blacksheepSpyder

I have seen the media paying attention to the new GT350, the new Miata and lots of other new sports cars but they seem to have forgotten the new spyder...


lost to obscurity.

981spyder

Since the spyder is somewhat limited in production I wonder if that's part of it. hmmm...
they should have the spyder in the best drivers car 2016 ;-)

Underblu

Long term i see this as a good thing as fewer cars made make the Spyder more rare. If Porsche abandons NA engine for the 981 platform I think the Spyder will retain its value best of all of the 981 cars. Remember while there was a 991 based GT3, there were no 991 based Speedster

The Spyder may be the last special edition convertible Porsche will make with an NA engine. Looks wise, I think the 981 Spyder is the best looking current car Porsche has made (of course with the exception of the beautiful 918).

skl

They all talk about how great the GT350R, and it is, but I think they're making like 30 of them!

Keadog

I think this Spyder will be a great buy and hold. I really wanted one but just couldn't get beyond the top for my needs. I wanted another Boxster but I actually drive them and, since I take emergency call, can't be stuck with the top down v. a GTS with a smartTOP installed.
If I could afford a third Porsche, this is the model I would buy and drive/hold. It's been buried by the GT4 and I can't believe they seem to be showing up unsold at dealers. A Boxster with a 991 engine(ish) = win.

n4v4nod

Porsche is more focused on the GT4... It's a new market for them (although we enthusiast knew it existed before Porsche did). The 981 Spyder is no different than the 987.2. Interest didn't gain until after the fact people truly realized what was in front of them. Production is extremely limited (500-600 for USA and Canada combined, where the GT4 is over double that!). I do think this will be the last Spyder we will see though. The Dieselgate situation for Volkswagen is not good for any low volume model under their Umbrella. Money is going to be extremely tight and they are going to pinch everywhere they can.

Blu RS

Maybe it's gonna be appearing in 2016, but you can't help but notice the lack of Porsche branded apparel and merchandise that's targeted toward the new GT4 and Spyder owners? For sure they'll eventually cobble something together for the GT4 brigade but it's far from certain we Spyder owners will get anything other than perhaps re-hashed 918 Spyder stuff. Hard to understand why they continue to overlook this market.

Marine Blue

Porsche never offered any branded Spyder merchandise on the 987.2 although they did offer a luggage package which was very much Spyder related. They still offer it IIRC but the prices are a bit much for bespoke luggage. No hats, no shirts or anything else unfortunately.

blacksheepSpyder

I am very cool with owning and sunday driving a 1/600 car with almost 400hp and a rag top.

Sportwagen

The number of qualifiers in that sentence is telling ... For anyone except Porsche fanboys, the Spyder is a parts bin variant, not a new car. And Porsche, by sandwiching the Spyder debut between the GT4 and new 911 debuts, guaranteed that the Spyder would stay out of the media spotlight.

skuplist

Porsche has said it would like to keep the GT cars and the Spyder naturally aspirated engines but I agree the chances are less likely for the Spyder

djlynch

My thoughts exactly ! Who cares about the media.

CAlexio

I can just see a bunch of old German ladies in a back room feverishly switching all the "8"s and the "1"s with each other

996toomey

Porsche marketing sent me this by UPS yesterday. Nice box & marketing materials for the Spyder. I own a 2014 981 S I ordered new with X73. I must fit their demos.

Underblu

I don't really follow your logic, Starting with the first 356 Speedster to The 73 RS to the 911 Carrera Speedster to the 964 RS America to the 997 Speedster. All these cars are not new cars but parts bin derivatives so what's your point.