mkc4s

Original U.S. MSPR and invoice prices for 993 models are on carpoint.com, under used cars.

JStuart

My 97 4S coupe had a base price of 73K before options...82,349 after.

H20NOO

Looks like you are quoting Canadian Dollars. In June, 1996, the exchange rate was 1.3704 Canadian Dollars for each U.S. Dollar. So the U.S. price of the car works out to $80,998.25 plus tax which seems about on par, or slightly less than it would have cost if purchased in the U.S.

Still, very pricey for a car 11 years ago. For what it's worth, my 98 Cab with few options stickered at $78k.

MC

Duane993

Porsche still had the 928C4S in 1995 its last year of production and the the first year of the 993 production. But they sold very few 928C4S in 1995, less than 100 in the USA I believe. 993 sales where good in 1995 and really took off in 1996 when the C4S, Cabs and Turbo's came out. The Boxster came out in 1998. Therefore the 993 was the "only" Porsche for 2 years. My 1995 993 with average options stickered for $64,950 and the dealer discounted it $4,000. Porsche realized they could not meet the expected emissions, safety requirements, and production cost structure of the next century. The Boxster was not only a entry level Porsche, but a test mule to see if a Porsche with 21st century manufacturing would be a success. They retained a consulting company of Japanese manufacturing experts to meet the expected challenges in a changing car market. The complete redesign to the 996 was based on the success, and many shared parts, of the Boxster. True mass production and the sharing of parts with the Boxster allowed the 996 to remain in a relatively attractive price bracket. The 996 was a mixed blessing. It had the highest percentage of first time 911 buyers ever but the lowest percentage of repeat 911 buyers ever. The 997 was restyled and retuned to appeal to the Porsche traditionalist who refused to give up their 993. Accordingly it has a greater precentage of previous Porsche owners than new owners. The headlights, wide hips and door pocket designs are updated versions of the 993. Too bad Porsche cannot figure out a way to bring back the VDO gauge package of the 993. The speedo on the 996/997 borders on useless and its on the wrong side of the tach. But these are minor complaints compared to the usefulness and comfort of the interior compared to a 993 (pedals mounted through the floor board and an HVAC system only Einstein could figure out). Porsche must be doing things right. They have the highest profit margin per car by a very significant amount. They are about to buy a controlling interest in VW/Audi, a company that once controlled them. Meaning they own Bentley, Lamborghini and Buggatti also.

geolab

Curiously, the $ against the deutschmark from mid 1996 to march 1997 was vibing around 1.5 (1$ = 1.5 dm). Thats practically around the rate we are witnessing today.
€ = 1.955 deutschmarks

993C4Smontreal

"Looks like you are quoting Canadian Dollars. In June, 1996, the exchange rate was 1.3704 Canadian Dollars for each U.S. Dollar. So the U.S. price of the car works out to $80,998.25 plus tax which seems about on par, or slightly less than it would have cost if purchased in the U.S.

Still, very pricey for a car 11 years ago. For what it's worth, my 98 Cab with few options stickered at $78k.

MC"

u make a valid point, however the exchange rate has changed quite a bit since 1990's and early 2000 where it rwached 1.50-1.65. today it is much different at 1.15.

The base MSRP 997 C4S is $88,400USD (carpoint) in the US. With the exchnage rate at 1.15 it should be priced at $101,000 CAD, but it is priced at $122,000CAD. (porsche.ca). Thats a $21,000 premium...plus we have 14% sales tax in quebec (another $17,000 in taxes)..ouch!

Someone forgot to adjust prices to reflect the new x-rate, and this is why we are seeing more canadian P-car buyers looking to the US and importing them. even with the taxes and duties, it is still worth it.

sam

Paul902

993C$Smontreal, (oops, that was a typo!),

thanks for the research, mine would have been in the same ballpark. Yeah, CDN prices for new Porsches have been quite high in comparision to US for quite a while, eh.

creator8

My Targa Tip in 98 fully optioned was $89k. I bought a highly optioned 996 C4 in 2000 for $92k. The 993s were more expensive by today's standards.

Air Kuul TT

So... does anyone know what this is?

TRINITONY

89k....wow..that's a lot of dinero....so today's cars are cheaper....

Davies

Ironic that Tiptronic was a very expensive option and pushed the price up considerably on a (then) new 993.

Greg H.

For comparison, sticker on the Turbo was $96,600.

Greg H.

Arena993

My car 1995 Cabriolet:

Base Price: 68200.00 USD
Paint to sample: 2498.00
Power seat Pkg 956.00
17" light alloys 1378.00
HI-FI Sound 930.00
CD Changer 1245.00
Supple leather 382.00
Dest. Charge 725.00

TTL 77788.00 USD

With all the mods I've done the car is worth over 1/2 of original MSRP. Pretty good depreciation if you ask me. Don't really know what the Fly Yellow color does for value but it's a little rare.

Mike

95 C4 993

My 77 Bronco has a base price of $4975 back in 1977 and worth $15,000 today. Now thats not bad for a 30 year old vehicle. After 3 years, I have put about 3000 miles on it.

The only vehicle I own that is appreciating over time.

beers4all

What makes this even more insane is that the Carerra S was 13K less (CDN) at the time and now are selling at a 5 - 10K premium.

Sorry - can't help on the "sport chassis" other than the option code is 030