RE: 911 GT3 : Spotted (again)

[MrReg]

I'd prefer this one myself
http://www.ashgood.co.uk/product/112/2007-porsche-...

[993UED]

With 993 rs's going for 250k, the 996 GT3 looks cheap (I believe they are c.50k for a half decent one). The kettle generation cars will never look as good as the air cooled gen though.

[Housey]

SidewaysSi said:

Housey said:

I sold a 996 GT3 for circa 51K in 2008 and that would be worth 120K now, maybe tomorrow even 234K


Utter bks marketplace for GT3's right now. Annoying as I want another but won't spunk 15K + overs just because some gimp in that London wants to add one to his collection.

Not sure what London has got to do with it. Besides, surely it is the Asian economy that has resulted in a fair few being exported?

They all live in That London. I have a scientific graph and some deep insight to prove it. I got them when I put some made up numbers into a spreadsheet so it must be fact.

[The Moose]

Shaoxter said:

What ISO were these pics taken at? 3200? 6400??

This car seems to have been on sale for a while now... has anyone been to see it and is there anything wrong with it?

Wrong seats?

[motoroller]

fastgerman said:

Agreed on the non-special editions, which have doubled (+) in the last 3 years e.g.

E36 M3
BMW 840
Jaguar XJS
Any non-special aircooled Porsche, especially those over 100k miles, tiptronic and targa
1980's Mercedes SL's
Ferrari 355 and 550
etc etc

Ferrari and Porsche special editions probably have a way to go yet, this is now a global market bubble

Have even the non-special editions doubled?

What, roughly, have the special editions got to? 3x their price 5 years ago?


As a young petrolhead, these trends make me more and more furious. My salary and finances aren't growing at the rate that these cars seem to be!

[g7jhp]

robertpaulson said:

Its going to be very interesting to see what happens to the price of these if the cayman gt4 does actually turn up with a manual 3.8 390hp engine and sub 1300kg. Suspect the cayman will look very cheap if the 70k price mooted about is real.

New Cayman GT4 with 385bhp, 4.4 seconds to 62, 183mph, 7:40 around the Nordschleife and 27.4mpg with a list price of £64,451!

[shoestring7]

g7jhp said:

robertpaulson said:

Its going to be very interesting to see what happens to the price of these if the cayman gt4 does actually turn up with a manual 3.8 390hp engine and sub 1300kg. Suspect the cayman will look very cheap if the 70k price mooted about is real.

New Cayman GT4 with 385bhp, 4.4 seconds to 62, 183mph, 7:40 around the Nordschleife and 27.4mpg with a list price of £64,451!

I think quoted weight is 1340kgs, so he's off the hook.

SS7

[Harris_I]

Vetteran said:

Had first gen GT3 (not quick enough for the money) Had 996 GT3 rock hard suspension.Less than great cars get dragged up in value when the truly great cars in their range become unaffordable. Oh dear heresy.

LOL, stone the blasphemer.

Obviously I disagree but there's no right or wrong answer. The original (996.1 and 996.2) were plenty quick in the right hands. That was the beauty of them. They required a very specific technique to get the most out of them. It took me several years to get it right. It also spoiled me into not having any desire to buy a modern supercar again, most of which I tend to find are dominated by transmission and electronics. Deeply impressive, but just not my thing. The 996 and 997 were total immersion experiences and that's why I think of them as the greatest driver's cars ever built. Dammit, it took me so long to learn to drive them, I'm not giving up that hard earned knowledge.

If I were to buy a modern supercar with a six-figure price tag, I'd look to complement the 996 already in my garage - in other words, I'd have no interest in the all-out racer wannabes but instead focus on the GTs, the cruisers, the beautifully crafted daily driver performance cars. I've got a real hankering for a second hand McL 12C, the new AMG-GT or the i8 right now. But not the 991 or the 458. Hard to explain.