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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

Answered by Honest John
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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