fritz:
reginos:

Porsche sold 22.000 Panameras in 2013. Who bought those, since nobody wants one? 

When we comment we sometimes tend to generalize from the specific, as no one of us here has the full picture.

I remember that before the Panamera was introduced there were doubts expressed here about whether it would ever achieve the declared sales target of 20000 units/annum. If it is selling 22000 /annum well into the life of the current model, then I wouldn't call it a flop. 

And

2011: 22.500

2012: 27.300

Because these sales are very dispersed all over the world (unlike the sports models) people don't see lots of cars in their area and they consequently think that the model doesn't sell.

For example, around 6000-6500 are sold annually in the USA. A drop in the ocean and hence they are not conspicuous.

 


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