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AAfter featuring the new Generation Macan range, the Cayman GT4RS, our sensational Taycan Cross Turismo and a PCW drive day at Destination 70 North in the 25th edition of W magazine, we decided to dedicate an article to Pre Owned Porsche Approved.

As you would be aware, during the pandemic and subsequently after as well, the scarcity of pre-owned Porsches has generated a great deal of interest from existing owners and first time Porsche buyers. The new vehicle continued shortage due to many different reasons, has placed pressure on this market. When one considers the availability of Factory warranties that can be purchased over and above the minimum one year we offer, it can become very appealing to consider a pre-owned Porsche. The front cover of this edition features a 911 C4S Cabriolet, PCW 50th Anniversary and a 718 Boxster 25th Anniversary, both in Carrara White and both with many Exclusive options.

Our future release article is of course the fascinating 911 GT3 RS which will begin production in January 2023, as you will see, it is a very exciting new addition to our already sensational 911 range of Sports Cars. Andreas Preuninger has penned an article on "the most track oriented GT car ever produced by Porsche to date". We have included a timeline going back to the 996 GT3 RS which will be very informative for you. Personally, I spent many hours building our very first RS which hopefully will be delivered early in the new year.

Which brings me to a first time feature in this edition, our Porsche Car Configurator expert tips article, written by Stewart Budd, a very capable young man when designing new Porsches.

I really do suggest you spend the time to read his article, it is highly informative. Stewart is one of our Sales Consultants, he has recently completed 10 years of service with us, where did those years go? Whilst on this subject Grant Coulson also has achieved ten years in his position of Sales Consultant together with Ben Drew, our Operations Manager who has been with us 15 years!

Our staff profile features Rielle, she is the smiling front line face of PCW and will always attend to any of your requests when visiting PCW. Rielle is in partnership with Randa at our reception area, you will be speaking with Randa when being followed up after your routine service visits. Both of our ladies make terrific coffee, so please take the time to relax in our client lounge area.

I think you will enjoy our article on 1.21 Gigawatts, rather humorous and very informative.

We feature our Winter Warmer Event when over 200 future and existing clients joined us to, in some cases, meet us for the first time. Our reasoning for this sensational cocktail party was to assure the 76% of clients attending, who had never purchased a Porsche from us before, that it was WORTH THE WAIT! Please read the article, we even had our local magician present, German beer was flowing and our authentic band was very much appreciated.

My introduction to the new CEO of Porsche Cars Australia, Mr Daniel Schmollinger, who will bring with him so much experience from around the globe. We were very appreciative when he took the time to travel with his wife Constanze from Melbourne to join us in Sydney.

Porsche in Germany delivered a staggering 300,000 vehicles in 2021 worldwide! May I gently move backwards through a couple of years to March 13th 2020 when we were delivering 400 to 450 vehicles a year, say up to 40 a month. The pandemic hit, and we all assumed business was over for a few years, quite the opposite happened. Business actually tripled in some months when we were taking 100 to 120 new car orders each month! As most of you would realise, all new cars are very, very hard to obtain, we are quoting 12/18/24 months on some models. We also have to remember the model year change when the Cayenne becomes a generation 2 and the 911 also will have a generation change. Fortunately, our forward order holders are being very patient and extremely understanding.

Our new car order intake went from 415 in 2020 to 709 in 2021, a 71% increase ! Then in the first half of 2022 we took 496 orders, in SIX months ! Double this and we would be at 1,000 orders in the year. Therefore we made an unprecedented decision to cease accepting orders for all 718 and 911 models, which incorporates both Cayman and Boxster derivatives.

We look forward to many new models coming from Porsche over the next year, the first is our breathtaking Cayman GT4RS which arrives in early November, the next one… Who knows? See you soon we hope.