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Old 08-21-2023, 11:33 AM
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Originally Posted by Alan Smithee
Red car is a 2023; purple PTS car is, well, purple, and a 2022. Makes sense to me…
Go look at sales of purple GT3s (viola and amethyst) vs red GT3s. Red GT3s are some of the lowest priced GT3s on the market. It's not a coveted color.
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Old 08-21-2023, 02:33 PM
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Go look at sales of purple GT3s (viola and amethyst) vs red GT3s. Red GT3s are some of the lowest priced GT3s on the market. It's not a coveted color.
Red isn't coveted for any of the Porsche models. Part of the issue is that Guards Red isn't the red most people like on a car, and part of the issue is that red is a bit fiery and flamboyant for a car that has the purposeful ethos of German engineering. Ferrari owns red.
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Old 08-21-2023, 02:36 PM
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Red isn't coveted for any of the Porsche models. Part of the issue is that Guards Red isn't the red most people like on a car, and part of the issue is that red is a bit fiery and flamboyant for a car that has the purposeful ethos of German engineering. Ferrari owns red.
Guards Red has consistently been in the Porsche paint palette for decades and is just as classic as any silver on a 911.
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Old 08-21-2023, 02:38 PM
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Guards Red has consistently been in the Porsche paint palate for decades and is just as classic as any silver on a 911.
Yes, but not a big seller and not great for resale. Similar for yellow. But who am I to talk, I got a Miami Blue 3RS!
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Originally Posted by Manifold
Red isn't coveted for any of the Porsche models. Part of the issue is that Guards Red isn't the red most people like on a car, and part of the issue is that red is a bit fiery and flamboyant for a car that has the purposeful ethos of German engineering. Ferrari owns red.
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Old 08-21-2023, 02:39 PM
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Yes, but not a big seller and not great for resale. Similar for yellow. But who am I to talk, I got a Miami Blue 3RS!
isnt miami blue the most sought after color now in the 991.2....
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Old 08-21-2023, 02:40 PM
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Guards red was popular on the classic Porsches but it has lost its appeal on modern ones. There has been a rapid decline in red Porsches since the water cooled cars.
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Yes, but not a big seller and not great for resale. Similar for yellow. But who am I to talk, I got a Miami Blue 3RS!
I've had two Guards Red 911's, an '83 SC and a '98 C4S. Love the color but I do agree that it can get a bit tiresome.
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I've had two Guards Red 911's, an '83 SC and a '98 C4S. Love the color but I do agree that it can get a bit tiresome.
Guards suits those cars so well, I'm sure they were beautiful.

My pops still has his guards red 1984 944. A perfect color for the car.

It just doesn't fit the modern day Porsches like it did the older ones.
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isnt miami blue the most sought after color now in the 991.2....
Seems like it. And to my eye, it suits the car because the car looks so over the top anyway. I spent 40 minutes at the gas station last time because people kept coming over wanting to talk about the car - pretty sure that wouldn't happen if the car was white, silver, black, etc.
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I've had two Guards Red 911's, an '83 SC and a '98 C4S. Love the color but I do agree that it can get a bit tiresome.
I agree with PTS, it looks good on the older 911s.
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Guards suits those cars so well, I'm sure they were beautiful.

My pops still has his guards red 1984 944. A perfect color for the car.

It just doesn't fit the modern day Porsches like it did the older ones.

Perfect color for 992 GT3!
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Perfect color for 992 GT3!
All that matters is that you like it!
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Guards is a classic colour for sure but it's a little too orange for me. I'm not a 'red' person but I think Carmine is nicer as well as darker reds like Arena.
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Old 08-22-2023, 11:03 AM
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Guards is a classic color - I had a 1985 Carrera, 1990 964 C2, 1996 993 Cabrio in Guards. I'm onto trying new things now - so I really stepped out with Black, Grey and Silver . I'd like to do something more adventurous on my next 911.
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