Switzerland's First Porsche Classic Center Opens In Geneva
Classic Centers combine traditional dealer services with the sale, repair, and service of vintage Porsches.
Vintage Services
While Porsche dealers and service centers already populate the world in large quantities, Porsche Classic Centers are much rarer, with just four in existence worldwide. The fourth just opened this week in Le Grand-Saconnex, in fact, marking the very first such facility in Switzerland. Classic Centers combine traditional dealer services with the sale, repair, and service of vintage Porsche vehicles, which is quite appealing to owners or prospective owners of such vehicles.
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Perfect Pair
"Switzerland has always valued our brand's sports cars, since the early years of the Porsche company, in fact," said Michael Glinski, CEO of Porsche Schweiz AG. "Porsche's first series-production car was delivered to a customer from Zürich. Around 17,000 classic Porsche cars are registered in Switzerland. The team in Geneva has been doing outstanding work in this field for a long time, and its services are now virtually unequaled following conversion and certification as a Porsche Classic Center."
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Long History
Porsche Center Geneva's certification as a Porsche Classic Center will build on the dealer's three victories at the Porsche Classic Restoration Challenge, which it achieved following a long history of servicing vintage machines.
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Investing In the Future
"We are very proud to be opening the world's fourth Porsche Classic Center," said Guy Meyohas, owner of Orchid Sports Cars SA, which owns both the Porsche Center Geneva and the new Porsche Classic Center. "We invested in the future right from the start, in order to continuously expand and enhance our expertise." "Our aim is to provide the best possible service in all areas, whether that be selling new cars, servicing pre-owned cars, or repairing and maintaining even the very earliest Porsche models," added Patrick Losch, co-owner of Orchid Sports Cars SA.
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Porsche Spirit
"When we started with 20 employees back in 2011, our goal was to live and foster the passion for Porsche in every way for our customers," said Alexandre Mottet, CEO of Porsche Center and Classic Center Geneva. "We are celebrating our tenth anniversary this year, and our family has grown to 77 employees who now enjoy a space of 12,800 square meters, in which to work and exemplify the Porsche spirit."
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Comprehensive Offering
The Porsche Classic Center in Geneva has a 210-square-meter showroom to display heritage Porsche sports cars. Its cutting-edge workshop has four spots reserved for these vehicles alone - one of them exclusively for bodywork and restoration. The center also offers maintenance and repair services and the replacement part supply consists of over 60,000 original components. Guests can not only visit the showroom but also the workshop.
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Special Shop
Together with existing locations in Netherlands, France, and Norway, the Geneva center contains specialist tools and model-specific repair manuals to ensure the best possible maintenance and repair work, as well as connections with the special procurement team at the Stuttgart factory restoration facility, which can support them in locating rare, genuine parts. All of which makes the Porsche Classic Centers a boon for owners of the automaker's vintage rides.
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