Discounts on Cayman 981 - Page 3 - Boxster/Cayman - PistonHeads UK

Hello, I am interested to hear if anyone who has bought or buying a new Cayman 981 this year has achieved any good discounts? Or when you should be walking into a dealer, month end, year end etc etc Lastly apart from the turbo engines coming out ( next year !? ) , Porsche don’t have any mk2 versions coming out? Thank you, Phil

Some threads mentioned 8-12% on the base Boxster with PCP (which you can pay off if <30 days)

I ordered mine in December before Christmas, as many here mentioned it's good to do it before end of quarter or year when they closing their reporting periods. Managed to get 10% off list on custom order car + 1 extra year of warranty for free and free 1st service. It took me several visits though to secure such a deal.

Thank you for your replies. Looks like 10% could be gained then.

Yep, we hit quarter end with our OPC, well over 10% was secured to hit their rebate targets. G

Can i ask when the next quarter end is? What do you think to my two specs. The first is full fat, the 2nd one is trying to save some ££ http://www.porsche-code.com/PGPDDPQ1 http://www.porsche-code.com/PG36CIP5 Cheers, Phil

philnotts said: Can i ask when the next quarter end is? What do you think to my two specs. The first is full fat, the 2nd one is trying to save some ££ http://www.porsche-code.com/PGPDDPQ1 http://www.porsche-code.com/PG36CIP5 Cheers, Phil If you are looking at savings I'd think about ditching Bose. I have it and am not impressed. Most of the other options are very much personal aesthetic preferences, and only you can judge whether they represent good value for you.

I think you will get between 8% to 10% discount on a stock or showroom car, but it will probably have to be on the Porsche PCP Finance scheme to achieve these levels of discount. Last week of June would be a good time as they are nearing the end of the 2nd quarter and will be chasing targets and registration bonus, happy hunting & let us know how you get on.

Do you think these levels would be likely on a Spec changeable car?

No I don't. But prior to buying my Cayman, my local Porsche Centre once invited me to spec their next stock car for them as they would have a little more margin to play with in it. I thought that was a nice move on their part but declined the offer as I knew as soon as I saw it I would have to buy it. IIRC, the conversation was a December one based upon Pistonheads threads about super discounts for end of year that weren't on offer in real life at my Porsche Centre when I enquired.

philnotts said: Do you think these levels would be likely on a Spec changeable car? No I don't either its all about shifting the metal you will have to work for it as well, you will need to get at least half a dozen on the go making sure that they are not from the same dealer group. Some dealer groups own up to three outlets i.e. Inchcape they own Porsche Bournemouth, Portsmouth, Glasgow, so you will be on all of their systems the first time you make enquiries on a particular car. So for me living in Bournemouth I would make enquiries at my local, followed by Exeter, Swindon, East Sussex to get an idea of stock and potential deals, last year I spoke to a dealer in the Midlands with a heavy spec Cayman S ex PEC car and they offered me £10k off with three days of September to go it can be done you just have to work at it, for me its all part of the fun

tyrrell said: No I don't either its all about shifting the metal you will have to work for it as well, you will need to get at least half a dozen on the go making sure that they are not from the same dealer group. Some dealer groups own up to three outlets i.e. Inchcape they own Porsche Bournemouth, Portsmouth, Glasgow, so you will be on all of their systems the first time you make enquiries on a particular car. So for me living in Bournemouth I would make enquiries at my local, followed by Exeter, Swindon, East Sussex to get an idea of stock and potential deals, last year I spoke to a dealer in the Midlands with a heavy spec Cayman S ex PEC car and they offered me £10k off with three days of September to go it can be done you just have to work at it, for me its all part of the fun Ex-PEC car?! I would want to PAY £10k, let alone see £10k off the price.

ORD said: Ex-PEC car?! I would want to PAY £10k, let alone see £10k off the price. 10k discount off list for ex PEC car is a really good sale for the OPC. Salesman be on a good bonus for that!!!

My thoughts exactly, but it had two of my must haves PTV and lowered sports chassis by 20mm it sold a few months later for even more money off. Same dealer has a Red Cayman S that was for sale back in September still for sale today

Depending on your desired spec, you'll probably get a better deal buying ex-demo/nearly new - they seem to spec the cars generously and do offer a sensible price for a lot of these. Some dealers offer keener prices than others. Leicester and Guildford come to mind. I have been thinking and thinking about buying a Cayman for about 8 months, so have lots of different quotes and practice in discussing the financing options. That said, Reading offered me a measly 800 off for taking financing on a (fairly keenly priced) Cayman. Seems too little, no?

Depending on your desired spec, you'll probably get a better deal buying ex-demo/nearly new - they seem to spec the cars generously and do offer a sensible price for a lot of these. Some dealers offer keener prices than others. Leicester and Guildford come to mind. I have been thinking and thinking about buying a Cayman for about 8 months, so have lots of different quotes and practice in discussing the financing options. That said, Reading offered me a measly 800 off for taking financing on a (fairly keenly priced) Cayman. Seems too little, no?

