If the Speedster from earlier today was a bit out of your price range, or perhaps you’re more interested in owning a 911 to *gasp* drive it, then the car featured here could make for a nice opportunity. Here we have a Black 1986 Porsche 911 Carrera Cabriolet, located in Rhode Island, with the always lovely contrast of a Burgundy leather interior. Sadly, we get very few pictures of that interior, but what we can see looks in very good shape. Driver-quality 3.2 Carreras aren’t the excellent values they used to be, but are still attainable for somewhat reasonable sums and an example like this, with fewer than 100K miles, should still have a very long motoring life ahead of it.
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Another rare, low-mileage, 964 and another very high price. This time, however, we have an auction in which the reserve has been met so we should be able to get a reasonable idea of the current market. After the 964 Speedster, Porsche fans would have to wait nearly two decades for another Speedster variant to appear and as the last of the air-cooled models the 964 is sure to remain a hit. Also, while none of the 911 Speedsters have been as stripped down as the original iteration of the 356, the 964 Speedster may be the closest of the bunch. Based on the narrow-bodied Carrera 2, the lines of this Speedster show a familiar resemblance to the original and remind us of some of Porsche’s earliest low-frills performance machines. The particular example featured here comes from a collection of Speedsters: a triple Black 1994 Porsche 911 Speedster, located in Arizona, with just 10,456 miles on it.
CLICK FOR DETAILS: 1994 Porsche 911 Speedster on eBay
1 CommentOn the current market, the 911E has long been a personal favorite of mine for its marriage of performance and luxury. With a more powerful engine and more sophisticated suspension than the entry-level 911T, the 911E was aimed at buyers who wanted more from their Porsche, but did not want the full high-performance 911S. We almost might suspect it of being a GT if it weren’t for the engine being placed at the rear of the car. Though that is essentially what the 911E was: an extremely capable performer that still delivered a high degree of comfort and luxury. While now they are more valuable than a 911T they do not manage to come close to seeing the sorts of values we expect from the 911S and for that I tend to like them quite a bit. The example we see here is a restored 1971 Porsche 911E Targa, located in Oregon. While the Silver over Black color scheme isn’t the most exciting in the 911 range it possesses a certain timeless quality that will always have its fans.
CLICK FOR DETAILS: 1971 Porsche 911E Targa on eBay
1 CommentSpeculation is a wonderful and horrible thing. We speculate all of the time about how much cars are worth; partially we’re helped by a fair amount of experience in writing similar cars up, but at the end of the day cars are only worth what the market will support. And, in the case of today’s quite rare Andial-motored 993 Carrera 2S, I correctly postulated that the market wasn’t ready to support a $228,500 asking price. Unsurprisingly the car is back up for sale four months later – and perhaps equally unsurprisingly at the same asking price. There’s no doubt that this is a special car but it’s fairly far ahead of the market right now. It’s lovely, though – so at least we can enjoy some 993 eye candy to close out the year!
CLICK FOR DETAILS: 1998 Porsche 911 Carrera 2S Andial 3.8 on eBay
The below post originally appeared on our site September 16, 2014:
3 CommentsThose of us not in the United Kingdom might have been a bit bummed by the steering wheel location on the Porsche 968 Club Sport we featured last week, especially since it was painted in a rare hue. But here we have another well-kept 968CS that has popped up for sale in Münster, Germany. It might not be as eye-catching as the example we saw for sale in England, but in some ways, white speaks to the purity of this machine. It was built with one purpose in mind: driving pleasure.




