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On this episode we have Steve Postol, who is the current General Manager for the Porsche Hunt Valley dealership. Steve’s been in the car industry his whole life and tells us how he overcame challenges to rise from salesman to general manager. He gives us insights on how allocations for in-demand Porsches work, what he think of ADM’s, what’s it like to work with the Porsche brand and much more. This is a long episode but Steve’s candid answers to our questions kept the conversation going.
0:00 - Intro
1:04 - Guest introduction, Steve Postol, Porsche Hunt Valley General Manager
2:35 - How did Steve get into the car industry?
25:00 - Being asked to manage a Porsche dealership
28:25 - Buying a family owned Porsche dealership
33:40 - How did you become a General Manager?
37:40 - What was the difference from managing the BMW and Porsche brands?
43:30 - What’s it take to adhere to Porsche corporate identity rules?
45:50 - What was business like during and after the pandemic?
52:10 - Allocations and ADM’s-how did we get there?
1:00.20 - Did customers start to order cars instead of buying off the lot and how is inventory?
1:03.17 - Why do Porsche for sale at dealers rarely have colors?
1:06.25 - What options do dealers orders for their Porsches?
1:12.15 - How do you handle out of state customers?
1:14.36 - How do you get onto the GT allocation list?
1:18.15 - What kind of customers are buying the four door Porsches?
1:25.50 - Do you sell more manuals or PDK’s?
1:33.00 - How did the dealer prepare for EV’s?
1:37.03 - Hybrid or Full EV?
1:44.22 - Seinfeld turns down $25 million for the Le Mans movie 917
1:48.56 - Upcoming PCA events
1:52.21 - PCA video update
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