I think those are very valid points.

I don't think sales guys at Porsche dealers here in Europe make that much, but since you work on commission, you do good if you're good at what you are doing.

I don't think they make more just because they happen to sell a high end brand like Porsche. If they are good, they can probably move about 3-4 new Porsches per month. If they worked at a Toyota delership, they would move 20 per month... smaller commission per car, but higher volume!

I also think they make just as much selling used cars as new ones... quicker turnover and more control over pricing. Porsche dealers have an allocation of new cars. It's not like they can suddenly sell a whole batch of them in a particularly good week, they can only sell what they are allocated. If they sell a new car and get a nice used one as a trade in, put it on the shop floor, move it and get another slightly older trade in, put that one on the floor... that's generates more cash flow than the new car did.

Service and parts must also be a good revenue. Sell a new car and you have the buyer as a customer for parts and service. Play it well and you generate more profit from that in a few years than you did from the sale of the new car.

Having a good customer base in your area buying parts and service must generate far more revenue than the sale of new cars!

 

In sales, you have to mimic your clients. Thus if your avg clients income is $100k a year yours is probably $100k a year. If your income is $24k a year and try to sell someone with an income of 400k a year it will be tough. Obv I am talking about sales that require a lot of relationship building and trust not just the tv at Best Buy or w/e. I just know my local P-car sales guy's make a good living and a much better one than the Chevy sales guys. You don't start selling high end cars, you work your way up. Just my thoughts on this topic.

Anyways to the op the new Boxters are pretty darn good looking. I'd still get a Caymen or 911 but hey for a chick car :P

 

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In the late 90's I used to work with a lady who's husband sold Mercedes Benz. He would always tell me that he would make more selling a $40k Benz than I would selling a $200,000 house. And I would make about $4500. He had no reason to lie and his wife never said otherwise.

 

Read my other post, I said it was probably a sort of an exaggeration, and it is highly unlikely anyway that all four of his kids are the same age and would go to college during the duration of the production of the Carrera GT.

The salesmen probably used this as an exaggeration to say he got a hefty amount of commission off of the sales, and it aided his kids' college expenses.

I really didn't fell like analyzing a simple quote in such detail but there you have it.

 

What's all this debate about? You can make big money doing just about anything if you do it well. Quick google search says the average porsche sales salary for the dealerships near me (Manhattan) is about $50k. I'm sure it depends largely on your client list.

 

50k in NYC is nothing. you would have to take the train to work. :-(

 

Thanks - you have just torn the myth that people selling Porsches all make more than 100K..

Go on websites like glassdoor - and the numbers will be confirmed..usually it would be a bit higher..but not much.

 

In other news, I'd go with black or satin wheels with guards red on the Boxster. Sorely tempted to order a white one with a brown top and natural brown expresso interior. Not a bad view indeed. Mine is decidedly less exciting.

 

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