Porsche Wants To Get in On Some of That Classic Porsche Action

Aaron Cole
by Aaron Cole

Porsche announced Friday that it opened its first classic Porsche center in the Netherlands, the first among nearly 100 centers that will sell, service and make money on maintain old sports cars.

The network will eventually include a center (or centers) within North America, according to the automaker.

Porsche says that nearly 70 percent of all the cars that it has made are still on the road, and that its centers would be staffed with specially trained technicians that can identify and work on any problem. (Plus, Singer can’t make all the money on old Porsches.)

According to the automaker, the centers will offer partial and complete overhauls of Porsches and make available 52,000 different spare parts for their cars.

Porsche said all of its Porsche Classic Centre locations — including those in North America — will be open by 2018.

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  • Jthorner Jthorner on Nov 30, 2015

    Anyone care to guess what the hourly labor rate will be ????

  • Jimal Jimal on Nov 30, 2015

    Classic Porsche = Anything rear engine (911). Others need not apply. The values of late air-cooled 911s have skyrocketed in the past few years, to the point that the people buying them are willing to spend the money on having the cars serviced by factory trained technicians with OEM parts. Some guy with an old 928 is still going to be going to his local independent shop.

  • Tylanner Tylanner on Nov 30, 2015

    As the modern Porsche becomes less and less discernible from other coupes, Porsche has a lot to benefit from by making maintenance of their brand-defining classics easier.

  • Corey Lewis Corey Lewis on Dec 02, 2015

    This is a good idea. If you take your older Porsche to the dealer and it's too old for them to bother with, they can direct you to the nearest PCC location rather than saying "We can't help you."

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