Macroni,
I guess it's trickle down economics Porsche style....'73 RS goes to $300K-$400K, '74 Euro Carrera with same motor as '73 RS goes to $100K plus so '74 US Carrera with same decals (just joking) goes to $35K-50K.....At some point the SC's and later Carrera's have to get factored in and when that day comes I'll be curious to see what happens to overall values.
Fidalgo911S,
Your comments are interesting. Minimalist......back in the day it wasn't considered that way. In fact, I recall considerable consternation with the design change in the Porsche community at the time. Back then it was considered another attempt at keeping the 911 alive for just a few more years until we would all be saved by the arrival of the 928.
In fact as we all know, that bumper was added as a result of US safety regulations concerning 5mph crash worthiness or some mumbo-jumbo to that affect. Porsche decided to introduce it across the line for both US and ROW cars. So it was in fact an add on not a take away which would have indeed been minimalist. Then there were those accordian rubber bits. How that coincides with a "clean line" would be a tough sell for me. Especially when compared to the earlier cars and to the later 993 which avoided such details...
Having said all that. I will be the first to admit that the bumper and those darn accordians (which take me more time to clean right after each wash than the bumpers on my other cars) have become completely identifiable to a majority of current 911 owners. It's a real case of history being rewritten by following generations. In this case it's in a good way but it's still viewed differently now than it was at the time..Again all of this is IMHO and I'm clearly on the defensive in this thread. However, I did own two '74's back in the day so don't banish me yet please
