Dealer Talk:Nine Excellence
911 & Porsche World|November 2017

A passion for Porsches drew Ken Napier in from the IT world six years ago, and after initially offering workshop services, his Surrey-based operation recently began selling Porsches as well

Dealer Talk:Nine Excellence

How long have you been working with Porsches? 

We created Nine Excellence (commonly known as “9e”) back in March 2011. Whilst we are still a young organisation we have over 60 years’ Porsche experience between all the staff. Now with over 2000 regular customers, last year we decided to open the sales side when we had the opportunity to acquire the building next door. Having a strong reputation on the workshop side should help us be successful on the sales side. We are buying cars either cash outright purchase or on sale or return (SOR).

What Porsches do you specialise in? 

I think most people would immediately say Turbos because of our “Vmax” activities and tuning projects in the past, but actually it represents approximately 20 per cent of the daily activities. We cover all Porsche models from the 356 to the latest 991 gen 2 cars. We cover servicing, repairs, engine builds, pre-purchase inspection, and performance upgrades. In terms of buying and selling, we are interested in any car that is in great condition.

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