Another AutoSpies article. Porsche has ended 03 production
05-23-2003 | 02:25 AM
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Another AutoSpies article. Porsche has ended 03 production
on sports cars. It guess it's not new news,but here's the article:
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May 22, 2003
Auto Spies Exclusive: Porsche quietly suspends 2003 sports car production
We tell you why
From one of our Porsche dealer spies:
So how do you "hide the hat" when sales slow to a crawl on your sports cars?
Sales of 911's and Boxsters have been weak (due to the economy and customer apathy to the minimal changes done to the cars over the past few years).
Rather than hurt the market for customers and dealers, Porsche has decided to end production (they are not going public with this info) of all 2003 sports cars.
The logic is they will make up the sales decline in Cayenne sales.
If you go to a dealer to place an order, you will be informed that they are only taking orders on 2004's and they should be showing up, in the October 2003 timeframe.
Quote:
May 22, 2003
Auto Spies Exclusive: Porsche quietly suspends 2003 sports car production
We tell you why
From one of our Porsche dealer spies:
So how do you "hide the hat" when sales slow to a crawl on your sports cars?
Sales of 911's and Boxsters have been weak (due to the economy and customer apathy to the minimal changes done to the cars over the past few years).
Rather than hurt the market for customers and dealers, Porsche has decided to end production (they are not going public with this info) of all 2003 sports cars.
The logic is they will make up the sales decline in Cayenne sales.
If you go to a dealer to place an order, you will be informed that they are only taking orders on 2004's and they should be showing up, in the October 2003 timeframe.
05-23-2003 | 11:54 AM
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I heard this from one of the Princeton salesmen when I was at the Zone 1 concourse. He said that some people that ordered '03's won't be getting thier cars till the fall now as '04's. I have a '03 Boxster S on order and was sweating it thingking it wouldn't be here till the fall, but I called my dealer in VA and he told me that there is a VIN on the car and it will be made '03.
05-23-2003 | 12:10 PM
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Pete, if I remember correctly it is in July. I think the plant is shut down in August for the month-long German "holiday." Traditionally the new MY begins in September. However, I'm sure this not a hard-fast rule over the years. I think there was a 1977 1/2 924; a 1983 1/2 944. Sometimes production for European models begins sooner than for US by a whole model year. It's confusing at best. 
05-23-2003 | 02:00 PM
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It's not "hard and fast" - but ususally slowed in July, with a slight mix of the new model year included (early production to "work out the details) then two week's worth of new model year production in August, then full production ramps up in Sept.
Of course, this schedule may vary....
This seems another "no news" presented as news - If you had ordered a car "not yet in the pipeline" back in Feb of any of the last 5 years you'd be getting the next model year. Yawn.
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Of course, this schedule may vary....
This seems another "no news" presented as news - If you had ordered a car "not yet in the pipeline" back in Feb of any of the last 5 years you'd be getting the next model year. Yawn.
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05-23-2003 | 04:08 PM
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Production may end in June/July, but my experience with ordering US cars was that they stop taking orders for the model year as early as March/April. This way they make sure the pipeline is empty before the new MY arrives.
