[sumoboy]

Many car brands have cult like followers who are insanely loyal to supporting. Some of these brands like Porsche, BMW, Corvettes, and Mustangs have a long history cars that people will spend insane amount of money to buy new or restore old. The 911 if you've never drove one is just simply a fun car to drive anywhere but one could pull up to a race track for a few laps and it's a very capable car.

Porsche is really good at marketing over the past 20+ years producing limited editions of car driving up the value. The sport model here is just that with dealers adding $100k to $200k additional markup fees because the numbers produced are so low, more demand than supply. The 911 is a great car to drive, fairly reliable as a daily driver and very popular with c-level buyers. On the track it's benchmark which many compare themselves so while this sport model is more than capable for 99%, the Porsche GT3 and GT3RS models are even more expensive with bigger performance upgrades. Porsche has zero problems selling these cars as fast as they can make them.

[wrboyce]

Porsche purposely keep supply lower than demand, and you can’t just walk into a dealership and buy a new 911 or even get on the waiting list. You’d be advised to buy say a Macan and a Boxster first, then maybe they’d consider letting you pay a deposit for a 911 and waiting years for delivery.

[kenhwang]

The 911 and Boxster are built on the same assembly line, which is at full capacity. If anything, it's easier to get a 911 than a Boxster right now because they're prioritizing the capacity towards 911s.

They're expanding supply, it's just not growing faster than demand is.

But yes, buying a Macan or Cayenne tends to move you up on the waitlist. Existing owners do get prioritized.