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Originally Posted by thstone
Remember that 20 years ago, you couldn't give away an early 911 - they were worthless junk.
986's will be collectable in about 20 years. At that time, a vast majority of those built will have been junked for financial reasons (too expensive to repair) and in the interim time the Porsche World will come to admire the first water cooled car for the design language that it defined for the 996, 997, 981, 991, and eventual 992, 994, and 998 models still to come. The first model in a new series is ALWAYS collectable (eventually).
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Idk if 986's will become collectable. S's might, but the lack of HID headlights and the "runny egg" headlights are turn-offs for the 2.5/2.7, although maybe when all cars are HID the "old" 986 lights will be cool? Who knows.
I'd say 987's will be collectable before 986. At least they were all HID, no runny lights, more low rpm power, standard traction control, all around a better vehicle IMHO
Oh but I will say the 986 will be collectable more-so than the 944. etc for a few reasons:
1) Mid-engine: Few vehicles are mid-engine and all of them are expensive
2) Roadster: having two seats and convertible makes it more of a toy than a practical vehicle, making the boxster more likely to become collectable
3) 911 looks: 986 body is beautiful, which is more than I can say about the 914 or 944