A Boxster for an Investment ???

[Dylan1]

I was at the Porsche experience yesterday and my instructor didn't like the sound of the new 4 pot and felt Porsche had made a mistake

he thought my late 981S ( list£72k!) - basically a GTS with a few more extras - would hold up better resale wise

I don't expect it to be an inv though

 

[Henrybr]

I would say a 987 Boxter Spyder with a manual box and bucket seats would make a great investment (as would a cayman r for that matter). By great investment, you could probably hope to break even over a few years motoring, if not make a bit. They certainly haven't depreciated for a while now.

The last 6 cylinder Boxter may also offer slower depreciation over the next few years, owing to its less well endowed (in the cylinder department) younger sibling, however there are a lot of cars out there.

 

[missile]

I have a new condition 981 purchased from new, and also retail trade shares - I have almost paid for my boxster over the last couple of years with my Hargreaves Lansdown shares account ( not sure if this is because I have a knack for it) my Boxster has however gone down in value.

hope this helps

Nigel

You must be smarter / luckier than I. Which shares did you pick?

 

[dpoynton]

Boxster, not Boxter.

Boxer engine design in a roadster body shell = Boxster.

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[geoff lane]

The 981 GTS Boxster is a lovely car, I have been very pleased with mine it is a great road car and has exceeded my expectations, I only bought it as a stop gap when I lost out on a GT4 and 18 months later I still have it. It is a bit short on power on track but still fun.

If you want it to hold its value you need to make sure you get a fully loaded specification so the car stands out and is that bit different.

As the last of the 6cy N/A cars with the right spec you should not loose much, mine is still worth about what I paid for it but mine is fully loaded and I bought it at 6 mths old for well below list. Good luck you won't regret it, it is a proper drivers car.

 

[Rocket Man]

i like the refinement of the 981 interior and even more so the GTS but if you want an appreciating classic with the best chance of holding or even increasing in value there is only one way to go and that is the 987/2 Spyder with all the right desireable bits on. The Spyder is a sweet car but you would need to get one very soon as prices are not going down and i am sure will go up. The Spyder I had cost 41500 3 years ago would probably, with that spec, be closer to £50K in todays market (only had 6K on the clock then)

a sure future classic

 

[kitchens]

Have to agree the 987.2 Spyder is the safest bet , it may not give you X % year on year but I doubt you will lose no money that is why I am holding on to mine despite having the 981 Spyder as I think the 987 will end up the more desirable in years down the line when my boys will benefit from my purchases.

A good one with all the right bits will be in the £45K +come summer http://www.pistonheads.com/classifieds/used-cars/porsche/boxster-987-05-12/porsche-boxster-987-gen-ii-spyder------------------2011/6859833# almost identical to mine

good luck in whatever you buy There is a couple of RS60 Spyder at present and they seem to be holding values well see PH add

 

[MrDemon]

I have been waiting 6 years for mine to hit £60k so not really an investment , but it is an investment on driver fun

I did pick it up with 4k miles at £38k though, so there is hope yet.

I think I have spent more on it than it has gone up so far ! but def the only Boxster worth an investment risk imo.

 

[Gazoak]

I have a '15 plate Boxster GTS, and have no expectation of it ever being worth more than I paid for it (£68k or so). I bought it to drive and enjoy. With the advent of the 718 and the howls of disapproval it brought with it from the faithful, my best hope (were I even thinking in that direction of course - which I'm not) would be that a late-plate GTS like mine would hold it's value a little better than it might otherwise.

They're built to be driven; who am I to say otherwise? []

Agreed, I have a March '16 plate Cayman S so probably one of the last 981's. It's a weekend car and I intend to keep it. I'm hopeful it won't depreciate too much in value. That isn't why I bought it. If I am still around in 30-40 years I'm hopeful it may be worth somewhere around what I paid for it. However, by then I will have spent thousands on polish, general maintenance, tyres, servicing and insurance!

 

[bandido]

A few pointers to set the scene.

In 15 years time it may well be Porsche will only be making petrol cars as 'specials'.

The electric cars they make will hit 60 in around 3.5 seconds (the slow ones).

They will weigh around 1.6 tonnes (check out the breaking distances on a Tesla).

So in order to stop them the wheels will be fat and they will handle like Cayennes (ie superbly for a small truck).

Any sounds they make (other than the road noise (considerable)) will be synthesised.

Take that as a starting point and work backwards away from it...

(unless they get the battery weights down, in which case buy the latest and stick a 550 spyder engine/exhaust note on the sound system and follow the march of progress)