Opening A Porsche dealership?

[Perfectlap]

Anyone know what it takes to open a Porsche dealership? Any info is much appreciated.

[Marc Gelefsky]

Originally Posted by Perfectlap

Anyone know what it takes to open a Porsche dealership? Any info is much appreciated.

Alot of capitol I would assume...
Seems like new Porsches dealers dont open around here, they just change owners or move.
So you would need an open territory or to purchase a dealer.

[blinkwatt]

Originally Posted by Marc Gelefsky

Alot of capitol I would assume...
Seems like new Porsches dealers dont open around here, they just change owners or move.
So you would need an open territory or to purchase a dealer.

Does Porsche makes contracts so only one person(investor) within 100 miles radius(example) can have a Porsche dealer?

[Marc Gelefsky]

Originally Posted by blinkwatt

Does Porsche makes contracts so only one person(investor) within 100 miles radius(example) can have a Porsche dealer?

They limit dealers geographically for sure, in this heavily populated area it can be a little as 8-10 miles.

[RandallNeighbour]

A friend's dad opened a Chevy dealership years ago. He needed 1.5 million bucks to do it. I would imagine a new Porsche dealership would require at least as much capitol plus a hefty debt to build the building, buy the land, outfit the service bays, etc.

I can't think of any reason why any sane person would want to own a car dealership unless they grew up in it and didn't know any better.

[Brucelee]

Capital and experience. And lots of capital, did I mention that?

oh, and being German helps too!


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[janzenms]

Originally Posted by Perfectlap

Anyone know what it takes to open a Porsche dealership? Any info is much appreciated.

I would just call, write or email them. I got this contact info from the http://press.porsche.com website (shhhh carrera/carrera):

Porsche Cars North America, Inc.
980 Hammond Drive, Suite 1000
Atlanta, Georgia, 30328

Public Relations
Martin Peters (770) 290-3667