Posted on 18 April 2012 by Boardwalk Porsche Dallas
Boardwalk Auto Group congratulates the following winners:
1st Place Italian – David & Barb Halpin – Ferrari 458 Italia (w/Graphics Wrap)
2nd Place Italian – Don Patty – Ferrari 328GTB
3rd Place Italian – Will Huber – Ferrari 348TS
Best In Show – Lorenzo Triana – Mercedes Benz 300SL
Most Unique – Brendan Hinds – Audi S5
British Class – Rachel Hardin – Lotus Esprit
German Class – Chuck Lawson – Porsche 356
American Class – Don Seibert – Chevrolet Corvette
Posted on 26 March 2012 by Boardwalk Porsche Dallas
We want to thank all of our valued customers for coming out to make the Boardwalk Porsche Spring Owners’ Rally a success. Boardwalk Porsche hosted 129 participants having lunch on the outdoor deck at Lantana Resort overlooking Lake Ray Roberts. What an outstanding group of Porsche enthusiasts.
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Posted on 08 March 2012 by Boardwalk Porsche Dallas
How did my favorite Cayman R get parked inside the Neiman Marcus at The Shops at Willow Bend? Actually it was there all weekend for the Robert Graham Collection event. Come check it out at Boardwalk Porsche if you are in North Dallas.
Posted on 06 March 2012 by Boardwalk Porsche Dallas
The technical highlight of the new Boxster generation is the considerably lower weight thanks to the lightweight design body and the completely revamped chassis. The mid-engine roadster’s comprehensive revamping is also apparent in its looks: the wheelbase has increased, the track is wider and the wheels are larger. In the process, Porsche has not just significantly enhanced the driving dynamics, thereby ensuring unadulterated driving fun, but the new Boxsters are 15 per cent more fuel-efficient as well: depending on model, their fuel consumption is significantly less than eight litres per 100 kilometres.
Thanks to a root and branch styling makeover with shorter body overhangs, significantly forward-shifted windscreen, flatter silhouette and expressive edges, the roadster’s road posture is more muscular and more striking. The interior offers more space and the interior concept reflects the new Porsche outline with the raked centre console.
About Boardwalk Porsche
DealerRater recently named Boardwalk Porsche 2012 Porsche Dealer of the Year for the State of Texas based on consumer reviews. Staffed with the finest sales professionals and automotive technicians in the business, Boardwalk Porsche translates Porsche’s legendary track proficiency into an extraordinary customer experience. As a member of Boardwalk Auto Group, Boardwalk Porsche cultivates a focus on top-flight performance serving Dallas, Fort Worth and Plano, Texas.
About Boardwalk Auto Group
Boardwalk Auto Group is one of the premier auto groups in the nation representing Porsche, Audi, Ferrari, Lamborghini, Maserati, and Volkswagen.
Posted on 16 February 2012 by Boardwalk Porsche Dallas
Stuttgart. Dr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche AG, Stuttgart’s new sports car in the SUV segment has been given the name Macan. The name Macan is derived from the Indonesian word for tiger and combines suppleness, power, fascination and dynamics – core characteristics of the new off-road car.
“The Macan combines all sports car characteristics with the benefits of a SUV and is a genuine Porsche”, said Bernhard Maier, Executive Vice President Sales and Marketing of Porsche AG. “The name of a new Porsche has to fit with the brand, sound good in very many languages and dialects and evoke positive associations.”
As the fifth Porsche model line, the Macan is a central plank of Strategy 2018, by which the sports car manufacturer wishes to expand its model portfolio. Porsche intends the Macan to emulate the success of the Cayenne. The SUV will start coming off the production lines in Leipzig in 2013. To that end, the site in this city in Saxony is being expanded into a fully-fledged production plant including body assembly line and paint shop – with 500 million euro of investment one of the biggest building projects in Porsche’s corporate history. In the medium-term, the sports car manufacturer will be creating more than 1,000 new jobs here.
