From Porsche, a Chance to Try New Cars Over and Over for Just $3,000 a Month

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From Porsche, a Chance to Try New Cars Over and Over for Just $3,000 a Month

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A monthly car payment of $3,000 applies to vehicles that cost well over $150,000. Porsche will let customers drive most of its vehicles, and replace them regularly, as part of a subscription program, the price of which can range as high as $3,000 a month. It is a lot of money to have the privilege of driving many of Porsche’s vehicles and turn them in for another almost at will. It may be a good way for Porsche to get press, but probably nothing more.

The plan includes 22 Porsche models and has two price tiers with two names:

 “Launch”: Includes on-demand access to eight model variants such as the 718 Boxster and Cayman S, as well as the Macan S and Cayenne, for a monthly fee of $2,000.

“Accelerate”: Includes on-demand access to 22 model variants such as the Porsche 911 Carrera S, the Panamera 4S sports sedan, the Macan GTS and Cayenne S E-Hybrid SUVs, in addition to the vehicles offered in the “Launch” package, for a monthly fee of $3,000.

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As major benefits, people who participate in the program can put as many miles on the cars as they like and get free maintenance, insurance and the costs of taxes and registration.

How many people want to drive nearly two dozen Porsches instead of picking just one, the one they really want? And one that can be financed for a fraction of the monthly cost of the new program. Probably not very many. People who want a two-door sports car, a four-door sedan or a small or large sport utility vehicle have likely made up their minds. An extended series of test drives may make for good press, but nothing more.

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Douglas A. McIntyre is the co-founder, chief executive officer and editor in chief of 24/7 Wall St. and 24/7 Tempo. He has held these jobs since 2006.

McIntyre has written thousands of articles for 24/7 Wall St. He is an expert on corporate finance, the automotive industry, media companies and international finance. He has edited articles on national demographics, sports, personal income and travel.

His work has been quoted or mentioned in The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, Los Angeles Times, The Washington Post, NBC News, Time, The New Yorker, HuffPost USA Today, Business Insider, Yahoo, AOL, MarketWatch, The Atlantic, Bloomberg, New York Post, Chicago Tribune, Forbes, The Guardian and many other major publications. McIntyre has been a guest on CNBC, the BBC and television and radio stations across the country.

A magna cum laude graduate of Harvard College, McIntyre also was president of The Harvard Advocate. Founded in 1866, the Advocate is the oldest college publication in the United States.

TheStreet.com, Comps.com and Edgar Online are some of the public companies for which McIntyre served on the board of directors. He was a Vicinity Corporation board member when the company was sold to Microsoft in 2002. He served on the audit committees of some of these companies.

McIntyre has been the CEO of FutureSource, a provider of trading terminals and news to commodities and futures traders. He was president of Switchboard, the online phone directory company. He served as chairman and CEO of On2 Technologies, the video compression company that provided video compression software for Adobe’s Flash. Google bought On2 in 2009.

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