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2012 Porsche 911 – Australian pricing

2012 Porsche 911 (991)

Word has come through confirming local pricing for the new Porsche 911. The 991 is expected in Australia by March 2012 and list pricing will start at $229,900 for the Carrera (3.4 litre, 257kW) and $263,100 for the Carrera S (3.8 litre, 294kW).

Despite a strong Aussie dollar, the new pricing represents an increase of around 3–4% compared to the outgoing model.

For more detail on the new 911 click here.

16 replies on “2012 Porsche 911 – Australian pricing”

Price gauging by PCA usual. I mean, sure it’s in line with the rest of the world in terms of increase, but when you take into account the strong AUD, this is clearly a joke!

These germans think us Aussies are really stupid don’t they?
Also, the GTR kills this car with respect to performance and they can justify trying to rip us off with an inferior performance vehicle!

germans are not making the extra money, the aus distributor is. way, don’t complain, just buy it when our dollar is crap again, it won’t go up.

Beano, agree completely about GTR. As for the pricing, there is no “distributor” as such here. PCA is fully owned by Porsche AG.

Jav, as someone who buys cars like these, I have never considered the GT-R. Yes, I’m in awed of the performance for the money, but what will happen to the gearbox when I take it to the track? Or the engine cooling? Or a number of other known issues? Until its reliability is proven, I wouldn’t be touching one.

@ WAY

The gearbox issues are long gone, the problem wasn’t with the gearbox, it was with the suspension. During hard launches, some cars would suffer axle-hop and because there was 480hp being transferred through the gearbox, during gear changes the drivetrain shock would mean that something in the ‘box would let go.
Nissan fixed this with slightly changed damping rates on cars 12 months after it’s release and the ecu was reprogrammed to deal with this too

Engine cooling isn’t that much of an issue, its gearbox cooling because ~500hp needs to be transferred to 4 wheels and theres a 1750kg sitting on top of the ‘box. Nothing an oil-cooler doesn’t fix.

I know 2 people who track their GTRs and the only big downside I’ve heard of is the servicing costs. Their cars have run very reliably, but they don’t launch em or drive hard when cold.

Don’t know why people are still so apprehensive towards the GTR.

Sorry, I will never buy one. (both my current and previous cars have cost more than a GTR, but I won’t touch a Playstation car, too fast and too furious for me).

i wil never buy one either. the dash is just wrong, can’t impress any girls older than 21.

This probably applies more to the internet in general, rather than AUSmotive, which is usually pretty good:

GT-R fans are the new PC fans. Every damned time it’s “Why buy a Mac/Porsche when you could buy a PC/GT-R that’s heaps faster for nearly half the price?”

It always devolves into sad little pissing contest. The GT-R is an amazing car, but vive la différence eh?

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