Word names at Porsche have a concrete connection with the corresponding model and its characteristics: the name Boxster describes the combination of boxer engine and roadster, Cayenne stands for sharpness, the Cayman is snappy and agile and a Panamera is more than a Gran Tourismo, capable also of winning the Carrera Panamericana long-distance race.
Posted on 16 February 2012 by Boardwalk Porsche Dallas
The Porsche Premier Dealer Program identifies the top 25 Porsche Dealers in North America. It recognizes and rewards those Porsche Dealerships that best embrace the ‘Porsche Business Model’ – achieving the highest performance among their peers in Brand utilization, product representation and the development of key Porsche business drivers and in doing so, exceed the expectations of their Porsche customers.
A commitment to excellence and performance above industry standards is expected at Porsche as a baseline for conducting business. The Porsche Premier Dealer program is dedicated to rewarding authorized Porsche dealers who routinely go above and beyond these demands in their devotion to both the Porsche brand and their valued customers. A Premier Dealer is a champion of the brand who ‘lives and breathes’ Porsche.
Recognition as a Porsche Premier Dealer bestows the pride and prestige of being named one of the most highly regarded Porsche dealerships in North America. “The Porsche Premier Dealer Award distinguishes Boardwalk Porsche as a dealership whose personnel excel at putting Porsche ideals into practice,” said Mike Marsh, General Manager.
Brian Ongaro, Vice President of Sales and Marketing for Boardwalk Auto Group said, “We are extremely honored that Boardwalk Porsche received the prestigious Porsche Premier Dealer Award for 2012, and want to thank all of our valued Boardwalk Porsche team members for making this award a reality.”
About Boardwalk Porsche
DealerRater recently named Boardwalk Porsche 2012 Porsche Dealer of the Year for the State of Texas based on consumer reviews. Staffed with the finest sales professionals and automotive technicians in the business, Boardwalk Porsche translates Porsche’s legendary track proficiency into an extraordinary customer experience. As a member of Boardwalk Auto Group, Boardwalk Porsche cultivates a focus on top-flight performance serving Dallas, Fort Worth and Plano, Texas.
About Boardwalk Auto Group
Boardwalk Auto Group is one of the premier auto groups in the nation representing Porsche, Audi, Ferrari, Lamborghini, Maserati and Volkswagen. Learn more about Boardwalk Auto Group at http://www.BoardwalkAutoGroup.com.
Posted on 15 February 2012 by Boardwalk Porsche Dallas
The New, Seventh-Generation Porsche 911 Launch Party pictures at Boardwalk Porsche. We want to thank all of our valued customers and special guests for making this an outstanding evening, as we celebrated the unveiling of the new 2012 Porsche 911 in Plano.
Posted on 07 February 2012 by Boardwalk Porsche Dallas
DealerRater, the world’s premier car dealer review web site, just announced the winners of the 2012 Dealer of the Year Award Program. Through this award program, 37 manufacturer categories were represented and Boardwalk Porsche, located in Plano, Texas was named 2012 Porsche Dealer of the Year for the State of Texas.
According to recent studies, 84% of Americans say online evaluations have an influence on their decision to purchase a product/service, and 73% of car shoppers now consult online dealership reviews.
“Consumers are increasingly relying on credible, third-party review sites like DealerRater to research prospective dealerships across multiple geographic areas and vehicle brands so as to find the right car dealer committed to quality customer service,” said Chip Grueter, President of DealerRater. “We congratulate Boardwalk Porsche and look forward to their continued success.”
Brian Ongaro, Vice President of Sales and Marketing for Boardwalk Auto Group said, “We are honored that Boardwalk Porsche was named DealerRater 2012 Porsche Dealer of the Year for Texas. We embrace the complete unbiased customer feedback and the transparency that DealerRater provides our entire team at Boardwalk Porsche. We also want to take this opportunity to thank all of our team members for their unparalleled commitment to excellence, thus making this award a reality.”
