I really like them.

 

I'll take one in black, please

 

Phoenix,

For ocean freight, we just drive them into a container, nail down wood blocks to secure the wheels and use thick grade nylon straps to secure the vehicles down. Batteries are cut off for the 40+ days of transit.

For Air Freight, we drive to our forwarders who then drive them to the airport where the cars are loaded onto a metal plate, tied down, and air freighted via Lufthansa.

For both modes, all petrol (gas) is removed to avoid mid air/sea ignition.

 

very nice

 

As for shipping a Carrera GT overseas, I was working on a black one about 3 years ago. The deal fell apart because customer specifically needed one unit with low miles and a "lucky" production #. I have since shipped an SLR, a few Maybach 62s, and a few Bentleys. One might say that's I'm very lucky to be in the biz but frankly with all dreams in life, when you've had/seen/felt enough of it, the dream sorta losses it's wow-ness. Honestly this Cayenne GTS is just another car, sure it's a Porsche but the plastic buttons, faux titanium and CF this, CF that really doesn't impress me nor can I justify it being more than a Touareg but hey that's what my customers want. Now, a real car with great fit and materials- Spyker or Zonda!

 

Good God almighty!!!!

 

Why aren't they covered when they are shipped via air/water?

 

Dealers are required to perform PDI before sale.

 

I'm aware of that, but wouldn't the covers protect them during transport or not really? Any of them were manual GTS?

 

wantone,

thanks for the detailed answers. i greatly appreciate it.

 

i still don't understand why you buy them from the States instead of buying it from the 1st hand, which is the Porsche factory in Germany, where you can get closer to your european customers and make even more money...

 

Weak dollars, Porsche technically only sells to dealerships/retailers directly (no wholesalers), and the extremely high sales tax or registration fees in many other countries are my guesses.

 

Wow, does it take that long from east coast to Ukraine? From west coast to Hong Kong only takes 2 weeks How many stops do they make along the way???

I cannot imagine how much it would cost to air freight a car over??? All those dealerships were right, you must be making tens of thousands of dollars on each car

I kid I kid

 

They do and I always insist on covers on. This way people who take the cars out of the containers don't scratch the delicate colors like dark blue, blacks, and metallic blacks.

None were manual shift. I could have ordered it that way but in the Russian market, automatic gearboxes are a luxury item.

 

Let's say Porsche had 3 kids and each kid sold cars in their own countries. For Kid #1 Europe, Porsche decides to charge $10 for a Cayenne. Kid #2 Asia, Porsche decides to charge $11 for a Cayenne. Kid #3 USA, it's most favorite, $8. So would you not buy from kid #3 at $8 and sell to Kids 1 & 2 for $9 and make a small profit? Completely legal!