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I’m in the same boat as you OP. I’ve never owned a Porsche product before and am trying to get a 718 GT4. I’ve been on the list for a year and a half now with a $5K deposit. As far as my salesman has said, there is definitely no guarantee I’ll get one, but I stand a pretty good chance. This is mostly because of my current car situation. I currently own a 1000hp C7 Corvette that I used to road course and now only
drag race, it is entered in many competitive car shows, and I do a lot of social media with it and am active in the car community. It’s obvious I’m not a flipper, and will be using the car for what it’s meant for and that means a lot to my dealer. I may not be a previous client, but they look at what you do with your cars as they don’t want to sell cars that aren’t going to get driven. They want them seen.

Ive shows to my dealer that I am very serious about getting one of these cars and that is the best chance I have at getting one. Fingers crossed!

So as for for your chances, I would say build your case on your current car hobbies and show your salesman/dealer why you would be a good fit for the car other than the fact you have the money and can buy one. And get a deposit in ASAP of course. Allocations definitely won’t be given out till next year at some point after the reveal this fall/winter.

Welcome blue_bomber.

Couple of things:

1) A GT4 is going to feel awfully slow to you. Just sayin. It felt slow to me coming from a 430hp 911GTS, which felt slow coming from a 997Turbo. Coming from a thousand-horse Vette will be a shock.

2) You may very well get an allocation, I dunno. But I can't imagine it will be because they care that you're going to drive it to car shows, etc. Often, the dealer's most loyal and repeat customers, the ones who buy the really big bucks Porsches and always get an allocation, hardly ever drive them. I guess there's no harm in thinking that's the key for you, but honestly, I don't think it matters to the actual decision-maker at your dealership. Feel free to park the thing in your garage and never fire it up -- why would they care? It's not like they suffer from underrepresentation on social media. :)

I think you’d be surprised actually. Porsche has a relatively small representation on social media from what I see, and trust me, I look haha. Porsche’s (from my POV) are more reserved, people aren’t out there doing crazy stuff with them, they aren’t easily modified, they don’t sell in the numbers of Corvettes, Camaro’s, Mustangs, etc, and don’t get the attention of Supercars such as McLarens, Lambo’s, etc. They seem to be in an odd grey area which doesn’t get much social media presence. The GT3RS and GT2RS get good attention yes, but that’s mainly it. So I know my dealership does like having their owners drive their cars, advertise for the dealership, attend events and such.

As for the feeling slow part, I am aware. Unfortunately no production car short of a 720S will feel fast to me anymore. I tracked a 570S and 488GTB last weekend and both of them felt painfully slow to me. But that’s okay, I’ll slowly adjust back to it I’m sure just like I adjusted to the ever increasing power of my current car. Going fast is expensive, I’m looking for something that’s a bit cheaper modification wise where I’m not tempted to keep adding power haha. Get back into more road course stuff instead of drag racing. Then might get back into a Mid-engine C8 Z06 Corvette a couple years down the road if I want to go fast again.