Sold! Best used Porsches you missed out on
Remember when you could buy a Carrera GT for high six figures? Not anymore you can't...
Porsche 911 (992.1) GT3, 2022, 10.7k miles - sold for £135,000*
The 911 GT3 market is an interesting one. For Lord knows how long, you’ve needed an invite from your local Porsche dealer to buy one new, meaning only a select few get the pleasure. Obviously, the examples that land on the used market a few months down the line do so at a considerable markup, which only makes those who missed out on an allocation even more enraged. Fortunately, those patient enough to wait for a new GT3 to come along can pick up the previous example for a far more sensible amount. This 2022 car, for instance, racked up over 10,000 miles in the last four years and still made £135,000 including the buyer’s fee at auction. That’s around the same price it would have been when new, meaning the buyer bags a nearly-new GT3 for market value while the seller gets most of their money back. In other words, win-win.
Porsche Carrera GT, 2005, 13k miles - listed at £2,200,000
With no sign yet of a new Porsche hypercar on the horizon, all eyes are on the company’s halo models from the past. Well, more so than usual, and especially ones with a part-Formula 1, part-Le Mans prototype V10 in the middle of it. The market has been all over the Carrera GT for years, but a quick glance at the numbers on The Classic Valuer shows just how much of a collector magnet they’ve become. Cars were changing hands for well under a million just five years ago, whereas you’d have needed £2.2 million to get your hands on this example. Admittedly, this is about as good as they come: UK supplied, one previous owner and just 13,000 miles on the clock. But anyone with a Carrera GT tucked away in their garage will be mulling the idea of holding on for potentially an even bigger payout, or else making hay while the sun shines.
Porsche 911 (991.2) Turbo, 2016, 22.4k miles - sold for £69,680*
How is it that a 911 with two turbos strapped to its backside can be considered one of the more ‘sensible’ offerings in the lineup? Okay, so it’s not as focused as a GT3, nor is it as extreme as a GT2 RS (which we’re still waiting for, Porsche), but it’ll put down a good chunk more power than the former and still put in a very good showing around a track. Take this 991.2 Turbo, for instance, which has 540hp on tap from its 3.6-litre twin-turbo flat-six, plus PDCC and carbon-backed bucket seats that look stellar wrapped in red leather. Not that you can buy this one anymore, that boat sailed back in February when it sold at auction for £69,680 including the buyer’s premium, but it does demonstrate how resolute Turbos are at holding their value.
Porsche 911 (993) Turbo, 1995, 43.5k miles - listed at £199,990
Isn’t it incredible that what was considered supercar-slaying performance back in the '90s can now be had in a family hatch. Then again, you wouldn’t have the bark of a 3.6-litre twin-turbocharged flat-six working away behind you, a steering rack that feels as though it’s actually connected to the front axle and pedals hinged from the floor. It being the last and most advanced air-cooled 911, plus the fact there are tangible traces of the original from 1964, has driven 993 prices through the roof in recent years, especially those with Turbo scrawled on the back. That’s why this 1995 example in silver over a dark blue leather interior was listed for sale at £199,990, and is now presumably in the hands of its jammy new owner. A handy reference if you’ve got one to move…
Porsche 911 (997.1) Targa 4S, 2008, 50.1k miles - sold for £33,232*
The Targa has always been the oddball in the 911 range. First introduced to meet stringent crash tests for drop-tops in the US, the Targa would go on to become the go-to 911 for those after open-top thrills of a cabrio without the wind ruining their hair. Incredibly, Porsche managed to incorporate the Targa’s roll hoop in a way that didn’t detract from the 911’s design, though changes brought in for the 993 generation would temporarily see the signature metal bar make way for a trick retractable panoramic roof instead. Porsche would ultimately go back to a more traditional design, with this 997.1 being among the last to feature the all-glass roof. That makes it quite rare, and really quite tempting in Targa 4S guise with a six-speed manual to go with it. No wonder it attracted 90 bids before the hammer fell at £33,232 including the buyer’s fee, which, if you’ve been keeping an eye on the Targa market, is a tidy result for a pre-facelift 997.
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*Auction car prices shown are inclusive of the buyer’s fee, which is 6% of the selling price + VAT, with a minimum of £695 + VAT.
Idiot.
Of these, the silver 993 looks utterly sublime. Not the greatest driver here but just look at it
Idiot.
Of these, the silver 993 looks utterly sublime. Not the greatest driver here but just look at it
But the Carrera GT is a car with a totally bespoke and unique carbon fibre chassis, bespoke and unique V10 etc. Replicating it is basically impossible. Even at today's dramatically elevated valuation, still probably cheap, what with an F1 going for 10x. I suppose they built about 10x CGTs versus F1s. But even so, the CGT surely has a comparable claim to greatest ever combustion sports car alongside the F1. Only the new GMA cars threaten those two, I'd say. And that's on paper. Who knows how good they are. Not many people!
And can't believe people pay £200k for the flabby old chestwig chariot that is a 993TT!
Fine, you had a high owner car that was OK. But that doesn't mean generally high owner cars are an appealing proposition. They're not.
Idiot.
Of these, the silver 993 looks utterly sublime. Not the greatest driver here but just look at it
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