Porsche Market Stays Hot While the Collector‑Car Surge Fades

The broader collector‑car market may have surrendered most of its pandemic‑era surge, but as Porsche Club of America’s e‑Brake News recently highlighted, Porsche values continue to chart their own course. Even ordinary air‑cooled models like driver‑quality 356s and 911 SCs ("Super Carreras") have held onto impressive gains, with cars that were $30K–$60K propositions in 2019 now trading tens of thousands higher. That resilience extends into the water‑cooled world, where the 997 has emerged as the modern “Goldilocks” 911—analog enough to feel classic, modern enough to live with daily, and increasingly desirable as hybridization and disappearing manuals reshape the 992 era.

As demand concentrates on these right‑sized, flat‑six Porsches, values for both 997.1 and 997.2 cars continue to rise, pulling up everything from manual Turbos to special 987 Boxsters and Caymans. Six‑cylinder mid‑engine cars, in particular, remain a low‑risk way to enjoy a near‑perfect Porsche experience with minimal depreciation, according to the Porsche Club. Whether 2026 brings a correction is anyone’s guess, but history suggests Porsche often refuses to follow the rest of the market—and this cycle looks no different.

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