RC:

Right now, there isn't a good time for high priced executive limousines, so if Porsche wants to have success with the Panamera, they have two choices only in my opinion: they could delay the Panamera introduction by a year or so OR they could offer special business lease models to make the Panamera attractive to business owners.

      

 I don't think that delaying the car is a viable option, After they've shown the pictures so early, it will look old if it is not launched in the next 6 months or so, IMO.

If they can make a good profit with 20,000 units p.a. I don't think they will have a problem shifting these numbers. S-class sells some 85,000 units by comparison.

Porsche might need to bring the diesel model(s) forward a bit, however.

For God's sake there is crisis, but not everybody will lose his job or get poor. There are lots of recession-proof people in the world!

 


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