Used Porsche 911 Rs are selling for nearly $1.3 million
Don't act surprised.
Some cars are just born to be collector's items. Prices of Porsches of
all years and styles have started to rise in recent years, particularly
air-cooled 911s, but the 911 R seems to take the cake. Used ones are
trading hands for almost $1.3 million on the used car market.
For a car that sold new for $185,950, that's quite a steep markup. In
fact, at seven times the original MSRP, high-end car finance company Magnitude Finance told Motoring Research that it may be an appreciation record.
Porsche only built 991 911 Rs.
The number is a reference to the current 991 chassis code for this
generation of the 911. When it was announced, it was heralded as the
purists 911: a lightweight special equipped with a manual transmission
and backed by the 4.0 liter flat-six from the GT3 RS.
It's hard to say if this is a trend or simply an anomaly. The car hasn't
been on sale for long, so few have publicly changed hands. Hopefully
the next 911 GT3 will satiate those who desire a driver focused 911 experience at a slightly more reasonable price point.
(AutoBlog.com)
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