Speaking of Exclusivity

Porsche is honoring the first year of registered a road car, 1948, by producing 1,948 examples of this limited run car. To put this into practical terms, there will be nearly twice as many Speedsters sitting in car bubbles than the total number of NSXs sold since 2016. To put it in Porsche terms, there will be over five times as many 991 Speedsters compared to the 356 units produced for the most recent 997 version. Exclusive.

1,948 seems like a rather large run compared to many other limited edition Porsches, but this may be a tactic Porsche is using to curb some of the speculative behavior that has run rampant across their most exclusive cars. The incredible 991 911 R was originally sold at $184,900, but the limited run of 991 units had resale values peaking well above $400,000 for many examples that were sold with delivery miles. That’s quite a few sausages that Porsche missed out on. The introduction of the GT3 Touring provided a dangerously similar package that owners, I suspect a fair number of 911 R owners included, would actually drive on the road as it wasn’t an officially limited production. Values dramatically fell once the GT3 Touring models became available, but are currently well above the original price.