Porsche Slashes Prices Up To $36K In Oz To Drive Sales

WHAT do Porsches and refrigerators have in common? Not much, because you can’t treat one like the other, according to Porsche Australia managing director Michael Winkler.

Mr Winkler said a decision to cut up to $36,000 off the price of Porsche models last month as part of a drive to spur sales in Australia had upset about 50 customers who had either missed out on the deals, or taken a hit on future resale values.

Porsche had dealt with all of them to their satisfaction, Mr Wrinkler said, including one customer paying full price for a car three days before the cuts were announced.

“When we made the announcement, we had a process in place for customers to address their concerns,” he said.

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pcar4evr - 6/4/2013 3:59:52 PM

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Imported car prices and taxes on them in Oz are nuts. A $75K Porsche in the U.S. would cost you about $200K. My R8 spyder goes for around $400K and a Rolls for about $1M. I recently read an editorial stating that to support social security in the future, the U.S. should go to a VAT system as other countries have. If that ever happened (it won't), we really will be talking about the "good old days" when it comes to high end car ownership