Porsche to miss forecasted number for first year Cayenne sales?

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Dear 001,

Porsche Cars North America is starting to make it a little tougher for the  Auto Spies sleuths: the June US sales report has stopped furnishing the "Dealer Stock" data, which gave the buyer valuable insight into the supply/demand equation.

The headlines show unit sales up 27% from last year. Of course, all the increase is from US sales for the Cayenne which are holding steady, with 1401 units delivered in June, vice 1388 in May, the first full month they were available. If the rate holds constant, that is about 17,000 units a year.

Things in the sports car department don't look so good at all. The venerable 911 continues a downward trend, with only 790 moved last month against 950 in April. Compared to last year's "year-to-date" numbers  911 sales are 20% lower.

Boxster sales are worse, with only 520 units out the doors, compared to 670 last month.  The crunch really shows when you compare year to date sales, which are down over a third, 37% of last year.

Back to non-disclosure of inventory...autotrader.com shows a slight rise, from 512 new units advertised early in June to 544 today (03 and 04 model years). If you are thinking about buying a Porsche, keep a close eye on local dealer inventory through the porschedealer.com sites.  This data may or may not include pre-sold units and orders not yet delivered, but the smart buyer will take a look at every bit of info out there.

Auto Spies Perspective: It is interesting...but the thing no one has picked up on yet, is that they forecasted around 25,000 units getting sold in the USA, for the first year. By these numbers, it looks like they will be coming up a little short at 17,000 or so...We're surprised to say the least. We thought they would hit their first year target and run into trouble, selling the second 25,000 units...We'll keep a close eye on this. Feddback to rumors@autospies.com .

Model                                   Month to Date    Year to Date
                                             Current  Prior   Current   Prior
                                               Year    Year     Year     Year
    Boxster                                  302     640     2112     3261
    Boxster S                               218     474     1355     2197
    ALL BOXSTER                        520    1114     3467     5458
    Carrera Coupe                         126     149      816     1007
    911 Targa                                 27      69      239      414
    Carrera Cabriolet                     197     286     1226     1763
    Carrera 4 Coupe                          0       0        2        7
    911 Turbo Coupe                      144     220      866     1123
    Carrera 4 S Coupe                    211     181      987      890
    Carrera 4 Cabriolet                     75     101      548      703
    GT3 Coupe                                  1       0        2        0
    GT2 Coupe                                  9      14       66       62
    ALL 911                                  790    1020     4752     5969
    Cayenne S                              1154       0     3930        0
    Cayenne Turbo                          247       0     1066        0
    ALL CAYENNE                        1401       0     4996        0
    
    GRAND TOTALS                     2711    2134    13215    11427