Does anyone actually buy this crap? If you've got that kind of money to spend on a car why on earth would you ever spend it on a porsche sedan

>>28458652 (OP)
People buy them. It's mostly guys who want to fit in with all the other Porsche faggots at the country club who's wives won't let them buy a 911.

>>28458652 (OP)
they need a gt3 rs allocation

>>28458652 (OP)
https://newsroom.porsche.com/en_US/2024/company/porsche-reports-US-retail-sales-for-2023.html
don't be retarded
people want useable vehicle and 99% of buyers don't care about benchracing or buying the 'optimum' car

if you are really interested, look up the urus profit margin
recently reported the bentayga and urus make up ~30-40% of the operating profit for the entire volkswage/audi group
these cars sell well, and make huge profits for their manufacturers which creates a feedback loop of investment

>>28458652 (OP)
"A fool and his money are soon parted."

>>28458686
>don't be retarded
Did you even open your own link? Panamera is apparently the worse selling model in the lineup.

>>28458666
REAL MEN (europeans) need the cars first. 100s of GT3/rs daily on the nordschleife.

>>28458652 (OP)
because you want a sedan with a local dealer network in case something goes wrong, but you also want something fast and comfortable

>>28458729
because they are all buying taycans now, but everything is outsold by macans/cayennes

>>28458750
Or in other words, the answer to "Does anyone actually buy this crap" was "no"

>>28458652 (OP)
well, anon, imagine that you're shopping for a large luxury sedan, but you don't just want the luxury part, tho you definitely want it too, you also want it to be fun to drive.

and i don't mean just haul ass in straight line, they all do, even a tesla, but like actually good driving dynamics.
but the s63 is too shit, way too compromised in both directions. and the i7-7series looks like shit, so that's out immediately. and the a8 is, and looks, about as boring as any other audi (except the r8). oh, and the lexus ls doesn't even have a sporty/fun version, its just straight luxobarge through and through.

then here comes porsche, and they give you something that actually drives extremely well, is built to a standard that only bentley/RR can surpass, can actually carry 4 adults + luggage in great comfort, and also drives like a porsche should in the twisties.

its not exactly rocket science.

>>28458652 (OP)
Listen I’m not shitting on you but you’re obviously poor and don’t understand how wealthy people make purchases, it’s okay I’m not insulting you I’m just stating objective reality. You think 195k pounds is expensive, but to the purchaser of an exclusive edition car, this is maybe a week or two of earnings at most and not really on their radar or cost. Basically they wanted a vehicle, the guy at the dealership said “we got this and it’s a great sedan” and they bought it. On the scale of shit that wealthy people buy, this isn’t even a blip. Check out boat and jet prices to get an idea.
But with cars there’s an ass for every seat and some of these things depreciate quickly and become accessible to a wider range of incomes that want to act like they’re baller. But you want to buy a car from the first owner and not the bhph lot.

>>28458750
>they are all buying taycans now
lmao they're not, a few client dealers I work with can't move any of the fuckers now that the initial rush is gone. They're all turning into service loaners

>>28458785
this.
as it turns out, an electric sports car is like a hooters girl with a-cups. they get the job done, sure, but all the fun is gone.

>>28458652 (OP)
Some people just want a front-engined Porsche.

>>28458792
Do they want a quarter million dollar 4 door one with a VW sourced hybrid engine?

>>28458773
Taycan is like an A6 or 5 series dumb fag. They’re also selling like dog shit

>>28458652 (OP)
There's a lot of people who makes 100x more money than you.
$200k to them feels like $2k to you.

>>28458792
Unironically, most want a 1994 lancer 1.6

>>28458652 (OP)
I wish these were cheap used, so I could lift one up on a high suspension and put off-road tires on it and a rack on top and drive around like that
I've always liked porsche dakars and shit, just why do they have to be 250k+

>>28458901
who said anything about a taycan? i was talking about the panamera, like the OP

>>28459037
used ones are relatively cheap. to buy. not cheap to own.

>>28458652 (OP)
I would buy up shitboxes all day and do complete teardowns to the bare frame, with non-stop recording during the entire process and capturing every swear word i'm muttering or screaming to myself. then i will scan it with one of those big laser scanning machines and upload a highly detailed model of it to beam NG, before restoring it with fresh parts and then throwing it around the burger ring on a hot lap to see what time it'll get. then i'll sell it for peanuts to some high school kid or someone who wants a cheap shitbox with a special /o/tist discount if you reveal your power level or /o/tism. I will continue to do this until I am solely responsible for 95% of all the autistically accurate vehicle physics and damage models on beam NG modding sites.