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Post by Tim on Feb 18, 2019 13:45:25 GMT
Porsche have announced a plan to possibly introduce a 10% surcharge after Brexit. www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-47270616I wonder if they're testing the water for a price rise, to see if this will actually have any effect on their sales figures. |
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Post by franki68 on Feb 18, 2019 15:24:15 GMT
Their sales have collapsed anyway,I am guessing that cayenne and Macan sales suffered enormously due to them dropping Diesel engines.
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Post by Martin on Feb 18, 2019 15:27:28 GMT
They seemed to suffer a lot with WLTP as well which has hurt their sales. You couldn’t order a car 9-10 months ago and that lasted for a long time.
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Post by chipbutty on Feb 18, 2019 21:18:56 GMT
Porsche pricing is already eye watering.
I priced up a Panamera GTS and it was amazing how many quite basic features were optional on a £105k car.
Valuing/buying a used one must be hard work given the breadth of spec across a relatively small pool of cars.
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Post by Martin on Feb 19, 2019 7:13:01 GMT
They’re only preparing their customers for a possible 10% import tariff, so they avoid any issues/upset if it gets put in place.
But to Tim’s point, it does test the market.
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Post by humphreythepug on Mar 5, 2019 7:55:07 GMT
They’re only preparing their customers for a possible 10% import tariff, so they avoid any issues/upset if it gets put in place. But to Tim’s point, it does test the market. Yep, we've (Renault and Dacia) already had info and the heads up about a possible 10% import tarrif coming into effect, this will also affect orders that are already in the order bank if not imported by the end of April (I think it is), so if it comes to fruition I foresee many cancellations, my immediate manager was moaning about it and exclaiming how could such a thing happen etc, I loudly exclaimed that it was all those idiots who voted leave who didn't really know what they were voting for that have got us into this possible situation, he kept quiet and looked a bit sheepish................. he voted leave! |
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Post by Bob Sacamano v2.0 on Mar 5, 2019 8:26:29 GMT
It's a difficult scenario for car manufacturers - I'm not sure the market can stand an across the board 10% tariff without sales collapsing further, and their margins cannot swallow it so it has to be passed on. Might be good news for Jaguar domestically I suppose.
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Post by michael on Mar 5, 2019 8:51:24 GMT
It’d only be EU built cars that would be affected though. Everything else is subject to 10% anyway.
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Post by johnc on Mar 5, 2019 9:59:34 GMT
They’re only preparing their customers for a possible 10% import tariff, so they avoid any issues/upset if it gets put in place. But to Tim’s point, it does test the market. According to one of my regular Porsche buying clients, the scare story was also an attempt to bring people in to dealers to buy existing stock which is piling up in yards across the country. Dealers are struggling across the board and more so at the top end. |
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Post by PG on Mar 5, 2019 11:13:49 GMT
According to one of my regular Porsche buying clients, the scare story was also an attempt to bring people in to dealers to buy existing stock which is piling up in yards across the country. Dealers are struggling across the board and more so at the top end. Whoever thought of that? "If you don't come and buy the huge number of cars we have in stock, then they'll be 10% more in a month's time". Yes that will really pull the punters in.... |
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