The way to keep good dealer relationships that will afford the opportunity to buy at sticker is when you do get rid of a car it goes back to the same dealer. I have done this many times over the years with many marques and now receive first opportunity at limited production cars that I am able to configure the way I want. The plus with cars going for premiums is that there is usually room for the dealer to make you whole and then market the car with a premium. So I think we should thank those that are willing to pay over sticker! But there are times when you lose some money as well and that is just part of the price of admission. This is a win-win.

Real enthusiasts don't FLIP cars, these guys are one hit wonders that don't get another shot at buying for sticker. Nothing worse than a dealer seeing a car they recently sold at sticker to an established "customer" up for sale at a premium. I know of several instances where my Porsche and Ferrari dealers have told buyers that they would have to do their future business elsewhere. The exotic auto world is very small.

At the level of autombiles we are talking about dealers take care of their relationships first and know that they will make more money over the long-run with a consitent customer (and referral source). Allocations are slim and there is lots of competetition for these cars so dealers try to make sure that first and foremost their high-profile customers are taken care of.

My dealer has two GT2 allocations of which I had one of the cars. When my RS arrived I offered by GT2 allocation back to my dealer if that would help with them supporting another good customer and they were thrilled! Win-Win!!

 

Ferrari has really cracked down...dealers cant sell "New cars" out of territory to anyone for fear of losing future allocations...For new it has to be through your local...The local is only allocated so many cars in a year...the names and relationships with the dealership is long...say Ferrari of CF gets 200 cars per year yet have 2000 names/relationships with there dealer ...someone is going to have to die off in order to get at MSRP as there is only so many seats available...On average you have to purchase around 3 used cars from them to get MSRP...When your buying used your paying Market which includes Premiums : ) But the dealers making it not the individual....That's how it works...Not so in Porsche land...Premium is a new word just recently discovered with the RS...most individuals with the RS will sell for there entitled premium ....The Porsche world is now in the learning stages of this ...the dealer should be entitled to the market premium and not the individual...so those who get for MSRP understands it goes back minus wear and tear come sell time...it'll eliminate the flippers etc..otherwise the only way to level the field is to sell for market from the get go....try and get a Scud at sticker....

 

I don't think that 997 GT2 will have the same depreciation as the 996 GT2, but it will still hit $170-180K(from $220K loaded) in 2 years, we will see.

 

ive had two dealers with whom i've bot other stuff, one got me an RS...$30 over. the market they wanted 2 months ago was 65, they were singing a different tune at 30 over last week.
im passing for now. last time i had a gt2, i got it at msrp and still took a bath in less than a year. really great car but i just dig my rs a bit more.
great stuff though. dont pay up over that 30or so. two dealers were at that price just this past week.

 

I see somebody from Manhattan MotorCars is on this post saying 100k over. Who is the world buys cars from that place at the crazy pries they ask. How long have they been sitting on the White and Orange RS they have for over 200k on both ?

 

Porsche should do a Preferred VIP customer list a la Ferrari to determine who should get rare cars like the GT2 and GT3-RS.

I think those who owned GT2s, GT3s or CGTs should get priority. And the more of them you've owned, the better. This is a great way to build brand loyalty.

 

Scuderia's all day long.