The 2012 award winners demonstrated consistently high PowerScore ratings for customer satisfaction, placing them in the top of their class. The PowerScore is determined using a Bayesian algorithm that factors the dealership’s average DealerRater consumer rating and the total number of reviews written about the dealership during the 2011 calendar year.
The winners of the 2012 Dealer of the Year Awards were announced at the 2012 NADA & ATD Convention and Expo in Las Vegas, Nevada during a press conference on Sunday, February 5, 2012.
About Boardwalk Porsche
Staffed with the finest sales professionals and automotive technicians in the business, Boardwalk Porsche translates Porsche’s legendary track proficiency into an extraordinary customer experience. As a member of Boardwalk Auto Group, Boardwalk Porsche cultivates a focus on top-flight performance serving Dallas, Fort Worth and Plano, Texas.
About Boardwalk Auto Group
Boardwalk Auto Group is one of the premier auto groups in the nation representing Porsche, Audi, Ferrari, Lamborghini, Maserati, and Volkswagen. Learn more about Boardwalk Auto Group at http://www.BoardwalkAutoGroup.com.
About DealerRater®
DealerRater was founded in 2002 as the first car dealer review website worldwide. DealerRater is the world’s #1 online resource for anyone seeking third-party information on automobile dealerships. DealerRater features more than 41,000 U.S. and Canadian car dealers, nearly 600,000 user reviews and over 1,000,000 cars for sale. DealerRater attracts more than 8 million consumers every year who visit the site to search for car dealerships, read current reviews, write their own descriptive reviews, and find car deals – all for free. Car dealers are rated on the criteria of customer service, quality of work, friendliness, price and overall experience. In addition, DealerRater offers qualified car dealers a Certified Dealer Program as a reputation management tool to help them grow their online presence and achieve higher SEO rankings across the Web. Today, more than 4,200 dealers are members of DealerRater’s Certification Program.
Posted on 31 January 2012 by Boardwalk Porsche Dallas
Boardwalk Porsche today announced that the new Porsche 911 Carrera and Carrera S models have arrived in their Plano, Texas showroom. The latest generation of the iconic Porsche 911 goes on sale Feb. 4.
Following its introduction last Fall, automotive media world-wide have designated the latest 911 as the best iteration of Ferdinand Porsche’s sports car vision yet. It is destined to remain every bit the icon it has been since its 1964 debut.
“Whether this will be a customer’s first or just their latest Porsche 911, it’s going to be the most exhilarating driving and ownership experience yet,” said Boardwalk Porsche General Manager, Mike Marsh. “The 911 Carrera and Carrera S are the ultimate choices for drivers who want a true benchmark-setting sports car that they can put through its paces and enjoy all week long, not just for show or on weekends.”
For 2012, the 911 has been completely redesigned from the ground up. The new model applies singular balance to the priorities of a new era, preserving the classic 911 lines, yet revisiting every inch for advances in power and fuel economy. While enthusiasts will recognize the 2012 911 Carrera at a glance, 90 percent of its components are either new or fundamentally revised.
Its sleek and stretched silhouette, pulse-pounding contours and precisely designed features signal its rich heritage from every viewing angle. Longer, lower, wider, 100 lbs. lighter, faster and more efficient than previous models, the 911 is the perfect blend of modern design, intelligent engineering and performance DNA.
In addition to aesthetic improvements, both new models offer significant performance enhancements. The 2012 911 Carrera is equipped with a new, 350-horsepower, 3.4-liter boxer engine, while the Carrera S features a 400-horsepower, 3.8-liter boxer engine—a 15hp improvement versus its predecessor. The 911 Carrera with Porsche Doppelkupplung (PDK) accelerates from zero to 60 in 4.4 seconds, while the Carrera S sprints from zero to 60 in a mere 4.1 seconds. That time is reduced even further to 3.9 seconds when equipped with the Sports Chrono Package Plus. Top track speeds for the 911 Carrera and Carrera S are 179 and 188 mph, respectively.