FarzyB said: Depending on your desired spec, you'll probably get a better deal buying ex-demo/nearly new - they seem to spec the cars generously and do offer a sensible price for a lot of these. Not all - Glasgow recently had a Boxster GTS 'bling spec' for which they were asking £65k and seemed offended and surprised when I declined.

cardigankid said: Not all - Glasgow recently had a Boxster GTS 'bling spec' for which they were asking £65k and seemed offended and surprised when I declined. Same in Sheffield. Red Boxster GTS 2015 (64) with less than 2,000 on the clock for £63k. I punched the options into the configurator and sure enough the 'new' list price would have been £63k... I thought new cars depreciated as soon as you drove them off the forecourt? Depreciation obviously only works in one direction. I ended up ordering my own spec for £62k, but the downside being a November build slot. But I can be patient, I can be patient,...

Zeddsded said: Same in Sheffield. Red Boxster GTS 2015 (64) with less than 2,000 on the clock for £63k. I punched the options into the configurator and sure enough the 'new' list price would have been £63k... I thought new cars depreciated as soon as you drove them off the forecourt? Depreciation obviously only works in one direction. I ended up ordering my own spec for £62k, but the downside being a November build slot. But I can be patient, I can be patient,... 2000 really bad miles, too - more like 10k of normal use, I expect.

ORD said: 2000 really bad miles, too - more like 10k of normal use, I expect. Yep, these cars will be used as loaners as well as demos- when was the last time you had a loaner and drove about like Miss Daisy? Choose your spec, negotiate a deal and place the order on a new one.

So Phil have you done a deal yet?

Interesting re Sheffield. I saw that one too and had a November build for a BGTS. Had a change of heart a week ago - good to see they have sold it already. Amazing the demand for them. Enjoy

On Friday I was offered £397 off a Cayman GTS factory order.....

tyrrell said: So Phil have you done a deal yet? Maybe with one OPC. I am trying to weigh up whether to go 1/2 year old at about 38/40k or try for a big discount and go new build :/ Phil

Cool let us know how it goes

Cool let us know how it goes

blueg33 said: On Friday I was offered £397 off a Cayman GTS factory order..... Sadly, this doesn't surprise me - I looked at ordering new last year, but gave up when I saw the rubbish discounts being offered. A consolation may be that buying on finance will be cheaper than buying a used version of the same car, if you don't take the car at the end... They have every angle covered!

So its come down to the following - 2.7 at around 45k 3.4 S at around 50k GTS at around 58k Prices on the used market for a 2014 plate Caymans seem very strong so its hard to work out which one to really go for and which one loose money the slowest!! Phil

philnotts said: So its come down to the following - 2.7 at around 45k 3.4 S at around 50k GTS at around 58k Prices on the used market for a 2014 plate Caymans seem very strong so its hard to work out which one to really go for and which one loose money the slowest!! Phil I'll assume we are talking similar specs here - are we even talking new? If the 3.4 S has all the bits that you want then it looks a good deal. The general feeling is that the GTS is going to hold its value significantly better than the 3.4S - and your figures seem to bear that out. It seems that that the 3.4S has "already" depreciated more than the GTS. The 2.7 looks relatively expensive because it's not really competing for GTS buyers - whereas the 3.4 S is. It's not valid if the 3.4S is cheaper, in part, because it doesn't have some of the things that the GTS has (PSE, PSM/SS Chronosport, big wheels in particular) which might not be fussed about - but future buyers might be. Just my two penn'orth though. Edited by bcr5784 on Wednesday 3rd June 12:15 Edited by bcr5784 on Wednesday 3rd June 12:38

I test drove a used GTS with 4k miles on the clock and a few bits and bobs like pdk and satnav - price >£60k

philnotts said: So its come down to the following - 2.7 at around 45k 3.4 S at around 50k GTS at around 58k Prices on the used market for a 2014 plate Caymans seem very strong so its hard to work out which one to really go for and which one loose money the slowest!! Phil Hi Phil, I got figures from Lombard Asset Finance earlier in the year on a Cayman GTS My spec was £65K Figures looked like this New Car £65000 - £12000 deposit £53,000 to finance over 36 months £836.34pm or 48 months £677.74pm with a balloon payment of £29705 at the end of the agreement, this figure was the same at the end of Month 48 if you wanted to keep the monthly's down, but would leave you in the s t at the end so to speak ie negative equity, however if you new you had monies coming in further down the line you can pay off the outstanding finance as and when with no penalty. The APR quoted at the time was 5.9% however I think they have since sharpened their pencils and you could get them down to 5.4% APR hope this helps in deciding what to go for or not as the case me be.

£72k ouch, only one winner when you buy PCP and it's not the customer. £7k interest on a item which will loose 50% of its value in 3 years, crazy. Or £1,170 a month to rent it if you hand it back. How do people afford to own cars this way ? Edited by PorscheGT4 on Wednesday 3rd June 16:10

People do all kinds of crazy things with there money, it's what makes the world go around. Can make sense if you are a sole trader ie NOT a ltd company as you would get hammered on the BIK Tax.

