Conny997:
But for me it strongly depends on the economic climate and the puplic acceptance of the SUV'S in common and particularly Porsche SUV's
As you often wrote: time will tell
Exactly.
Yesterday, one of my longtime customers asked me what happened to the Cayenne because he hasn't seen it for a while. I told him that my lease expired (what else... ) and that I'm driving the Mini Cooper S right now. You should have seen his face lighten up, telling me that he always wanted to tell me to get rid of the Cayenne but he was afraid I would misunderstand him (yeah, right...I could misunderstand THAT). I told him that I'm getting a BMW X5 instead because of the kids and his reaction was like "hell, no, not again a SUV". Luckily the discussion ended soon because I had more customers waiting but again this showed to me that people never seem to mind their own business.
Btw: you should hear how each and every customer brags about that stupid DVD with swiss bank data the german IRS got offered for buying. All of them seem so happy that the "rich" are getting busted, I assume this is also a huge publicity stunt for the current government.
I'm happy I ordered the X5 M but at the same time I'm sad that my chances for another Porsche Cayenne, even in the future, seem to be slim. I can't risk my family's future for a car, people are very sensitive about it right now and I highly doubt that it is going to change substantially in the near future.
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RC (Germany) - Rennteam Editor 997 Turbo, BMW X5 M (03/2010), BMW M3 Cab DKG, Mini Cooper S JCW