This is one wicked rumor! [From: http://www.autospies.com/article/index.asp?articleId=5673&categoryId=21 ] There is a ton of speculation about what will happen to sales of the 911 once the Cayman is available. Porsche swears less than three percent of 911 buyers will be swayed and purchase a Cayman instead. But dealers we have been surveying aren't as confident. Our sources tell us that they believe sales of the plain jane 911 will fall dramatically. Experts say that the buyer who wants the 911 will step up and buy the Carerra S, putting the regular 911 out to pasture. And who could blame them. The 'S' is amazing. And if you have enough to buy a 911, what's another 8k to get the best 911 in history? Or a Carerra 4 or 4S? So will the 911 be discontinued? Not officially by Porsche. But we predict sales will weaken substantially and Porsche will scale down building regular 911's accordingly. In fact, dealers are telling us it is already beginning. The bottom line is people who want the 911, want the 'S'. And we have absolutely NO problem with that. In fact, 001's 2006 'S' is just about ready for delivery.
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If the base 997 is discontinued it will be more due to its own inherent weakness (value/performance ratio)in the model line and the strength of the 997S rather than any impact from the Cayman. The only reservation I would have is the discontinuation of the C2 Cab which may justify its own niche, particularly in the USA.
I lean toward the suggestion that someone madeelsewhere - that Porsche has a longer-term strategy of phasing out its rear-engined models in favor of the mid-engine and its superior handling characteristics. After all, their market niche is the 'driving enthusiasts' automobile company.
They should offer a stripped down, sportier version of the 997 that costs less (but still a hair more than a Cayman S) to keep volumes up. The RS America cost $10k less than a 964 C2 and was alot more fun to drive (and is now worth close to double a C2 in the used market).
So here we are almost four years later and the base 997 is still in production!
Which is what they said they would most likely do, scale back production of the base model and produce more of the other models, and I think porsche did that, their sales numbers seem to indicate it.
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