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EricAlain said:
Here are some HARD facts:

During FY 05-06 (Aug 05-July 06), Porsche sold (worldwide):
Cayman : 14,002 units
Boxster : 13,904 units

2 remarks:
a) The Cayman S was introduced in November 05 in Europe and in January 06 in North America.
b) The regular Cayman was launched in July 06 in Europe and in NA.

Bottom line the Cayman has been more or less only 6 month on the market in FY 05-06 and acheived sales equivalent to those of the Boxster.

North America (US + CAN)
Jan 06: 1,048
Feb 06: 566
March 06: 592
April 06: 699
May 06: 587
June 06 : 442
July 06: 650 (incl 195 Regular Cayman)
Aug 06: 548 (incl 181 Regular)
Sept 06: 494 (incl 194 Regular)

Therefore I wouldn't say the Cayman is a slow seller ....



I'm afraid you're wrong. These statistics don't say anything about how many cars actually went to customers.
Many Porsche dealers in Germany apparently were "forced" to get a couple of Caymans to be able to get a satisfying 997 Turbo, GT3, GT3RS quota. There is even more to it: those dealers who got so many Cayman added a license plate to them to "enhance" sales figures (cars registered to the dealership appear like regular sales in ordinary statistics).

Fact is: you can get a brandnew Cayman S with at least 10% rebate over here in Germany, even better deals. No other Porsche is sold with that much rebate and I'm pretty sure that Porsche doesn't like it at all.

My small dealer had three or four Cayman S available for immediate delivery, this is insane.

I can't speak for the US or other countries but I can tell you how the Cayman S sells in Germany and it sucks.
Go to ANY german dealer and you'll realize very fast that I'm telling the truth. Not to speak about the reputation of the Cayman amongst "hardcore" Porsche lovers which would rather accept a Cayenne than a Cayman.