991 GT3 RS increased production numbers
Discussion
I know Porsche decided to produce approximately 300 more RS's a while ago, and more cars got allocated to dealers, however, in the last few weeks, I heard far more would be produced. Has anyone else heard rumours of Porsche increasing 991 GT3RS production numbers by several thousand? I have been told this by several Porsche specialists in Holland and Germany. Could indicate why prices are falling so quickly (in Europe at least) and so many are for sale at the moment. Maybe its just LHD cars that will be produced. Thanks.
MDL111 said:
Slickhillsy said:
Anyone have a rough finger in the air idea of overall numbers built?
according to OPC I spoke to recently about 4x as many as of previous model. Many many more than 991 GT3 (also thanks to production stop / engine issues at the time). Slickhillsy said:
MDL111 said:
Slickhillsy said:
Anyone have a rough finger in the air idea of overall numbers built?
according to OPC I spoke to recently about 4x as many as of previous model. Many many more than 991 GT3 (also thanks to production stop / engine issues at the time). they are awesome cars and in today's market not surprised that they could sell this many.
EDIT:
Looking at mobile.de (quick count)
991 RS c 115 cars for sale
997.2 RS c 32 cars for sale (excluding the 4.0 Rs and the GT2 RS)
that's pretty close to 4x actually
Edited by MDL111 on Thursday 29th September 15:05
If you have to 'justify' an RS with an economic argument then i'd argue it's not a great car to buy. Loads available and the 911R has stolen the headlines.
Me personally? I love manuals, but would take a UV GT3 RS over a 911R all day! I'm not knocking the 911R - i'd love one too - but i fail to see how different it really is from the GT3 and that, actually, it is still too big and grippy to justify the hyperbole.
Me personally? I love manuals, but would take a UV GT3 RS over a 911R all day! I'm not knocking the 911R - i'd love one too - but i fail to see how different it really is from the GT3 and that, actually, it is still too big and grippy to justify the hyperbole.
If this is true and there are a lot for sale suggesting many have been produced, they will just come down into the 100k's.
It'll be interesting to see what happens with the 991.2 GT3 as I suspect they will produce a larger number of those too especially with the hype surrounding the manual version.
I heard that VW need to increase revenue due to the fuel scandal fines so a larger volume of Porsche sold may well have something to do with gaining losses.
Porsche have been turning business away for years, maybe they can't afford to do so at the moment.
It'll be interesting to see what happens with the 991.2 GT3 as I suspect they will produce a larger number of those too especially with the hype surrounding the manual version.
I heard that VW need to increase revenue due to the fuel scandal fines so a larger volume of Porsche sold may well have something to do with gaining losses.
Porsche have been turning business away for years, maybe they can't afford to do so at the moment.
AL001 said:
If the production numbers for USA are correct (circa 1400 by Dec forecast from reliable source) and they take usual 40%'ish, RS numbers likely to end up c. 3500. I don't expect beyond 4,000 absolute max.
^^ this.Talk of 6k cars imo is impossible to believe. The US has afaik ~1300 cars now and the UK probably 250-300. The usual % of US cars is around 40-45 and slightly under 10% for the UK (4.0RS apart). 3500-4000 max makes sense. Much more does not.
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