Are 944's not selling

[JM1962]

I think there will always be plenty of decent cars in the USA due to the less hostile environment, particularly in the warmer states. Maybe there will be a market to export them to Europe.

As with everything, price will come down to supply and demand, and the rarest and most desirable will make the best money, so that will be Turbo's, and hopefully 968's both of which could give similar era 911's a run for their money round a track and are proper Porsche's whatever the purists think.

For the time being we will have to settle for the pleasure of driving our cars without worrying about what they are worth, although surely the price of a solid Turbo isn't going to go down anymore.

 

[Pastry]

depends where you are in the states my borhter lives in michigan and his integra dissolved pretty quickly. lack of a MOT mean more deathtraps on the road.

 

[marcoturbo]

Does anybody have a pristine LHD car for sale ? []

 

[JM1962]

Particularly the warmer states []

Looking on Pistonheads they do sell, you just have to be patient and pitch it at the right price.

 

[pauly]

ORIGINAL: Lowtimer

Or exported to the USA perhaps!

Can't see that myself, maybe Australia if it's possible to register old cars down there now.

 

[Hilux]

If you look at the price of early Boxsters (£7k will buy you one if you look around) then it is self explanatory.

 

[pauljmcnulty]

If you look at the price of early Boxsters (£7k will buy you one if you look around) then it is self explanatory.

I disagree. How many people want an MGB, but see that for the same money you can get an MGF and change their mind? Or, really want that classic Quattro, but for the same price you can get an A8? Would love a classic Merc SL, but end up in an SLK?

Maybe I'm wrong, but to me the 944 and Boxster appeal to a very different market.

 

[Gavin944s2]

look at this beauty, wher can you get a car of such quality for this price, i seen the car ealier in the year for sale & knowing i was passing called in, its a gem.

http://www.carandclassic.co.uk/car/C162257/

 

[Hilux]

ORIGINAL: pauljmcnulty

If you look at the price of early Boxsters (£7k will buy you one if you look around) then it is self explanatory.

I disagree. How many people want an MGB, but see that for the same money you can get an MGF and change their mind? Or, really want that classic Quattro, but for the same price you can get an A8? Would love a classic Merc SL, but end up in an SLK?

Maybe I'm wrong, but to me the 944 and Boxster appeal to a very different market.

They do indeed but the true enthusiast will appreciate a 944 but more people aspire to a Boxster []

 

[MarkK]

Lets carry on with this flavour of chat and really help the value of our cars in the marketplace and Porsche Community[]

 

[NeilW]

I don't think Boxster vs 944 is a given. I purchased a 944 (again) earlier this year and although you can pick up an early Boxster for not a lot more, and they are a very nice motor car, I couldn't live with the very real chance of a costly engine failure. Whereas, although 944s have their faults, they very rarely go pop.

 

[tref]

ORIGINAL: sc0tty

  and who wants a 944 cab when a boxster is lighter, and more modern and designed as topless car from the ground up?

Me for one!

But then I have spent more than the price of a Boxster restoring a 924Turbo Cab - that isn't even original Porsche... I don't think logic comes into it once we start talking about emotive cars (which I think all Porsches probably fall into).

 

[zcacogp]

ORIGINAL: pauljmcnulty
Maybe I'm wrong, but to me the 944 and Boxster appeal to a very different market.

'Zactly this.

The 944 and Boxster have the same badge on the nose, and from there on the differences become more and more evident. If someone is buying a car for the badge and the brand image then they will buy the Boxster (and are idiots with as much depth of motoring knowledge as a puddle.) If they are looking for a 2-seater with limited practicality they will buy the Boxster. If they are looking for a classic, or an occasional 4-seater, or something which is genuinely practical and entertaining to drive, they will look long and hard at a 944.

They are totally different cars, in all ways. Whoever talked about the appeal of the 944 as being more subtle was right. I had a Boxster as a loan car while my S2 was being repaired once, and came away with a deep dislike of it. Superficial, nannying, made for the masses, initially very sharp, very responsive to small control inputs, entertaining if you were of low driving skill and didn't really know what you were doing. Very appealing for people who want a 'sportscar' and will flaunt their branded keyring in the pub.

Not my thing at all.


Oli.

 

[poprock]

They're different cars for different eras, let alone different driver demographics. Both very successful though.

 

[tref]

Very true...

I tend to look for history repeating itself, and wonder if we will look back at the Boxster as the saviour of the marque in the same way as the 924 was... does it also follow that the Cayman is to the Boxster what the 944 is to the 924?

 

[poprock]

Sounds fairly logical to me.

Always amuses me how many people see the Boxster as a frivolous car and the Cayman as a serious one "¦ when they are so very similar under the skin.

 

[zcacogp]

They are supposed to be very similar, but I have always preferred the hard-core image of the Cayman.

I wonder whether they will ever release a soft-top version of it? A soft-top Cayman would be an ideal car, I'd have thought. All the hard-core track-day fun, with some wind in the hair as well. Sounds ideal ... anyone know of any plans?


Oli,.

 

[tref]

Dare I say it - because they have the same reputation as the 924 had?!

When I took one out I wanted to like it... I really did... but didn't. The sound-track is great... but that was all I really liked about it.

 

[Hilux]

ORIGINAL: MarkK

Lets carry on with this flavour of chat and really help the value of our cars in the marketplace and Porsche Community[]

That was never my intention at all - I simply made a statement that I believe suggests the true enthusiasts who appreciate a 944 will buy one as they know about the cars but ordinary Joe Public who want a Porsche will look at a Boxster.

 

[Hilux]

ORIGINAL: sc0tty

I was out in a 2.7, 986 boxster on Sunday with a friend, and I was well impressed actually, the car is FLAT when it corners, virtually no body roll, superb grip, no scuttle shake, and made a lovely 911ish sound when revved up. I am not sure why everyone knocks the boxster, I was more than impressed.

They are a very, very good car in the right hands and knocked very much as the 944 was in its day.

A well prepared Boxster is a match for many cars and are great in the wet. You simply dont see many at track days as the type that buy them arent into that kind of thing.