Bash Hat

PorscheAddict

I wouldn't call a SB manual 981 a unicorn, but there are not a ton of them. There really just aren't many bright colored 981's. When I was shopping, with Sapphire Blue, Racing Yellow, and Guards Red as my top 3, I believe 2-3 cars out of 100+ were yellow and only a handful were blue. Combine that with most being PDK, and any manual bright car is kind of rare-ish.

kiznarsh

Definitely very rare. I bought the last new one (in manual) a couple years and sadly sold it last year. Obviously biased, but I think Sapphire Blue is the color to have on a Cayman. Works much better than on a 911 IMHO.



It's worth the wait if you have the patience.

Bash Hat

Kiznarsh, that's a great looking car! No rush here. I'm happy hanging on to the 996 until the right car comes along.

andy7777

I had one, GTS, didn't seem that rare. Sold it in Ohio last year.

Reborn996

Love my Sapphire Blue!

Bash Hat

GT4John

Wow....great pic!

mts

Wow, some great Sapphire Blue pics!! I wanted one, but like Bash Hat, struggled to find one at all, much less one that had the specs I wanted. I only found one like I wanted in the 6 months I looked and they wanted about $10k north of what it was worth. In the end I found my second choice (white) with everything I wanted spec-wise at a fair price and could not pass it up. Good luck with your search, hopefully you will have better luck than I did.

Deepbluejh

I do love Sapphire blue and almost ordered one, but went with guards red instead. Sapphire was a close 2nd place on color for me.

You are right in that there aren't many of them out there. People seem to love boring colors with these cars for some reason.

jerseydevil

Apologize if this is posted elsewhere, but I have a SB Manual CS and would love to know how “rare” it is.....is their any official or unofficial production numbers that can be referenced?

Scooby921

As far as I recall from other questions and answers, no. You can generally find total production numbers by year, but Porsche hasn't / no longer publishes data to know how many cars were built with specific options. I too would love to know how rare my car is. I ordered mine in dark blue metallic because I thought sapphire blue was too common.

shus2006croc

It is a great color.

Saw this at CFOS and had to take a pic.

9872SpeedYellowCS

There was a SB base Cayman 6MT that was for sale in Tampa for a couple months, but sold recently.

doctorayes

Sapphire Blue works perfectly on Caymans. It was my first choice but none were available when I looked a couple of years ago. I ended up with racing yellow which in my opinion is also an awesome color (I know a lot of folks do not like it).