Does this term stand for the first few car made in 2005?

 

I actually thought the Launch Edition 997's (as I've heard it) were the 997.2's for 2009. All were C2S's.....dk green(forget the name off-hand), tan interior, pdk, vented seats....... pretty loaded up cars.

 

Also Aqua Blue cabs with everything except Nav, and Meteor Grey with everything (sport bucket seats).

 

Porsche Racing Green

 

first batch special edition cars fully loaded with all (or almost all) available options.

 

The Launch Edition are identical cars that PCNA had produced for the each dealer (one) and were used to introduce the new model. In 2005 it was Black 997C2S with PCCB's, Full leather, Nav, Bose, ***, SC, and a few other little options. In 2009 it was the PRG cars as described above.

 

PDK only on the 997.2

 

Sorry........forgot the Aqua Blue.....(most I had seen here locally used were PRGreen). But all of them came as PDK's.

 

Launch cars are cars with specific option packages that were sent to each dealership. I almost bought a 997.2 launch car. It actually made negotiations with different dealerships quite easy. It allowed me to compare apples to apples and the only differentiating factor was price.

 

there were launch cars with the 05 model (997.1) as well as the 09 model (997.2)

If you are asking only about the 05 --there was one specific car . It's an "s" - black/black/ ceramic brake /sport adaptive / nav/full leather / sport chrono car with MSRP of 99,300 .

 

Afterthought --It was launched in August 2004 as an 05 model.

 

I haz a launch. It states "Launch" on the window sticker. It is the one "option" Porsche didn't charge for.

 

As always Larry is dead-on correct. Just pulled my sticker out to confrim MSRP....yep, $99,300. I don't see where it says "launch" on the sticker though?

 

It doesn't .. but back in 04 every dealership got one of those identical cars . It was supposed to be a demo showing all the cool features but demand for the car was so high that most sold the car . I bought mine only 3 days after the launch. Great car !!!!!

 

Sorry for the blur, but you can still make out the "Launch" code: