The CPO warranty is something that the dealer purchases from Porsche. To do this, the car has to meet criteria that Porsche sets, ie, only so old, only so many miles, no frame issues etc, parts up to snuff.
When a dealer buys a car that meets Porsche's criteria, they do their own inspection and decide if it makes economic sense to do the CPO. This would require that they bring all wearable parts up to speed, tires, brakes, etc. and they pay Porsche the fee of around $2000 for the warranty.
They then add about $5K to the price and buff the baby up.
That is about it.
You can draw your conclusions on value of this process. Sometimes, if a car is not a CPO car, it is simply a matter of the car being too old or having too many miles.
Other times, it is an issue of the costs required to bring the car up to standard, weighed by the dealer's thoughts on what the car will bring.
Good luck with your decision.
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Rich Belloff
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