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PORSCHE WILLOUGHBY - 911% PORSCHE SINCE 1969.

ILast edition we featured Sportscar Together Day, the 911 992 series GT3 and the Boxster 25 Years release in W Number 24. The 911 GT3 70 Years Porsche Australia Edition, exclusive to Australia was also showcased, and our client profile was Ken Dunnet with his new Taycan Turbo. Briefly we discussed the new 911 GTS which has now arrived at Porsche Centre Willoughby.

This edition we highlight the new generation Macan GTS, as seen on the cover, the all new Taycan Cross Turismo, the sensational 718 Cayman GT4 RS and the forthcoming 911 Edition 50 Years Porsche Design Anniversary model. Our featured client is a longstanding friend of SVM / PCW: Jay Andrews, who has owned many Porsches and recently took delivery of the first 911 GT3 (current series) to be delivered. I am confident you will enjoy his story.

We do have a magnificent Taycan Turbo Cross Turismo here on the showroom floor which we will have to keep until the end of 2022, due to supply chain issues we are currently experiencing. When I was recently in California for three weeks, I found it exhilarating to drive a Taycan 4S each day. I am even used to the quiet, which certainly received my wife’s approval! This car is a pleasure to drive.

As you may be aware, our range of electric cars has increased with the rear wheel drive Taycan having arrived in January.

We are currently showcasing a Boxster 25 Years in our showroom. This vehicle is not for sale and we would like to ensure our clients have time to at least sit in it while here for a visit or a service. I remember so vividly the first Boxsters we received. In comparison to today, they were very basic inside, yet we were all amazed at the handling and performance.

As a Dealer Group we released the new Silver with Red manual at the Sydney Convention Centre to 300 very excited Porsche owners and we have not looked back since. The original worldwide release was in Scottsdale, Arizona with 85 new Boxsters in the car park. All sorts of colours were presented on the first day, then a long drive through the desert with the help from California Highway Patrol Officers on motor bikes waving us through red traffic lights. Later that day we were entertained by Liza Minelli at the welcome dinner and the following day we had Jerry Seinfeld giving us a stand-up routine whilst outside in the desert. The Boxster 25 Years we have at Willoughby reminds me so much of that four-day release.

Whilst writing this, am reminded (in March 2022) of the Friday 13th 2020 Dealer Meeting at the Formula One Grand Prix, when suddenly everything was cancelled due to Covid 19. We had thought it strange to see drivers at the airport on the Friday going overseas PRIOR to the race which was on the Sunday! The rest is well documented history, our business stopped for six weeks and in May 2020 took off again with a vengeance. We have not slowed up since then. Our order books are filling rapidly and the wait for a bespoke Porsche can be significantly longer than normal, at the moment. We would, historically, write an average of 40 new vehicle orders a month; this has more than doubled to 80 in some months! A far cry from the nineties when we sold 7 or 8 a month.

Due to the supply chain issues and our significant demand, we have been purchasing pre-owned vehicles when we can. Naturally the current owners are very well rewarded with strong valuations.

When you are visiting PCW please understand that many of the cars on display are not for sale. We made the decision to keep every model on our floor in order to demonstrate a full range. The recent microchip shortage still delays our vehicles, although we can see light at the end of the tunnel.

As always there will be releases throughout the year and we are awaiting some exciting new models from Germany. We can look forward to some limited run 911 models, the 718 Cayman GT4 RS, the Taycan GTS, the Macan T and our Cayenne Platinum Edition. The future is very bright when considering electric vehicles with more models to come before 2025!

Until your next visit, stay Covid safe and continue to enjoy your Porsche.

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Jay Andrews Taycan Cross Turismo Macan Launch

The new Macan boasts increased performance, a sharper design and a new interior operating concept that sets it apart from its predecessors.

Puristic, expressive, timeless. Three attributes that describe every Porsche – and especially this one, which takes our DNA into a new automotive era.

Jay shares his very own Porsche history, a special relationship which dates back 40 years with this iconic sports car and Willoughby dealership.

The soul has many facets, but no fixed shape. It is variable, constantly in motion and yet distinctive. It reveals itself in a variety of ways. By a smile that expresses total delight thanks to a 0-100 km/h time of 3.3s in the Taycan Turbo Cross Turismo.

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