12 GT4's for sale on PistonHeads and growing

[Armitage.Shanks]

Had my eye on the Blue car with PCCB that OPC Mid-Sussex had for sale but someone beat me to it! Nearest to that in main dealer network is the yellow race spec at OPC Colchester. Admittedly it's got the roll cage and harness but not more extras and more miles than the blue car yet it's £2.5k more expensive! I can't help but think it's way over-priced. Anyone on here own it?

[jcosh]

Just 10 cars on the OPC network now.

[AndrewD]

Armitage.Shanks said:

Had my eye on the Blue car with PCCB that OPC Mid-Sussex had for sale but someone beat me to it! Nearest to that in main dealer network is the yellow race spec at OPC Colchester. Admittedly it's got the roll cage and harness but not more extras and more miles than the blue car yet it's £2.5k more expensive! I can't help but think it's way over-priced. Anyone on here own it?

It’s my wife’s car and it has pretty much every option.
She has owned it from new and it really is one of those “one careful lady owner” cars.

[Porsche911R]

AndrewD said:

It’s my wife’s car and it has pretty much every option.
She has owned it from new and it really is one of those “one careful lady owner” cars.

does that not normally mean, a lugged engine, no oil, cubed wheels and short trips :-)

[GT4P]

Hope it's not the yellow one that was priced at about £95k 18months ago and sat In the showroom for months with the price slowly reduced , not sure if it ever sold? Didn't look the finest example to warrant that sort of money with what would have been considered high mileage for the price back then!

[AndrewD]

GT4P said:

Hope it's not the yellow one that was priced at about £95k 18months ago and sat In the showroom for months with the price slowly reduced , not sure if it ever sold? Didn't look the finest example to warrant that sort of money with what would have been considered high mileage for the price back then!

That’s not my wife’s car, she only listed it recently.

[AndrewD]

Porsche911R said:

AndrewD said:

It’s my wife’s car and it has pretty much every option.
She has owned it from new and it really is one of those “one careful lady owner” cars.

does that not normally mean, a lugged engine, no oil, cubed wheels and short trips :-)

I guess that’s a bit of a misogynistic attempt at humour?

She’s a nuclear engineer’s daughter and probably looks after her cars better than you.

[GT4P]

AndrewD said:

GT4P said:

Hope it's not the yellow one that was priced at about £95k 18months ago and sat In the showroom for months with the price slowly reduced , not sure if it ever sold? Didn't look the finest example to warrant that sort of money with what would have been considered high mileage for the price back then!

That’s not my wife’s car, she only listed it recently.

I didn't say it was but pretty much identical spec. Yellow cs etc
Never understood why that car was sat in the showroom priced so high for so long without selling!
It is true every time you see an advert " one carefull lady owner" or "owned by a doctor " it does make you think that old chestnut

[daro911]

718 GT4 will be a production run car this time around so should depreciate accordingly

"One thing we learned from the last GT4 is a lot of people couldn’t get one. Now we’re really proud enthusiasts can buy the car, rather than write letters. We’re not limited in a way, we will have a longer production run than before, and we wanted to keep it in the same price range.’"

https://www.carmagazine.co.uk/car-news/first-offic...

[Twinfan]

Limited availability according to Porsche UK's website - so it'll be the same as always. Not limited in number but by production capacity.

[acey81]

Well glad my information checked out, including the fact that they will build as many as they can. It will essentially sit next to the GTS as a regular model for the remaining life of the 718 platform.

Slightly underwhelmed in the end, the Spyder seems to be the pick of the two. GT4 really needed PDK to feel like a step up, and get rid of the rations issue.

[Porsche911R]

Twinfan said:

Limited availability according to Porsche UK's website - so it'll be the same as always. Not limited in number but by production capacity.

be 1000's of slots in 2020 though imo just not many 2019 slots.

[PaulAlex]

So, no PDK, not numbers-limited, no significant performance increase and muted soundtrack?! I can see existing GT4 owners holding on to theirs and waiting for the (many!) used GT3 used values to reach a sweet spot...……...

[av185]

PaulAlex said:

So, no PDK, not numbers-limited, no significant performance increase and muted soundtrack?! I can see existing GT4 owners holding on to theirs and waiting for the (many!) used GT3 used values to reach a sweet spot...……...

GT3 different car different price different customer base.

And the 992 GT3 wont arrive until late 2021.

[caminator11]

av185 said:

GT3 different car different price different customer base.

And the 992 GT3 wont arrive until late 2021.

This. Different proposition altogether.

[Armitage.Shanks]

Can't help thinking despite it being a 'standard production run', for the money ordering one of these is a better option than buying into current 981GT4 now?

Given it's list price how are 981 values going to fair?

I'm looking to buy now and still will at the right price but values seem too high.

[caminator11]

As much as its not meant to be limited, it will take quite a while to get a seat in a 718 GT4. Because of this I think 981 values will hold fairly steady for a good bit yet.

[Fokker]

Thing is, its heavier, no faster (4.4 to 60) and won't sound as good.
There really isn't that much to gain...

The real difference is in the Spyder from the last gen but then that's no faster, 100kgs heavier than the 981 Spyder (someone said, if correct) and won't sound anywhere near as good.

There's not a whole lot to gain over a 981 in reality. Its nice but a bit of a warm make over

[n12maser]

Also no Agate

[garethld]

Armitage.Shanks said:

Can't help thinking despite it being a 'standard production run', for the money ordering one of these is a better option than buying into current 981GT4 now?

Given it's list price how are 981 values going to fair?

I'm looking to buy now and still will at the right price but values seem too high.

I’ve just bought another GT4 CS this week, having sold the old one in September last year.

The new model will have an impact on desirability as people naturally lean towards the latest and greatest, evidenced by the GT3. I was shopping around with up to £80k to spend and i really can’t see how you’ll get better value for money than a 981 GT4 in that price range. Assuming you buy well there shouldn’t really be more than £5-10k at stake in depreciation over the next 18 months. The well spec’d 718 GT4’s will be trading c.£100k so it’s a big enough gap. They’ll be competing more with the 991.1 gt3 in my opinion.

I think you want to be buying a well spec’d 981 GT4 with low miles for mid to late 70’s and then you’ll be fine. These cars aren’t going to start dropping to £60k any time soon!