Porsche raising prices effective August 1st
If it's a new Porsche you have your eye on, you've got a new excuse to buy one now. The company says it's raising prices on all but one of its models, effective August 1. The newly freshened Cayenne is the only nameplate exempt from the increase.
The Boxster price goes up .5%, Boxster S and Cayman S up .4%, but the base Cayman's price will carry over unchanged. Porsche's 911 Carrerra, GT3, GT3 RS increase 1.5% while buyers of 911 convertibles will pay another 1.4%.
Those craving a 911 Turbo will get hit the hardest after August 1, with a 2.3% larger bill. That's at least $5,726 more than you'd pay on July 31.
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Mike 6:06PM (5/16/2007)
Darn!
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Drewboy 6:29PM (5/16/2007)
I'm not an econ major, but isn't that still less than inflation?
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Graham 6:43PM (5/16/2007)
and I'm not a math major, but doesn't 2.3% of $122,900 (Base Turbo MSRP) come out to $2,826.70?
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EEGeek 6:52PM (5/16/2007)
Interesting math -- 2.3% = $5726? Does a 911 Turbo really start at $248,956?
On their US website, the 911 GT3 RS is the most expensive model in the lineup, with a base of $123,200. The 911 Turbo starts at $122,900, of which 2.3% would be $2826.70.
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Jonathan 7:21PM (5/16/2007)
I wonder if it has anything to do with the dollar being worth nothing next to the euro..
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pd 7:09PM (5/16/2007)
Whatever the market will bare!
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John Tam 7:39PM (5/16/2007)
Yeah, this must be the new math applied to the 2.3 percent of $122,900 I am hoping to use that formula on my next rise.
If the person honestly can afford this vehicle I don't think an increase 2.3 percent is going to stop
his or her's decision to buy it.
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G3EK 7:31PM (5/16/2007)
They need all the extra coins to up the ante in their fake attempt to takeover VW.
I'm going back to the Hyundai showroom.
Them Porsches all look the same--they all squat the same way--shouldn't there be just one price adjustment across the board?
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Ken 10:43PM (5/16/2007)
Well, the dollar is sucking, so it is a surprise more of this is not going on. It certainly is with luxury goods (German and Swiss watches, for example)
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Barney 8:55AM (5/17/2007)
"7.
They need all the extra coins to up the ante in their fake attempt to takeover VW."
It was by Germany's laws, that they had to bid for VW. Their bid was low enough that VW declined. It wasn't an attempt to take over, fake or real.
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