<h5><span class="mainarttxt"><span class="t2">Record March for U.S. Porsche Sales[/quote][/quote]</h5>
<div class="ar">ATLANTA, April 3 /PRNewswire/ -- Porsche Cars North America, Inc. (PCNA), importer and distributor of Porsche sports cars and Cayenne SUVs in the United States and Canada, today announced its best-ever March sales in the United States. The company sold a total of 3,185 Porsches, an increase of 14 percent compared to March of 2005. Of this total 1,127 are Porsche 911s, the most ever sold in one month in the United States in the model's history. Year-to-date sales are up 26 percent to a total of 9,117 units compared to 7,219 sold in the first three months of last year.


PCNA has marked record sales in each of the three months of 2006. This remarkable performance was mainly due to sharp increases in sports car sales. The Boxster/Cayman series first-quarter sales of 3,248 units were 85 percent ahead of the same period last year, while the 911 series total of 2,839 units was 23 percent greater than the three-month total in 2005. Cayenne sales in March were up 2 percent compared to the same period of 2005, bringing the first-quarter total of 2,997 units close to last year's three-month volume of 3,093.


Model Month to Date Year to Date
Current Prior Current Prior
Year Year Year Year

Boxster 289 429 730 990
Boxster S 146 312 397 762
Cayman S 560 0 2121 0
ALL BOXSTER/CAYMAN 995 741 3248 1752

911 Carrera Coupe 104 288 277 789
911 Carrera S 211 253 507 599
Carrera Cabriolet 164 76 369 76
Carrera S Cabriolet 245 104 615 104
Carrera 4 Coupe 59 0 152 0
Carrera 4S Coupe 98 0 273 0
Carrera 4 Cabriolet 81 0 177 0
Carrera C4S Cabriolet 162 0 460 0
All Carrera models (996) 3 270 9 732
All Carrera models (993) 0 0 0 1
ALL 911 1127 991 2839 2301

Cayenne Tiptronic 462 407 1240 1263
Cayenne 8 5 21 15
Cayenne S 458 420 1337 1269
Cayenne Turbo 72 200 244 546
Cayenne Turbo S 52 0 155 0
ALL CAYENNE 1052 1032 2997 3093

CARRERA GT 11 35 33 73

GRAND TOTALS 3185 2799 9117 7219

Certified Pre-Owned 567 470 1470 1137






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<span class="ps" align="left">Source: Porsche Cars North America, Inc.[/quote]
<h5>Porsche U.S. March sales rise 13.8%</h5>


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<img class="pixelTracking" height="1" alt="" width="1" border="0" /><span class="mainarttxt"><span class="mainarttitle"><span class="mainarttitle">Porsche North America ops March unit sales 3,363, up 13 pct from yr-earlier[/quote]
[/quote]<span class="mainartdate">04.03.2006, 12:23 PM[/quote][/quote]


<span class="mainarttxt"><span class="mainartdate">[/quote]STUTTGART, Germany (AFX) - Porsche AG said sales in the US and Canada rose to 3,363 units, up 13 pct from the year earlier, achieving the best March results in the region to date.[/quote]

<span class="mainarttxt">Growth drivers in March were the sports vehicles, with the 911 model adding 14 pct to 1,199 units, while the Boxter added 33 pct to 1,053. [/quote]

<span class="mainarttxt">Of the Cayenne, 1,099 units were sold in March, down slightly from 1,102 units the year earlier.[/quote]
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<span class="t">Porsche Announces Best 911 Sales Month in U.S. History[/quote]
<span class="tt">Monday April 3, 2:58 pm ET[/quote]
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<h3>Porsche Cars North America Reports March Sales for Canada </h3>

<pre> Sports Cars Help Kick Start Sales Momentum

ATLANTA, April 3 /CNW/ -- Porsche Cars North America, Inc. (PCNA),
importer and distributor of Porsche sports cars and Cayenne SUVs in the United
States and Canada, today announced March sales in Canada. The company sold a
total of 178 Porsches, on par with sales of 182 units in March 2005, and
nearly twice the volume of last month's sales of 97 vehicles. Year-to-date
sales of 380 units are down 6 percent compared to the first three months of
2005.
While there is still a reduction in the overall numbers, demand for
Porsche sports cars has picked up speed. Boxster/Cayman series sales of 58
units marked a 21 percent increase over the same period last year. Total sales
of the 911 series of 72 units were up 9 units from March of last year, while
total Cayenne sales of 47 units were 23 units less than in March of 2005.
In addition, dealers sold 26 Porsche Approved Certified Pre-Owned
vehicles, compared to 23 for the same period last year.



