[johndglynn]

Hi Brian, the manufacturer would have given the importer an allocation based on production numbers, then the importer would distribute that allocation amongst its franchise network, who would have started taking deposits as soon as the car was announced. The first Porsche convertible for 18 years was never going to be a slow seller.

If there were 2,000 cars coming to you guys, they would have sold out pretty fast and certainly long before the cars ever hit production, so after that dealers would be buying as much allocation in Europe as possible.

When I say a premium for the Cab, I mean a premium over official list price for those cars that had been delivered and were being offered for resale by speculators who had placed their orders when the car was first announced.

The list price diffs between Coupe, Targa and Cab wasn't that much over here - I think Porsche said they would cap the Cab at 5% extra or less. I have the first Kacher test from Car magazine in 1982 and it mentions the list caps, I will try to scan it sometime (gotta buy a scanner first).