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Can you advise on the availability of a new Porsche 911 Carrera?

I have a friend buying a two year old Porsche Carrera S convertible, but prices seem to be almost the same as if he bought new.

The dealer is saying there are no new cars until 2023.

What should he do?

Asked on 22 November 2021 by Christopher Rowe

Answered by Dan Powell
The dealer is correct.

New car sales were experiencing a prolonged period of decline long before Covid-19 brought production lines to a juddering halt in the spring of 2020. A global shortage of semiconductors in 2021 is also limiting the supply of new vehicles, which means there is a national shortage of new and nearly new cars in the UK.

There will be new cars in 2022. But the supply chain will struggle to meet demand until the shortage of semiconductors is dealt with. Sadly, the solution is building new semiconductor sites and this will take a very long time. It could easily be 2023 until things have returned to normal.
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