Porsche 911 (997.2) Turbo · 3.8 · 500 hp · 6-speed manual
The final Porsche 911 Turbo you could order with three pedals. Beautiful, brutally fast, genuinely usable — and quietly becoming one of the most sought-after modern 911s of all.
The very last 911 Turbo offered with a manual gearbox. From the 991 onward, PDK only — forever.
Only ~15–20% were ordered as manuals. A clean, original coupé is a needle in a haystack.
The prettiest Turbo facelift, with the robust DFI engine — no IMS, no Mezger coolant-pipe drama.
Top sales now clear $230k while the premium over PDK keeps widening. Drive it; it still appreciates.
It's beautiful, fast, reliable, commanding – and above all rare: the very last 911 Turbo you could order with three pedals. Why the 997.2 Turbo manual is a turning point in Turbo history.
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The Mezger is considered legendary, the DFI in the 997.2 Turbo a sober successor. But the truth about durability and character is more nuanced – and surprisingly, it speaks in favour of the DFI.
Porsche stays silent, the estimates range from 488 to just under 1,000 – and the truly collectible example may exist only a few hundred times in the entire world. A detective story.
A few years ago you could still get a manual 997.2 Turbo for under 100,000 dollars. Today top examples climb past 230,000 – and the curve points steeply upward. The documented time series.
530 hp against 500 hp – and yet on average the weaker manual is more expensive than the Turbo S. How rarity beats the extra power.