The new 718 Gt4/Spyder are here!

The new 718 Gt4/Spyder are here!

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Wilmslowboy

4,188 posts

205 months

Thursday 28th November 2019
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T2TC said:
Notice on the UK Porsche web site they have removed the "*limited availability" against 718 Spyder and GT4. Im sure it was there and possibly still is but I cant see it. Is this a sign that indeed they wont be limiting production volumes this time?
Spoke to a chap today, he got a call from his local Porsche dealership this month, and offered a March slot GT4, he wasn't even on the waiting list, only bought one 911 (non GT) from the dealer last year.

Lucky chap, happened to answer his phone at the right time, and be in a position to say yes.


TDT

4,910 posts

118 months

Thursday 28th November 2019
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Wilmslowboy said:
Lucky chap, happened to answer his phone at the right time, and be in a position to say yes.
This.

Twinfan

10,125 posts

103 months

Thursday 28th November 2019
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Not on the list, really? OPCs are cold calling offering GT4 slots now as no-one wants them?

JasonSteel

566 posts

95 months

Thursday 28th November 2019
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Twinfan said:
Not on the list, really? OPCs are cold calling offering GT4 slots now as no-one wants them?
i was cold called too. well, cold emailed actually...

Twinfan

10,125 posts

103 months

Thursday 28th November 2019
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I'm surprised, but maybe Porsche are actually producing these cars in decent numbers - hurrah!

Or the flippers have left town, which again can only be good news smile

Twinfan

10,125 posts

103 months

Thursday 28th November 2019
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JasonSteel said:
i was cold called too. well, cold emailed actually...
From what you said a few pages back, I'm wondering if they had/have a buyer lined up for your CGTS, hence the email...

JasonSteel

566 posts

95 months

Friday 29th November 2019
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Twinfan said:
From what you said a few pages back, I'm wondering if they had/have a buyer lined up for your CGTS, hence the email...
maybe just a combination of factors? improved supply of 718GT4/Spyder, VIP customers waiting for GT4RS or maybe they're going for a Taycan instead?

i think they just went through their books and cold called in order of how much ££ they they thought they could extract from a potential deal. they said they had plenty of LOIs in and a queue of people waiting (which i believe), so the only reason I was called is because they could have made more from me via forced px/finance. the option to just buy the car no strings was not on the table.

tedblog

1,438 posts

79 months

Friday 29th November 2019
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Reading offered an April build slot last week to an interested party. I think a few people in the i'd buy one department havent because at the time of interest you dont know the cost and situations change ?

Twinfan

10,125 posts

103 months

Friday 29th November 2019
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March and April build slots coming through then? Definitely more availability - great news for those that want one!

thelostboy

4,562 posts

224 months

Friday 29th November 2019
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Wasn't this always the case? The impression was always given that if you wanted one, you will probably get one, you might just have to wait.

Same with the 981 to be fair, if you persisted then you could get one of the last ones. The difference now is the car market has had it's reality check, and people aren't as confident to throw money at cars now it may not be free motoring.

tedblog

1,438 posts

79 months

Friday 29th November 2019
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Twinfan said:
March and April build slots coming through then? Definitely more availability - great news for those that want one!
Seems that way , although we arent talking many, just the odd 1 here and there.

Twinfan

10,125 posts

103 months

Friday 29th November 2019
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As a rough guess, one car per month per OPC seems about the level at the moment for GT4s. Over the suggested production run, that would be

2019: 3 x 35 = 105
2020: 12 x 35 = 420
2021: 12 x 35 = 420
2022: 6 x 35 = 210

That's approx 1200 UK cars, or twice as many as last time, over 3 years. There were 600 UK 981 GT4s built over 12 month period (mid 2015 - mid 2016) with many non-GT Cayster slots being re-allocated to GT4 builds instead.

av185

18,433 posts

126 months

Friday 29th November 2019
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Twinfan said:
As a rough guess, one car per month per OPC seems about the level at the moment for GT4s. Over the suggested production run, that would be

2019: 3 x 35 = 105
2020: 12 x 35 = 420
2021: 12 x 35 = 420
2022: 6 x 35 = 210

That's approx 1200 UK cars, or twice as many as last time, over 3 years. There were 600 UK 981 GT4s built over 12 month period (mid 2015 - mid 2016) with many non-GT Cayster slots being re-allocated to GT4 builds instead.
There are currently 42 UK OPCs.

Unconvinced there will be production into 2022.

Twinfan

10,125 posts

103 months

Friday 29th November 2019
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I forgot the factory shuts in August and probably half of December, so that would make it:

2019: 3.5 x 42 = 147
2020: 10.5 x 42 = 441
2021: 10.5 x 42 = 441
2022: 7 x 42 = 294

So that would be ~1300 cars. If they don't go into 2022 model year and finish at the 2021 summer shutdown, possibly leaving the factory free to produce the RS models after that point, that would give:

2019: 3.5 x 42 = 147
2020: 10.5 x 42 = 441
2021: 7 x 42 = 294

So ~900 cars.

av185

18,433 posts

126 months

Friday 29th November 2019
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Initial predictions were for 800 cars.

oo7ml

379 posts

104 months

Friday 29th November 2019
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Ireland only has one OPC, and aI was lucky to get the only 2019 slot (although I won’t be picking it up until Jan, as it arrives late Dec)... and as far as I know they only have 2 slots for 2020.

Porsche911R

21,146 posts

264 months

Friday 29th November 2019
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oo7ml said:
Ireland only has one OPC, and aI was lucky to get the only 2019 slot (although I won’t be picking it up until Jan, as it arrives late Dec)... and as far as I know they only have 2 slots for 2020.
they get new slots every 3 months.

oo7ml

379 posts

104 months

Friday 29th November 2019
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Porsche911R said:
oo7ml said:
Ireland only has one OPC, and aI was lucky to get the only 2019 slot (although I won’t be picking it up until Jan, as it arrives late Dec)... and as far as I know they only have 2 slots for 2020.
they get new slots every 3 months.
Every OPC in Europe, or the UK?

Every GT car or this GT4?

Yidwann

1,872 posts

209 months

Saturday 30th November 2019
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So I’m in the camp of willing to wait, to be honest this time next year would be about perfect, do you think I’d get a slot? No buying history with any OPC, although Portsmouth have always been great to deal with in discussions.

Romo

318 posts

115 months