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Mspeedster

Porsche has also released a special tribute Spyder that comes with the watch.

bpsmith

I had to stop and read that a second time. This watch suddenly became a lot more attractive with a free Porsche which comes with the watch. 😂

All jokes aside, that is a cool edition.

Aquagraph

How much is that?

Aquagraph

So probably North of $300,000?

YY77

Agreed, have been working in automotive for 26 years now, only times cars at RRP where sold was limited models (Subaru GT turbo 25 stars only 250 imported in Holland) or Niro EV and EV6 which were scarce initially and add up income tax was very low 0~4% so demand was high. Discount is normal for those models nowadays.

Our dealers aren't allowed to sell above RRP.

YY77

Mostly due to EU rules, same with the block exemption which resulted in a lot of Germans, French and English people buying a car in the Netherlands because our NCP being so low and saving up to 5k instead of buying locally. A Kia Stinger 3.3 was RRP 100k (due to VAT and co2 taxation) but NCP was 49k.

bpsmith

What’s the situation with this double mark up at US Porsche dealerships then? Do they not profit enough from the outset, without adding a second massive profit margin?

You’ll be saying you can’t just walk in and buy one without previous historical purchases at the dealer next… 😉

This sort of practice will never fly with me, no matter how much cash I ever have. If it’s not RRP or below, then I am out.

I don’t mean future pricing when there’s literally only 1 or 2 of a particular model left, but RRP should be RRP when an authorised dealer is selling a product brand new.

Just my simple honest opinion. Others are welcome to disagree.

Mspeedster

I agree with you, but such is the situation with most Porsche dealers in the US.

Now how much they markup will vary by the dealer and this mainly pertains to the rare highly sought after models.

This is how one Porsche dealer explained it to me. The dealerships that can sell the most cars can typically get a higher allocation of the rare RS models. For the smaller dealerships, they might not even get an allocation for a RS. Or some might only get 1 or 2 for the entire generation of the given model. So when they do get one, they feel it's their right and/or reward to sell it for as much as the market will bear.

A person I know paid an additional $100K markup for his GT3RS and considered himself lucky. He waited 6 years for it and if he didn't take it, the next guy would. And yes, many dealers do give historical purchase priority to those on their waitlists.

Hence my guestimate: A fully loaded 718 Spyder RS will cost close to $220K, add the cost of the watch (because nothing in life is free) and we're up to $250K. Dealer markup of a $100K would put it around $350K.