A new business that allows syndicates to part-own a high performance Porsche on a time-share basis, has been launched by Helensburgh sports car enthusiast Gavin Little.
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Mr Little said he was already working with syndicates of four people interested in having him buy and manage a Porsche for them and, in one case, a chief executive who wanted to be a whole syndicate himself.
Mr Little already offers full-day and half-day sports car drives along Grand Pacific Drive, taking in Bald Hill and Sea Cliff Bridge, and up Macquarie Pass to the Southern Highlands and Saddleback Mountain and back to Helensburgh.
But the arrival of a new website this month (clifftocoast.com.au) will help step up the business roll-out.
"We have two syndicates on the cusp and a trailer due in the coming weeks to float the Porsches to syndicate owners' houses," he said.
The business started a year ago as Cliff to Coast Sports Car Drives and recently acquired a Porsche Cayenne for client pick-up from hotels in Sydney and Wollongong.
"We are also in the process of operating a [race] track day service with a 996 GT3 Cup car," Mr Little said.
"We are currently working with underwriters and driving instructors to construct a suitable package as a step-up for clients who have already driven with us.
"The program would include a full-day group tour, a private four-hour early morning or late afternoon drive for evaluation purposes and if the track day opportunity is approved, access to the Porsche 911 GT3 Cup car with an instructor on Wakefield Park."
In the meantime, the drive days and Cliff To Coast Syndicated Porsches initiative are the focus.
The concept behind the syndicate is to combine all the thrills of Porsche car ownership with ultimate convenience at a quarter of the price.
The Porsche ownership program is designed to make owning a high performance car more achievable through quarter-shares in both new and classic Porsches.
Syndicate owners merely book use of the sports car they part-own and their Porsche is ready waiting for them when they walk out the door in the morning.
There are 88 days and 7000 kilometres available to each syndicate partner per year and they can book that online in real time.
And they have no garaging, no servicing, no cleaning and no security concerns.
"We take care of the details, leaving the owners to take care of the driving," Mr Little said.