As with every generation, the new 911 Carrera continues to raise the bar in both performance and efficiency. This is achieved through systems such as the Automatic Start/Stop function, engine and transmission thermal management, electrical system recuperation, the world’s first seven-speed manual transmission and—in conjunction with PDK—the ability to ‘sail’ or coast. The new electro-mechanical power steering offers the typical Porsche precision and helps to increase efficiency and reduce fuel consumption.
The new 911 Carrera Coupe will have a base MSRP of $82,100, and the 911 Carrera S Coupe will start at $96,400 (excluding destination fees).
About Porsche Cars North America
Porsche Cars North America, Inc. (PCNA), based in Atlanta, Ga. is the exclusive U.S. importer of Porsche sports cars, the Cayenne SUV and Panamera Gran Turismo. Established in 1984, it is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Porsche AG, which is headquartered in Stuttgart, Germany, and employs approximately 220 people who provide parts, service, marketing and training for 196 dealers. They, in turn, work to provide Porsche customers with a best-in-class experience that is in keeping with the brand’s 63-year history and leadership in the advancement of vehicle performance, safety and efficiency. At the core of this success is Porsche’s proud racing heritage that boasts some 30,000 motorsport wins to date.
About Boardwalk Porsche
Staffed with finest sales professional and automotive technicians in the business, Boardwalk Porsche translates Porsche’s legendary track proficiency into an extraordinary customer experience. As a member of Boardwalk Auto Group, Boardwalk Porsche cultivates a focus on top-flight performance serving Dallas, Fort Worth and Plano, Texas. Boardwalk Porsche was recently named as a Finalist for the DealerRater 2012 Dealer of the Year Award Program.
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Posted on 30 January 2012 by Boardwalk Porsche Dallas
Dallas, TX (PRWEB) January 30, 2012 
DealerRater, the world’s premier car dealer review website, just unveiled the finalists of the 2012 Dealer of the Year Award Program. Through this award program, 37 manufacturer categories were represented and Boardwalk Porsche, located in Plano, Texas was named as a 2012 Dealer of the Year Finalist.
“As dealers across North America anxiously await final results of the 2012 Awards, we congratulate Boardwalk Porsche for their demonstrated success in customer satisfaction,” said Chip Grueter, President of DealerRater. “Consumers are increasingly relying on credible, third-party review sites like DealerRater to research prospective dealerships across multiple geographic areas and vehicle brands so as to find the right car dealer committed to quality customer service.”
Brian Ongaro, Vice President of Sales and Marketing for Boardwalk Auto Group said, “We are honored to be named as a DealerRater 2012 Dealer of the Year Finalist. We feel that DealerRater has become one of the primary information sources for car buying consumers. More than that though, we embrace the complete unbiased customer feedback and the transparency that DealerRater provides our entire team at Boardwalk Porsche.”
The winners of the 2012 Dealer of the Year Awards will be announced at the 2012 NADA & ATD Convention and Expo in Las Vegas, Nevada during a press conference on Sunday, February 5, 2012.
About Boardwalk Porsche
Staffed with the finest sales professionals and automotive technicians in the business, Boardwalk Porsche translates Porsche’s legendary track proficiency into an extraordinary customer experience. As a member of Boardwalk Auto Group, Boardwalk Porsche cultivates a focus on top-flight performance serving Dallas, Fort Worth and Plano, Texas.
About Boardwalk Auto Group
Boardwalk Auto Group is one of the premier auto groups in the nation representing Porsche, Audi, Ferrari, Lamborghini, Maserati, and Volkswagen. Learn more about Boardwalk Auto Group.
About DealerRater®
DealerRater was founded in 2002 as the first car dealer review website worldwide. DealerRater is the world’s #1 online resource for anyone seeking third-party information on automobile dealerships. DealerRater features more than 41,000 U.S. and International car dealers, 550,000 user reviews and over 1,000,000 cars for sale. DealerRater attracts more than 5 million consumers every year who visit the site to search for car dealerships, read current reviews, write their own descriptive reviews, and find car deals – all for free. Car dealers are rated on the criteria of customer service, quality of work, friendliness, price and overall experience.
