just to make a few extra thousand $$ on a deal. Also to coordinate it across the US for every Porsche dealer and German factory and ports would be almost impossible to do. So while some dealers may be trying to gain a bit of a financial advantage most are not happy about having cars to sell technically that their customers cannot get/they cannot delivery. For Porsche AG and Porsche NA it is also in their best interest to fix this problem ASAP so a lot of effort and $$ is likely gonna be thrown at this problem in a short amount of time to resolve this issue if corporate is thinking correctly and their A team is on the job.
LOL

RDPorsche58

Got a similar email today stating that production of our 24 Cayenne is being put on hold indefinitely. Funny thing is that we already took delivery of it on 12/23/2023. I’m assuming that ours is affected by this part issue (production date 10/31/2023) but made the cut before the hold was put in place. Definitely a frustrating situation to say the least, especially if your car is sitting at the destination port.

ThomasWShea

driving my 2024 belarus cayenne and loving it...however, if someone is really antsy, i could consider offers

SOLI2D-1

Whoa - I'm fairly certain I don't like that word "indefinitely".
You're the first I'm hearing such verbiage.

SOLI2D-1

Show off

ThomasWShea

this indicates there is no material difference between the part you and I have in our cars, and the part in cars that are now held. how insane to make porsche switch parts out for un delivered but already built cars if they won’t be switching the same part out in already delivered cars. if the part has to be switched simply because a paper approval wasn’t in place, our policy makers are missing the mark in a big way. i am sure that cannot be the intent of the regulation. i wish we knew what was really going on.

SOLI2D-1

I find it stunning that we can't get the real story.
There are MANY who know, yet no information has gotten out and we're all simply speculating. Is Porsche that good at protecting their secrets?
This is strange.

ThomasWShea

It appears so…maybe it is a VW AG wide skill…since audi is also good at keeping any details about the root cause of their BSG failure under wraps.