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> History question - 914/6 market in 1970, was there a frenzy to get one?
larryM
post Jul 27 2017, 12:11 PM
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simple question

back in 1970 when the -6's were introduced, was there "market excitement" which caused the early adopters to throw down deposits & get onto wait-lists for the first cars?

was there a temporary frenzy to get one?
- if so, when did it abate?
- and did "flippers" get into the act?


did it happen in USA?

did it happen in Germany?

i know it happened in USA on cars like the 1990 Miata - but that was 20 yrs later

- & now-a-days, it is a marketing tactic to release limited production special editions at full-price plus additional dealer markup
(Porsche 918 Spyder, Carrera GT, 911 Speedster etc, - Tesla mania is similar)
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larryM   History question - 914/6 market in 1970   Jul 27 2017, 12:11 PM
toolguy   They languished on the dealers inventory, common f...   Jul 27 2017, 03:08 PM
Racer   I would agree. Although, apples to oranges, the ba...   Jul 27 2017, 03:38 PM
csdilligaf   A friend of mine was in the car business in 1970 a...   Jul 27 2017, 04:52 PM
SKL1   And because they sat so long I was lucky when I go...   Jul 28 2017, 12:23 AM
oldie914   I lived in Stuttgart in 1970 and in December bough...   Jul 28 2017, 05:07 AM
maxwelj   I had a frenzy about buying mine! <<grin...   Jul 28 2017, 11:41 AM
larryM   excellent! - just what i was hoping to discove...   Jul 28 2017, 08:00 PM
mb911   excellent! - just what i was hoping to discov...   Jul 29 2017, 08:10 AM
pete000   When I was a kid back around 1980 I had a friend w...   Jul 28 2017, 11:22 PM
burton73   Larry, Why the “excellent! - Just what I wa...   Jul 29 2017, 11:01 AM
gandalf_025   Any 914, 6 or not was considered undesirable back ...   Jul 29 2017, 11:34 AM
larryM   quite true Any 914, 6 or not was considered und...   Jul 29 2017, 10:03 PM
KELTY360   quite true Any 914, 6 or not was considered un...   Jul 29 2017, 10:12 PM
RickS   [quote name='larryM' post='2511583' date='Jul 29 ...   Jul 29 2017, 10:53 PM
gandalf_025   [quote name='larryM' post='2511583' date='Jul 29...   Jul 30 2017, 05:56 AM
Lucky9146   Any 914, 6 or not was considered undesirable back...   Jul 30 2017, 08:26 AM
GregAmy   Clearly they were not desired at the time. If the ...   Jul 30 2017, 07:53 AM


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