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[Brett Dikeman]

On Nov 29, 2006, at 1:37 PM, Taka Mizutani wrote:

> It's not all bad- I don't think the Boxster, Cayman or 997 are all  
> that bad.
>
> The Cayenne I never really understood

Porsche conducted a survey, and found a large number of their  
customers a)owned an SUV and b)would buy (not "want"- BUY, a decent  
distinction) an SUV from Porsche if they made one.   It may have been  
a travesty to some, ugly to anyone with a pulse...but when your  
existing customers say "whatever it is, I'll buy it!"...you whisper  
"deny, but take deposits!" to your dealers, and get to work on it :-)

The Cayman...lot of people would like to have one, but it seems  
anyone who's going to buy one, has.  Around here in MA, you don't see  
them often at all, not like Boxsters used to be.  And I have it on  
good authority that a dealer to the north has OVER 30 Cayman S models  
sitting in a side lot doing nothing but collecting rust- and that was  
AFTER they offered something like $10k off sticker, a deal they got  
into a heap of trouble with Porsche over.

Brett