Talks about the shift in Porsche making the 911 much more unobtainable (special editions, GT cars, etc.) and prioritizing exclusivity over getting cars in the hands of drivers. A shame really if you ask me, but profits drive business and low volume sports cars aren’t easy to make money on. Thankfully there is the Porsche used market that’s much more accessible as long as you aren’t after some unicorn like the 918.
I don’t think exclusivity is necessarily bad. It’s not like the 911 is a necessity.
Most people won’t admit it, but one kind of appeal to a sporty car is status symbol.
There’s the obvious example of loud people that want to flash their wealth.
But how about the guy working hard, doing what is asked, and losing his soul as a middle manager, doctor, lawyer, etc for decades? He wants to feel like it actually amounted to something. A sense of status and exclusivity from a car purchase can help with that.
You can still get that if you work for it “for decades as a doctor/lawyer”. Or get a used one, or a 718. Or a fucking Corvette. People are buying $80k pickup trucks, a $120k 911 isn’t out of line. The problem is that there is a growing divide between the “haves” and the “have nots”, the Porsche targets the Haves.