Gasgoo.com (Shanghai January 13) - Although it has been over a month since reports started surfacing about rifts between Porsche and its dealerships, no signs of reconciliation have been appearing. According to a report appearing in the magazine Autoweekly, Porsche dealerships are still awaiting new information from Porsche China. Many analysts, including those from the China Automobile Dealers Association, still maintain that the best way to resolve this crisis is for Porsche to redistribute profits more evenly between itself and dealerships.
Many Porsche dealerships are already running out of inventory. A representative from a Beijing-based 4S dealerships explained: “Many of our new cars are already out of stock, and it is unconfirmed when our inventory will be resupplied.”
The representative added that, although the current promotional activity is progressing smoothly, they are worried about new orders. “Porsche hasn’t replied to us, [which means that] obtaining new vehicles will be troublesome.”
The union of Porsche dealership has asked for additional funding to help them make up for deficits suffered in 2014, as well as to compensate for the CRM customer fees and CCP management fees Porsche has made them pay. These two fees in particular have exceeded over 210 million RMB ($34.26m). Porsche China refused to comment on the matter.
