Cayman announced

[Perfectlap]

I agree Porsche is getting ahead of itself.

BUT THEY CAN GET AWAY WITH IT!

Porsche don't make allot of cars compared to BMW, MERC and Jag.

Those who can afford to say bye bye to half their car's worth after only 4 years are growing in numbers. The wealthy today are getting wealthier and their ravenous desire of luxury goods is approaching that level we saw in the 80's.
Women buying $10,000 handbags makes dropping $70K on "a Porcshe" look like
chump change to them.

Porsche is cashing in while the the getting is good. As interest rates climb Porsche like Merc and BMW will sell fewer and fewer cars. They are aware of this and they aren't the least bit concerned about us regular folk who ******************** about the Cayman being more expensive the Boxster. They are looking to milk max profits on all their cars while demmand is still strong for a car brand that simply has attained a level of exclusivity that won't soon be undone unless these newer Porsches start forcing their well heeled owners to more frequent trips to the dealer than they can tolerate away from the exclusive mall and golf course. Unreliable cars is the kiss of death. Expensive? pffftt...

[eslai]

Originally Posted by Perfectlap

Porsche is cashing in while the the getting is good. As interest rates climb Porsche like Merc and BMW will sell fewer and fewer cars. They are aware of this and they aren't the least bit concerned about us regular folk who ******************** about the Cayman being more expensive the Boxster. They are looking to milk max profits on all their cars while demmand is still strong for a car brand that simply has attained a level of exclusivity that won't soon be undone unless these newer Porsches start forcing their well heeled owners to more frequent trips to the dealer than they can tolerate away from the exclusive mall and golf course. Unreliable cars is the kiss of death. Expensive? pffftt...

Unreliable cars are the kiss of death in the exclusive luxury market? Then how do you explain Ferrari?

[Perfectlap]

Originally Posted by eslai

Unreliable cars are the kiss of death in the exclusive luxury market? Then how do you explain Ferrari?

Ferrari today make perhaps the most reliable cars they have ever made. Luca Di Montemozolo has really turned around that aspect of Ferrari. When he first took over he noticed that the quality control wing (where they fix mistakes) of the factory was almost as large as the assembly area!
Maintenance for those cars is still outrageous but the Ferraris since about 2000 have been very much unlike the cars they've made the previous 20 years.

Also, Ferrari are rarely daily drivers from what I understand. Reliability is not such an issue with that particular car maker. I wonder what the average odometer reading is on Ferrari after 4 years. I'll have to check it out on Ebay

[eslai]

I still hear reports all the time about problems with 360 Modena and newer Ferraris, but yes, if you don't actually drive the car much you won't have many problems.

Anyhow, my point is that I don't see rich folk being scared away by reliability. They'll buy what they think looks good and has status.

[Perfectlap]

well the car is still Italian afterall!

Just from my experience the wealthiest guy I know has a 996 Turbo as his daily driver. The guy has 18 other cars and bikes. When asked why picked the 996 TT
he said someting like "sturdy"