Anyone bought a C98 country code - Cyprus car?
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I bought a 2005 996 GT3 MkII from Camtune ... my insurance company insured it based on it's registration number, I was never asked if it was anything special ... and it was a very well specced RHD car which I had no rouble selling when I bought a secondhand 996GT3RS ...
You can look at all the options on the label under the bonnet ... and they are all manufactured in Germany.
You can look at all the options on the label under the bonnet ... and they are all manufactured in Germany.
There was a time when there were big savings to be made by buying RHD cars in Europe.
These were regarded as ‘grey imports’ and Porsche GB did not like customers cutting them out of the loop, so Porsche AG would only supply C16 cars through the official GB network.
However, continental dealers could spec RHD Porsches for customers with other RHD build codes, such as C98, and many did.
These cars probably went from Stuttgart to Holland or Belgium and then were privately imported into the U.K., and never saw Cyprus.
There was a bit of a stigma attached to them at the time, and some OPCs refused to retail them in part-ex deals. And insurers were wary, but mainly with the Japanese grey market because parts differed from U.K. cars and were more costly to repair.
But now that is long forgotten and these cars will have dropped off the radar. If it’s U.K. registered and MOT’d then Insurance should not be an issue.
These were regarded as ‘grey imports’ and Porsche GB did not like customers cutting them out of the loop, so Porsche AG would only supply C16 cars through the official GB network.
However, continental dealers could spec RHD Porsches for customers with other RHD build codes, such as C98, and many did.
These cars probably went from Stuttgart to Holland or Belgium and then were privately imported into the U.K., and never saw Cyprus.
There was a bit of a stigma attached to them at the time, and some OPCs refused to retail them in part-ex deals. And insurers were wary, but mainly with the Japanese grey market because parts differed from U.K. cars and were more costly to repair.
But now that is long forgotten and these cars will have dropped off the radar. If it’s U.K. registered and MOT’d then Insurance should not be an issue.
I know of someone who bought a very nice C98 Cyprus car (991 GT3) which had been specced originally to include all UK C16 items, and then the usual smattering of paid-for options on top. The only item that had to be changed over and above the delivery spec in the UK was the speedo face, to show imperial (mph) rather than metric (kmh) calibrations.
Interestingly, this car was sold to its first registered keeper in the UK by a major UK OPC, who retailed it (well above list at the time) as a zero-miles used/approved car.
In terms of the market, I think there's some discount attached to a car being non-C16. But you buy at a discount and you sell at a discount - so it all washes through with no significant adverse effect. And I'm led to believe that the discount factor reduces over time; as the car gets older it's less of a consideration. It's just (as I understand it) that you shell-out less money for the privilege of getting into the car that you want.
In terms of servicing, warranty (new and approved/extended) it makes no difference.
And remember - at the end of the day, all of our P cars are imports...
James
Interestingly, this car was sold to its first registered keeper in the UK by a major UK OPC, who retailed it (well above list at the time) as a zero-miles used/approved car.
In terms of the market, I think there's some discount attached to a car being non-C16. But you buy at a discount and you sell at a discount - so it all washes through with no significant adverse effect. And I'm led to believe that the discount factor reduces over time; as the car gets older it's less of a consideration. It's just (as I understand it) that you shell-out less money for the privilege of getting into the car that you want.
In terms of servicing, warranty (new and approved/extended) it makes no difference.
And remember - at the end of the day, all of our P cars are imports...
James
Edited by short-shift on Thursday 11th June 16:23
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