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2018 to be the year of the 911, says Porsche India

Despite SUV growth, Porsche India expects 35 percent of sales to come from sports cars; up from 20 percent previously
1 min read10 Jul '18
Sergius BarrettoSergius Barretto
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SUVs may be all the rage right now, but Porsche India is all set to sell its highest number of 911’s this year. The company which has both SUV’s and sports cars are witnessing an uptake in 911 sales. Interestingly 65 percent of the 911’s sold are of higher variants, priced over the 2.5 crore mark with the GT3 in particular receiving a good response.

While Porsche India have not revealed individual numbers, speaking to Autocar India on the sidelines of the GT2 RS launch in Mumbai Pavan Shetty Director Porsche India said “today the GT3’s are selling in two digits and we are still not able to satisfy the demand” with the company now already asking for a higher allocation for India. Porsche is also very upbeat on the GT2’s prospects in India and Pavan states that the demand for the 911 range topper is three times the amount that will be supplied.

The company also claims that the overall share of sports car sales is increasing, where early it stood at 20% of total sales, today it stands at 35%. The 718 which was launched in 2016 clocked three digit sales in 2017 helping this achievement. However Pavan states that SUV’s have not de-grown but the overall pie has increased with the sports cars segment going up.

The company sold 435 units in 2017, up 10 percent over the previous year.

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Volvo to expand XC40 line-up in India

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