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amjf088 said:
Well, it's up to Porsche to offer what they want and price "options" as they see fit. No one's holding a gun to your head. If you don't like it, don't buy it!
Hate to say it, but differentiated pricing (or price discrimination, what this actually is) is a valid economic tool. If you want it, buy it, but don't cry about it, Porsche does not "owe" it to us. Our power as consumers is our choice to buy or not buy. If you feel the offering is not worth the dollars, then don't spend...
It's like charging all those ridiculous dollars for painted interior trim. Yes, it is outrageous, but it is entirely our choice.
I'm sure there's a point in there somewhere
, but please, let's be serious. I have to pay Porsche to provide the overboost feature? A 20.000 Euro Ford Focus has it, but I have to pay extra to get it? Let me be clear. The 911 Turbo is supposed to be the ULTIMATE Porsche has to offer, with the possibility of the Turbo S coming in a few years' time, but it seems (if the rumor is true) what Porsche has done is they took the Turbo, stripped it bare and now the base Turbo is going to be some kind of entry level car, on which you'll have to pay extra for a simple ECU feature and pay through the nose to get to the Turbo S, which will be the true performer. Now, I've been looking at the TTS from the beginning, but it's the principle of it all that bothers me. I am absolutely convinced that our "base" $130.000+ 997TT will be destroyed by the $65.000 C6 Z06. Why couldn't they just launch the car they've dubbed the Turbo S as the base Turbo and the powerkit TTS as the Turbo S? I'm not expecting them to be economic morons, but the company is basing its image on heritage, which involves us enthusiasts, not some Wall street broker who is willing to pay through the nose just to get the newest and hottest on the market.
Nick, it seems as you might actually be proven right.