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      11-25-2024, 12:57 PM   #21
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Originally Posted by BlkGS View Post
I don't doubt that. Porsche has been evolving from a sports car company into a luxury car company that has an iconic sports car. People spending $150k plus for a regular 911 don't want a hard edged sports car, they want to feel like they "made it". It's the same thing with Corvettes. They've been moving away from sports car and into high powered GT cars to brag about at a car show since the mid 90s.
Have to disagree, everyone still wants a GT3 which is why they're $30-50k over for a 3 year old used one with miles on it. They just increased the base price by $40k because they know people will pay it for that hard edged sports car.

They could easily put a NA engine in any of the base lineup but they don't because it forces people to go after a GT3 which keeps values up, and of course everyone wants something they can't get.

Prices have gone into the stratosphere though, with a loaded 911 T being upwards of $180k now when a few years ago a loaded 991.2 GTS was $160k and is now closer to $220k. You've got a whole lot of great options when you're getting into that kind of price range. Hopefully Porsche doesn't kill the golden goose by getting too greedy.
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