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Turbo Looks have often sold for as much as Turbos. This goes back to the 80s. Reason being that a lot of Porsche prospects were afraid of the Turbo. Not everyone who buys a 911 wants to go really fast or rebuild their engine at 90K miles...
Interesting. I presume the wider tires and suspension upgrades offer performance advantages, and are not purely cosmetic.

But I can't think of another model where the same value equation applies.

For example, BMW offers "sports" packages with "M" car styling cues - some like the ZHP even upgraded engine performance -- but even close physical clones don't even whiff M3 prices. Not an exact comparison, but I'm struggling to find one.

Not doubting it is true, just noting it is unusual.
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