Premiums for Cayman orders

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This "Cayman for sale" page really does confuse me www.pistonheads.com/sales/list.asp?p=1&s=487

The reason is, upon calling official Porsche dealers I was offered build slots in any month I want from December onwards.

If anyone was thinking of paying a premium for a slot, call your local dealer(s) and challenge what they say (ie. their first comment is likely to imply there are huge queues... until they find out another can deliver quicker!), then consider the offers on that page (and ebay).

They're certainly not worth more than the seller paid - if anything, less.

Ben

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nastywej said:

Don't agree, Cayman's will do very well, wait until you drive one ..apparently. Most of my dealers are quoting 4-5 months delivery although they are producing higher volumes to accomodate a bigger demand then 1st thought for launch....Never pay overs for anything though....i hate speculators, scum! but i think you'll be able to run one from new for 6 months and only drop 2-3k.

I called my dealer who said 5 months. I then called another who said 3 months, and another who said 2 months. I took this back to the original dealer and <ping!> they can also do 2 months.

Don't be pressured by a dealer telling horror stories of dates - they can all squeeze an order in to suit if they think your cash is going to a competitor.

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abarber said:

Hmm, just had a play on the porsche car configurator. They are really taking the p*ss with the spec of the Cayman imho. Add just basic things like climate, bi-xenons (surely should be standard on a 50k porsche these days..), PASM, metallic paint, delivery plus the cheapest 19" wheels that everyone will go for and sat nav, already 50k and still pretty poorly speced. Selling without Sat Nav will be difficult, not many are as enlighted about the cheapness and portibility of tomtom etc.. Even 12k Clio's have climate, decent cd, cruise, xenons these days ffs.

You probably need more information to know if they are taking the p*ss.

For example, sold as they would like it might have cost £50k, but then the price was "wrong" and they were forced to work out a way to reduce it so it looked better. Part of the reason for it looking wrong could be that the higher model, the 911 was priced at £60k and it had to fit in. That model could be priced at 60k by the same design as really its 67k... which mean people would be put off.

See? So they started "playing" with 911 prices years ago, but then are forced into keeping them so as not to have huge jumps. The Cayman then has to, whether they like it or not, fit in.

As a comparision with an S2000:

Sports steering wheel £300 - almost identical to the S2000 standard
Sports seats £900 - almost identical to the S2000 standard
Full leather seats £500 - S2000 standard
Xeon headlights £750 - standard
Good sounding stereo £308 - almost identical to the S2000 standard
19" Alloys £1000, - included on S2k
Limited Slip Diff... ah, NOT available on Cayman, INCLUDED with S2000

Conclusion, S2000 includes a very high standard spec. So, could Honda sell a cheap version of the car with this lot as optional extras? Probably, but they choose not to.