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Discussion in 'Porsche' started by Westworld, Jul 7, 2012.

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  1. Westworld

    Westworld Three Time F1 World Champ
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    #1 Westworld, Jul 7, 2012
  2. SrfCity

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    #2 SrfCity, Jul 7, 2012
    Where's it state the 500K? With today's pricing their dreaming if true. They can't sell all they make currently.
     
  3. Westworld

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    #3 Westworld, Jul 7, 2012
    "By 2020, he estimates, Porsche could quadruple its sales, to as many as 500,000 cars a year, leveraging Volkswagen-driven plans to launch a small sport utility vehicle and other models. Last year, Porsche sold nearly 119,000 cars, more than half of which were Cayenne SUVs and Porsche’s Panamera sedans."
     
  4. anunakki

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    #4 anunakki, Jul 7, 2012
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    They obviously see the world economy improving...

    A lot of population estimates show a growth of around 500m between now and 2020 and China's upper middle class is growing very fast.

    So its not completely unreasonable that Porsche could pull that off
     
  5. judge4re

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    #5 judge4re, Jul 7, 2012
    Are there really that many dentists in the world?
     
  6. PFSEX

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    #6 PFSEX, Jul 8, 2012
    Cayannes are tremendously popular in China...maybe because so many of the roads are in poor condition.

    Still though, 500K is a huge number to sell at current Porsche prices.

    WE sahll see.
     
  7. Simon^2

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    #7 Simon^2, Jul 8, 2012
    By my rough calculation,... they'll need to release a 911 special edition every day.
     
  8. Jedi

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    #8 Jedi, Jul 8, 2012
    Just curious why this is in the "Ferrari Discussion" section :confused:

    Jedi
     
  9. Simon^2

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    #9 Simon^2, Jul 8, 2012
    Because it hasn't been moved.
     
  10. open roads

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    #10 open roads, Jul 8, 2012

    Because we will have to compete against this jaugernaught.
     
  11. sanchezdds

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    #11 sanchezdds, Jul 8, 2012
    I don't get your statement/question???
     
  12. Piper

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    #12 Piper, Jul 8, 2012
    LOL
     
  13. furmano

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    #13 furmano, Jul 8, 2012
    Nice one!

    -F
     
  14. amenasce

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    #14 amenasce, Jul 8, 2012
    Im jewish but not a dentist.
     
  15. Jedi

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    #15 Jedi, Jul 8, 2012
    Well, then we should DEFINITELY have the Corvette discussions in this section too...

    ;)

    Jedi
     
  16. sanchezdds

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    #16 sanchezdds, Jul 8, 2012
    I'm a dentist but not Jewish.
    I think the guy is a anti-dentite, lol
     
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  18. SrfCity

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    #18 SrfCity, Jul 8, 2012
    The only way to pull that off is make a cheapy version for volume, which would cannibalize the brand. VW has a stigma as a kinda blah volume brand as it is. They can dream though :)
     
  19. Westworld

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    #19 Westworld, Jul 9, 2012
    Don't they already share a lot of parts and platforms? Porsche really shot itself in the foot when they tried to takeover VW, but then got a successful reverse takeover attempt on them.
     
  20. Bullfighter

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    #20 Bullfighter, Jul 9, 2012
    I could see Cayenne sales getting them somewhere near that high given China, although probably the hybrid version given their air quality crisis there.

    Still... kind of a reach unless they ramp up production capacity in Asia.
     
  21. luvair

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    #21 luvair, Jul 9, 2012
    No one can predict sales in 2020.

    Do recall reading China is the #1 market for Cayennes. I suspect Russia is not too far behind either. Clearly, VW wants to be the #1 WW car marker, which seems very possible well before 2020.
     
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    #22 Schimpf, Jul 10, 2012
    when I was in Ukraine (Kiev & Lviv/Bukovel) I saw several Cayenne's. More than I've seen in CO by far. It was winter so maybe that helps.
     
  23. scycle2020

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    #23 scycle2020, Jul 16, 2012
    he probably thinks dentists should even have their own schools!!!
     
  24. sanchezdds

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    #24 sanchezdds, Jul 17, 2012
    Haha! Someone got the joke:)
     

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