Tariff anxiety . . .

[Paris92]

Someone who works at a dealership told me that Porsche will eat the cost of tariff cost for all orders made until March, and you are in that category.
But orders placed after April might not be so lucky.

I heard similar, but do not recall the cutoff date that was mentioned.

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[Wivenhoe]

I think it is guaranteed that Porsche won’t eat the 50% tariff if it comes in.

Having seen how arrogant and self serving the EU was to the UK, this could be a real battle of ego’s. With JD Vance lecturing and criticising Europe and Trump destabilising NATO, the EU will not want to be seen to cave in and Trump won’t want too either, having been humiliated by China when he tried it on with them.

 

[jim101]

Just checking in on this - has anyone who’s taken delivery stateside since the last posts had their price increase due to Trump’s tariffs? If so, by how much?

Mine’s on the ship and scheduled to get to the first port by July 9, so it’s nail biting time.

 

[dbsb3233]

Just checking in on this - has anyone who’s taken delivery stateside since the last posts had their price increase due to Trump’s tariffs? If so, by how much?

Mine’s on the ship and scheduled to get to the first port by July 9, so it’s nail biting time.

We bought ours Monday from dealership stock, and were still able to negotiate a reasonable deal ($6000 off MSRP). Edmunds said fair value was just over $7000 below for the exact vehicle we chose. The dealer used "pending tariffs" hurting supply as leverage (as you would expect them to), but we got them pretty close.

Another dealership we first tried to spec an order with said tariffs could be passed thru. While they may just be saying that to try and steer buyers toward their current inventory, there's surely some truth to it too. They'd lose huge money eating a 25% or 50% tariff. More likely Porche would just delay importing to the US for a while if any 25%+ tariffs actually took effect, hoping they get resolved soon. So the first effect to anyone with an order would likely be a delay (if the tariffs actually took effect). They'd probably hold those vehicles in Europe for a while awaiting the end of the tariffs, hoping it's short-term.

More likely than not though, 25%+ EU tariffs will never actually happen, or only last a few days. It's like any negotiation... they wait until the last minute to get it resolved when the pressure on both sides reaches a peak.

 

[piekas]

We bought ours Monday from dealership stock, and were still able to negotiate a reasonable deal ($6000 off MSRP). Edmunds said fair value was just over $7000 below for the exact vehicle we chose. The dealer used "pending tariffs" hurting supply as leverage (as you would expect them to), but we got them pretty close.

Another dealership we first tried to spec an order with said tariffs could be passed thru. While they may just be saying that to try and steer buyers toward their current inventory, there's surely some truth to it too. They'd lose huge money eating a 25% or 50% tariff. More likely Porche would just delay importing to the US for a while if any 25%+ tariffs actually took effect, hoping they get resolved soon. So the first effect to anyone with an order would likely be a delay (if the tariffs actually took effect). They'd probably hold those vehicles in Europe for a while awaiting the end of the tariffs, hoping it's short-term.

More likely than not though, 25%+ EU tariffs will never actually happen, or only last a few days. It's like any negotiation... they wait until the last minute to get it resolved when the pressure on both sides reaches a peak.

25% tariffs on EU car imports are fully in place since April 3. Porsche paid $114 million in April and May in tariffs to the U.S., despite deliberately slowing imports to the country. So far, however, it appears that none of that has been passed on to customers. Broader higher tariffs on EU imports were delayed until July 9 but car imports received no reprieve. While Porsche may be holding some imports, there are plenty of ordered cars being imported daily at this point with 25% on the wholesale cost being paid by Porsche. What we don't know is for how long these tariffs will remain in place and who will be paying for them down the road. Porsche won't cover them forever.

 

[dbsb3233]

25% tariffs on EU car imports are fully in place since April 3. Porsche paid $114 million in April and May in tariffs to the U.S., despite deliberately slowing imports to the country. So far, however, it appears that none of that has been passed on to customers. Broader higher tariffs on EU imports were delayed until July 9 but car imports received no reprieve. While Porsche may be holding some imports, there are plenty of ordered cars being imported daily at this point with 25% on the wholesale cost being paid by Porsche. What we don't know is for how long these tariffs will remain in place and who will be paying for them down the road. Porsche won't cover them forever.

Wasn't that delayed 3 months? Granted, it is all fluid and confusing to keep up with. But Google says we're currently reverted back to the prior 2.5% US tariff (even though the EU tariffs US-made cars at 10%), thru July 8.

 

[piekas]

Wasn't that delayed 3 months? Granted, it is all fluid and confusing to keep up with. But Google says we're currently reverted back to the prior 2.5% US tariff (even though the EU tariffs US-made cars at 10%), thru July 8.

Tariffs are definitely not easy an easy to issue to keep track of...I got that Google AI result too...but it's incorrect and based on Feb 2025 articles. The more accurate/updated result is attached. More info here.

 

[dbsb3233]

Tariffs are definitely not easy an easy to issue to keep track of...I got that Google AI result too...but it's incorrect and based on Feb 2025 articles. The more accurate/updated result is attached. More info here.

I had assumed the same about anything dated back in March or April (like your link), that that was referencing the situation before the 90-day tariff delay. But I guess the tariff delay didn't apply to autos? So confusing. Even reading news articles about the delay, they're poorly written to not make that clearer (like this one). So I guess all the July 9 talk we hear from automakers and salespeople is about them possibly going from 25% to 50%?

Sounds like the longer-term expectation may be to settle on 10%, as long as the EU keeps imposing 10% tariffs on US-made autos (link). Not sure why we put up with that for so long, frankly.

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