[Fyeganeh]

Porsches die just like every car. The only reason there are so many surviving as compared to made is because they are growing the number made each year so fast. On the other hand the large companies are shrinking or not growing that fast.

Further the 986 will die at a faster rate because of the lower resale price. People won't want to fix these cars because it costs more to fix them than just buying another one used and letting that one die too. Also they will be used up as racing vehicles and from people putting on high mileage because they are priced cheaper. People are less likely to hold them as "investments" and not drive them given the low price they are going for.

And if you believe the IMS issue then they are dying off at a higher rate as well. Time itself also kills the car by the break down of plastics, corrosion etc. - you don't even have to drive it.

Put all this together and the 986 is likely dying off at the rate of the low MPG cars in the graph or maybe even faster. But definitely faster than a 996 given its higher price. How many people are going to spend 5-10k fixing a dead engine on a 10k car vs a 996 costing the same 5-10k to fix but the car worth 20-25k. Also the 996 likely has fewer miles on it because people just parked it.

I've tried to estimate by resale rates how many of the original cars survive and my guesstimate is on the order of 50%. That's a very rough figure.