Astonishing..New Boxster S: $110,000! Seriously!

[slow&rusty]

With some of the nicer options..the base Porsche can easily climb over the six figure mark...the options almost equal the price of the base car. Do people actually pay this kind of scratch for these cars?

I played with the Panamera Turbo and got it up to $250K!



Porsche know how to make money!
Yasin

[onewhippedpuppy]

Considering a basic 911 starts at about $100k, maybe that's a bargain?

[vas930]

Hey, Yasin.
You guys have it good.
The base model is $120k out here.
And our dollar is at 105 US .

[porsche4life]

Vas, I guess the import regs keep you from just bringing in a US car?

[vas930]

Yep.
Nothing passed 1989.

[vas930]

+ the left hand drive thing.

[slow&rusty]

Originally Posted by vas930

Hey, Yasin.
You guys have it good.
The base model is $120k out here.
And our dollar is at 105 US .

Good point, buy you guys get some amazing Japanese Imports for cheap.
Yasin

[shadowjack1]

Back in the day a 911 went for 35K. That was back in the mid 80's. Anyone know the price for the 911 in the 60's??

[porsche4life]

944 was 30k in '86. I bet the 911 wasn't 35k...

[stealthn]

Are floor mats still extra at $200

[Chocaholic]

My wife just paid $75 to get her hair trimmed. Yes, the good hairdressers can afford it!

[Baz]

Originally Posted by Chocaholic

My wife just paid $75 to get her hair trimmed. Yes, the good hairdressers can afford it!

I only pay $9.00 for a haircut and that includes tightening up the sides for summer!

But getting back to the Boxster pricing.....YIKES!

Think of the nice second-hand 993 one could buy with that kind of budget.....

[motion]

My '95 was 93K out the door. 100K isn't what it used to be!

[David]

If you compare today's boxster pricing with the pricing 10 years ago, they've held the prices down pretty well. Of course Porsche is notorious for their high priced options. My 997 is pretty well stripped, I think it has 3 options and it's still a great car. I was surprised to find one with manual seats and mine's the only 997S I've seen with them.

[techweenie]

I remember looking at an option list in the 00s, and if you had specified leather covering for every individual dash trim piece (and vent vanes) you'd pay some thing like $13K for just that.

It's always been possible to nearly double the price of a Porsche off the option list. Then, of course, you could go to "Porsche Exclusive" and triple the price.

IIRC the guy who bought the last 928S4 managed to triple the price by piling on "interesting" options, including custom-color seat belts that required dyeing a whole batch just to get one set.

At the other end of the spectrum, I bought the first 993 C2S @ Vasek in April '97 and it was $62.7K, discounted to $61XXX. IIRC it had zero options. Wish I still had that one...

[Noah930]

My partner just picked up a Panamera GTS for about the amount in the OP.

[p911dad]

Our 84' Carrera was a little over $34K + tax out the door with the full leather, cruise, air, sunroof, 16's and a few other small items. Just think of the amount of inflation on the US dollar since then!

[kaisen]

Originally Posted by Chocaholic

My wife just paid $75 to get her hair trimmed. Yes, the good hairdressers can afford it!

I came here to post ^^THIS^^

Well played

[speeder]

Originally Posted by p911dad

Our 84' Carrera was a little over $34K + tax out the door with the full leather, cruise, air, sunroof, 16's and a few other small items. Just think of the amount of inflation on the US dollar since then!

There was actually quite a bit of inflation, or more accurately devaluation of the dollar vs. German Mark, immediately after you bought yours. I remember when they were ~$35k in '83/'84, then jumped to about $38-40k the year after. The biggest jump was actually in the late '70s, 911s and other similarly priced German cars like a Mercedes 450 basically doubled in price in a few years. A fully loaded 911 with leather everywhere possible was about $18k in '77 and $36k in 1980.

There were always variations depending on options and Porsche options were always expensive for the time. Most all 911s in the USA came with a standard package of 16" Fuchs, sunroof and partial leather+ A/C and power windows. Some were ordered with full leather and LSD, that bumped the price a couple grand back then.

[89911]

Although the price of Boxsters keep climbing, I think the price you finished with is more a testament to all the customization you can do to Porsche's. I'm pretty sure you can get a nicely appointed Boxster S for substantially less. I think my 89 911 was in the $50-60's in late 80's money. Figure that out in todays cash and you would be shocked.