PorscheGT4 said: £72k ouch, only one winner when you buy PCP and it's not the customer. £7k interest on a item which will loose 50% of its value in 3 years, crazy. Or £1,170 a month to rent it if you hand it back. How do people afford to own cars this way ? Edited by PorscheGT4 on Wednesday 3rd June 16:10 Accepting that buying new cars is a mug's game (speaking as a sometime mug), with interest rates at the current levels you only have to be a slightly bigger mug to do it on finance. And if you have investments which make more than 5.4% you can actually make money if you take finance rather than cash in your investments. The stock market has been very kind for a couple of years - and looks set fair for a while to come. You are likely to get better discounts from you OPC too. Of course that is a risky approach and not for everyone.

Even the 2nd hand market seems very strong, so are you really saving there for 1 / 2 year old car :/

Yes, and if you get a new one you get it exactly as you want, fully warranted for 3 years, untouched by human hand, particularly if you pick it up in Stuttgart.

cardigankid said: Yes, and if you get a new one you get it exactly as you want, fully warranted for 3 years, untouched by human hand, particularly if you pick it up in Stuttgart. Collecting my baby from Stuttgart on Monday all being well

So anybody bought a new or nearly new Boxster/Cayman and achieved some kind of deal from their OPC ?

tyrrell said: So anybody bought a new or nearly new Boxster/Cayman and achieved some kind of deal from their OPC ? I got £1K off my BGTS order, but that was 6 months ago and it was fairly high spec (think I had it to £67K with no PCCBs before discount) Edited by Mario149 on Sunday 12th July 18:58

I sense that the demise of the 6 cylinder Boxster has put the ball even more firmly in their court. My OPC had one slot for a BGTS in 2015. I got a token gesture of £500 off (I wasn't interested in finance, which could have given me more of an opportunity) but had to grab the slot or risk ending up with a Turbo 4...

Yes I managed to get £1500 off a new BGTS order last September but did not go through with the order, just wondered what kind of deals people are getting off standard non GTS stock vehicles, the other half is interested in new Boxster to fairly basic spec.

You can get about £30k off if you option the better steering and brakes. Use the option code '987.2'. /wind up/

I have recently ordered a BGTS, two points to list, £500 appears to be the max discount, £300 seemed to be the average! Also my car is being built in January 2016 so no last orders in September. So looking forward to listening to that exhaust!

tyrrell said: So anybody bought a new or nearly new Boxster/Cayman and achieved some kind of deal from their OPC ? I have just ordered a new Cayman S for delivery in September / Spec up to £ 56,800 and a £ 2,800 discount with PFS Solutions 3 year period . 6.8 % APR This took a lot of haggling with threats of ' other Dealers ' Shaun

BBZ 968 said: tyrrell said: So anybody bought a new or nearly new Boxster/Cayman and achieved some kind of deal from their OPC ? I have just ordered a new Cayman S for delivery in September / Spec up to £ 56,800 and a £ 2,800 discount with PFS Solutions 3 year period . 6.8 % APR This took a lot of haggling with threats of ' other Dealers ' Shaun Very Well done, what is your spec, at that money you are very close to a basic spec GTS. However a nice spec S is still a very exciting prospect ! Role on September

If you count the £1,500 deposit contribution going down the road of a PCP then you can inflate the discount to £2,000 on a BGTS but the dealers are now giving no more than £500 for cash.

So I think the discount I got was pretty useful. Managed to get out of our 14 plate Cayman S after exactly 1 year of ownership, value of car washed it's face with the finance, so nothing owed. So essentially cost me the monthly payments every month, as I did not put in a deposit.. No service, tax or consumable costs, just petrol and insurance... Looking forward to getting back into Porsche at a future date.. G

Cyb1967 said: If you count the £1,500 deposit contribution going down the road of a PCP then you can inflate the discount to £2,000 on a BGTS but the dealers are now giving no more than £500 for cash. When I spoke to my dealer of the £1500 deposit contribution towards PCP he said they the OPC had to fund £1k of this from their margin in the car. I was dreaming that with the pound being strong this year against the Euro there may have been some good deals around but no chance Porsche GB making a fortune as usual.

tyrrell said: Very Well done, what is your spec, at that money you are very close to a basic spec GTS. However a nice spec S is still a very exciting prospect ! Role on September Basic in OQ White + Black Leather interior / Rear Wiper / Park Assist ( front & rear ) /Folding Mirrors / Painted air intakes / smoked taillights / PDK / PASM / Power steering plus / 19'' Boxter wheels / seat heating / Light design package / Multi Function S-Wheel / Standard sports seats in Smooth Leather / White Instrument dials / mobile phone preparation . In Total £ 8,035 worth of extras and £ 2,818 discount off this figure .

I don't want to rain on your parade, but that discount is very miserly indeed!