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Is a Porsche 997 a good long term investment?
I'm thinking about buying a 2009 Porsche Carrera 2 3.8S (Gen 2 997). A good example with low miles seems to be selling for about £50,000. How would you rate this as a longer term investment (my thinking being it's a car that I love to drive but also the last of the hydraulic steering flat six cars)? Do you see prices dropping given the recent increase in Porsche 911 values? It may be a car I keep for 12 months or 12 years, so I'm just trying to get an informed opinion on likely fluctuations in price.
Asked on 22 April 2017 by Nick

I think 'classic' Porsche prices are topping out. Four 911 coming up here: classics.honestjohn.co.uk/news/auction-news/2017-0.../ You're looking at the right 997 and the market is probably pricing them correctly at the moment. Which way they go from now? Probably up, but I would not put my own money on it.
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