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Originally Posted by motion

I think he meant '99 or newer

Wonder when those cars will have their day?

Never, because they were mass produced. Peak production year for the Carrera was 17074 in 1986. Peak production for the 996 was 33013 in 2002, and 38922 in 2007 for the 997. So they were making at least double the cars every single year. Some of the water cooled special editions are already appreciating like the 996 GT2 & GT3 and 997.2 GT3 4.0, but I doubt you'll ever see the normal 911s have the same collector value.

It's like my Mustang. I have a 1970 302/2 bbl, automatic, convertible, with 44k original miles. Totally restored it might be a $20k car, because they made approximately one billion of them. Now the car is worth exponentially more to me because it belonged to my grandfather, and I won't ever sell it.

Source for production numbers: Porsche 911 Production volumes