When you buy a new car, you usually want it to be new. It might have a few miles on it when delivered to the dealer and a few more miles on a test drive or two, but you’d be very frustrated if the dealer sold you a new car only to have it used. You might be angrier if the car in question was a $281,940 Porsche 911 GT3. However, Automotive News reports that a Florida man is suing Porsche Cars North America, claiming his 911 GT3 was previously used to train technicians.
According to the lawsuit filed in Seminole County Circuit Court in Florida, Abdulaziz purchased a 2022 Porsche 911 GT3 from Porsche Warrington in Warrington, Pennsylvania, with 34 miles on the odometer. Porsche Warrington allegedly told Aziz the car was being used for “display and marketing purposes” and “solely to promote the brand and familiarize Porsche dealer personnel with the features of the new model.”
But while some “people” did use the car to familiarize themselves with the new model, this phrasing seriously understates what actually happened. Aziz claims his car was originally sold to the Porsche Technical Apprenticeship Program to train future technicians. How many times it was taken apart and reassembled, no one can really say, but “a lot” sounds like a good guess.
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2022 Porsche 911 GT3 rear 3/4 – Porsche
But at least the cadets put everything back together perfectly, right? Wrong. Had they known, Aziz might never have learned the true story behind his GT3. Instead, “the car developed severe electrical system issues,” and when he took the car to a Porsche-certified technician, the technician reportedly told him that “it appears that the previous work was actually performed consistent with its previous use as a training vehicle.” Aziz then appears to have taken his car to another Porsche service center for a second opinion, where the technician “noted that portions of the undercarriage had been removed and replaced incorrectly, further indicating that work had been performed on the vehicle prior to its sale.”
Attempts to fix the car’s problems reportedly failed, and the lawsuit claims the car “has been out of service for over a year – and Aziz has not driven it since early 2025, let alone fully used and enjoyed it.” He could also recover compensation for the car through Lemon Law, but is currently appealing the arbitrator’s ruling because it does not include finance charges or sales tax. Aziz’s attorney, Jacob Abrams, told Automotive News in a statement:
As alleged in the indictment, Porsche improperly allocated a vehicle for sale to consumers for use in training service technicians in the Porsche Technical Apprenticeship Program and conspired with its co-defendant dealer to conceal the vehicle’s prior use.
We look forward to exposing this unfair practice and proving that the defendants are responsible for our client’s significant losses.
How PCNA will play out in this case is anyone’s guess, but based on the details we have so far, things don’t look good for dealers at least. They allegedly told Aziz his car didn’t have a window sticker and when he got home he found it in the glove box with “PCNA CAR NOT FOR SALE” printed on the front. oops.
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