What Do They Do With The Test Cars?

[Perfectlap]

CRUSHED!!!

[RandallNeighbour]

I'm willing to put money on a bet that my 97 was a demonstration vehicle... it was one of the first boxsters off the assembly line. I know this because the earliest ones did not have an outside temperature sensor.

I also suspect my car was a demo car because it's in such poor condition

[Rail26]

Randall...careful, she might be listening and in the process of breaking in the garage as we speak.

[limoncello]

Quote: They must either be returned to the country of origin or crushed.

Maybe they could sell me one for 2-3 grand to use as a track car.... :dance:

[Onad]

It seems like a huge investment to bring 100 plus Cayman demonstrator cars to the US and Spain to be driven very hard by dealers and other folk.

[Brucelee]

If you are talking about the cars that are loaned to Porsche staff for testing, I would NOT be afraid to purchase these cars.

I know these guys and they do NOT hammer the cars.

Originally Posted by Brucelee

If you are talking about the cars that are loaned to Porsche staff for testing, I would NOT be afraid to purchase these cars.

I know these guys and they do NOT hammer the cars.

My original question was in reference to the cars driven by the dealers for showcasing the new Cayman the past few weeks. Or other Porsches for that matter. For example a bunch of the dealers were in Atlanta a couple weeks ago.

I have seen two Boxsters driven as you state above, and both were pretty beaten. One was in Cincinnati (6,000 miles) and another was in south Florida (16,000 miles). Both driven by Porsche North America executives.