Got This Today From Porsche - 986 Forum - The Community for Porsche Boxster & Cayman Owners

Meir · 08-09-2016, 03:48 PM

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Originally Posted by BIGJake111

@pominoz I honestly think the manual take rate was small to begin with, any 981 I've seen parked around town has been pdk. As for 718 sales, idk if their good or bad but I can Guarantee you Porsche has been planning on giving this car a major marketing push from the start in preparation of 4 cylinder backlash. They new the styling had to be almost perfect, the marketing material strong, and that maybe a Le Mans victory with a 4 cylinder in the past year would help as well. All of this was prepared well ahead of sales figures and it's simply the company giving an extra push where it's expected to be valuable.

+1
I moved to the US almost 9 years ago.
This is the first time I see a Porsche commercial on TV.
Porsche a definetly being aggressive with this one.

husker boxster · 08-09-2016, 04:26 PM

I was at the dealer a cpl wks ago and asked if I'd missed the 718 intro (there was a 718 on the showroom floor). The sales mgr said no, Porsche wants them to do the intro in Sep and be part of some sort of 'event'. Our intro is Sep 24 and includes 2 driving sessions as well as a golf outing (intro is at a golf course). That date happens to be a Neb football away game Sat that kicks off at night, so other dealers may have their intro some other day earlier in the mo. No one would show up on a home game Sat and it might be hard to have an 'event' during the wk.

I've seen the Boxster sunset commercial many times on many stations. Porsche is putting a lot of push into the 718.

lkchris · 08-09-2016, 06:27 PM

The "event" in Albuquerque is this weekend, and I've received a nice invitation but not a book. Just some horse doovers at the dealership.

It's too early to say how sales are going, but VW needs all the Porsche sales it can muster to fund dieselgate.

I'm a retiree as well and likely don't impress with my $11K 2001 and in any event I think I like funky as opposed to super duper Mark Webber endorsed. I'd have a 356 before a 718 if they were affordable. I do want Sirius and NAV, but that's only $1200 or so.