nberry:
RC:

You really don't think Porsche could build a direct mid engined Ferrari 488 competitor which would also sell well (2000-3000 units per year at under 300k)? 


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RC (Germany) - Rennteam Editor Porsche 991 Carrera 4 GTS Cabriolet, Porsche Macan Turbo, Audi R8 V10 Plus (2017), Mini JCW (2015), Jeep Grand Cherokee SRT (2014)

 

Christian, which would you buy? Personally, my days of paying $250,000 for a sport car are long past. I enjoy a good sport car but I don't have to pay that amount to enjoy one.Smiley

Let me be honest with you: Just looked up my R8 yesterday in the Audi configurator because I was checking if there are new options available (a new MY just started). The car is not 216k EUR as I posted before but 220k EUR. I forgot to add the 3 years/100000 km extra warranty. No, I would have never paid 220k EUR for my R8, maybe for a Huracan (I like the design of the Huracan more). My price was 172k EUR. I think is it a very fair price for my R8 with 3300 km on it (I drove over 500 km of these 3300 km, so basically I got the car with 2800 km). Build month/year was April 2016, so this was a pretty new car. For 172k EUR, a good deal, considering that the car is fully optioned and I saved 48k EUR over the MSRP. Yes, brand-new, I could have gotten the car for 200k or maybe even 199k but thats not the point.

For me, to pay over 250k EUR for a car, the car would need to be very special. I wouldn't pay this amount of money even for a 911 R with PDK and rear seats, sorry. I would pay this kind of money for a 991 GT2 RS but only if this car can deliver the (early) performance promises. I would pay 250k for a Superleggera with AWD or a "960" if it offers enough emotions (nice sounding engine/exhaust) with it.

250k are a lot of money for me and I am glad I didn't spend this kind of money on that F12 I liked a while ago because I really love the sound and the engine of the F12 but I'm not sure I would have been happy with this car. I am still into AWD cars, big time.


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RC (Germany) - Rennteam Editor Porsche 991 Carrera 4 GTS Cabriolet, Porsche Macan Turbo, Audi R8 V10 Plus (2017), Mini JCW (2015), Jeep Grand Cherokee SRT (2014)