Model Month to Date Year to Date
Current Prior Current Prior
Year Year Year Year

Boxster 18 26 38 55
Boxster S 8 22 15 38
Cayman S 32 0 92 0
ALL BOXSTER/CAYMAN 58 48 145 93

911 Carrera Coupe 7 7 14 33
911 Carrera S 11 20 20 36
Carrera Cabriolet 9 4 12 4
Carrera S Cabriolet 18 11 26 11
Carrera 4 Coupe 5 0 7 0
Carrera 4S Coupe 10 0 18 0
Carrera 4 Cabriolet 4 0 9 0
Carrera 4S Cabriolet 7 0 14 0
All 911 Carrera models (996) 1 21 1 39
ALL 911 72 63 121 123

Cayenne Tiptronic 22 38 48 82
Cayenne 0 1 1 3
Cayenne S 22 22 53 73
Cayenne Turbo 0 9 2 27
Cayenne Turbo S 3 0 9 0
ALL CAYENNE 47 70 113 185

CARRERA GT 1 1 1 2


GRAND TOTALS 178 182 380 403

Certified Pre-Owned 26 23 67 45

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In addition, dealers sold 567 Porsche Approved Certified Pre-Owned vehicles in March, compared to 470 for the same period last year.



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Edited by - mpollard on 04/03/2006 2:05:18 PM

We should look up the break-out between Boxster and Cayman and see how that fell out, in Canada it seems like the Cayman hurt Boxster and base 911sales but overall numbers were up.

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^^Yep. I wonder if the Panarama can top these sales in the first quarter (compared to 987 series)

Ah I think I've got it based on some math


3248 total Boxsters and Caymans in Jan, Feb, March
1053 of those were Boxsters meaning
2195 were Caymans
1561 Caymans were sold in Jan and Feb leaving
634 Caymans sold in March


So sales look like this so far:


Jan 2005 - 1023 Caymans sold
Feb 2005 - 538 Caymans sold
March 2005 - 634 Cayman sold


That comparesfavoraby to the best months for the Boxster Cayenne and 911 in 2006
Boxster - 302 highest total in a month in 2006
911 (Carrera S Cab) - 370 highest total of any 911 model in a month in 2006
Cayenne (S model) - 879 highest total of any Cayenne model in a month in 2006


Not only did the Cayman S sell well its first intro month, but its monthly sales have exceeded all other models except for the Cayenne S in subsequent months.


Sales increased from 19.21 Caymans per day in February to 20.45 Caymans per day in March!


Outstanding!

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Here is something else interesting that I noted from Jan-Feb sales that I will have to see if it holds up in March as well.


969 converible 911's sold vs. 737 coupes sold out of 1706 total 997's sold. Convertible is most popular!


692 convertible 987s sold vs. 1561 coupes sold out of 2253 total 987's sold in Jan-Feb 2006. Coupe is most popular! We know if the numbers above are accurate that Boxsters made up a little ground in March but still it is 1053 convertible vs. 2195 coupes in the 987 platform.



This leads to the conclusion that 997's (*911's*) are for playboys (mostly convertibles) while the 987 is mostly for drivers (mostly coupes)....


Hmmm that should stir up a hornets nest on some other Porsche enthusiast sites... [img]/fckeditor/editor/images/smiley/MWPX/omg_smile.gif[/img]

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K-man, good point, and exactly what my sales guy told me at the roll-out--he said something very much to the effect of, 'the Cayman is a full on driver's car, the Carerra is for those who want luxury.' I asked him what he thought would happen to sales, and he said P is planning on making more 911 convertables and has reserved a lot of the boxster capacity for Caymans. Seems like P knew what to expect....at least so far.

Above, I have added the detail for US Sales in March.


Model Month to Date Year to Date
Current Prior Current Prior
Year Year Year Year

Boxster 289 429 730 990
Boxster S 146 312 397 762
Cayman S 560 0 2121 0
ALL BOXSTER/CAYMAN 995 741 3248 1752

<div style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">Honestly, I think that it’s still too early to find anything conclusive based on the data provided&hellip;if your point is that the Cayman is a sales success.(Certainly I’m not saying that it is not&hellip;nor doIwish it notto be.)</div>
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<div style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">If you are to compare sales velocity, you would need to compare the first 3 introductory months of Boxster and Cayenne&hellip;(mainly because those are new models to the Porsche line and do not have cult followings, like the 911.)</div>
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<div style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">Without a doubt however, the sales data appear to indicate that the Cayman is cannibalizing the Boxster sales at this time.It is misleading to compare Boxster/Cayman totals to last year’s sales&hellip;guess the only point is that the Cayman is POTENTIALLY tapping into a market that was previously underserved by Porsche.</div>

I seem to recall that Porsche planed on 4000 units being sold in the US during the first 12 months. Seems right on target.

Actually I think Porsche has known this for a while.......the 996 C4S Convertible (mostheaviest and expensive) of the normally aspirated 996 line......was the best seller of the 996 line for its last year