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Price trajectory, scarcity and the investment case for the last manual 911 Turbo — source-backed and unapologetically enthusiastic.
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.
The specialist magazine Elferspot lists the 997.2 Turbo manual among its five best Porsche investments for 2026 – at number 3. What's behind it, and what you need to know about predictions like these.
No investment is without risk – but few cars have as many arguments on their side as the last manual 911 Turbo. What to watch out for so that the dream car also becomes a smart purchase.
Most stores of value have to be locked away. The 997.2 Turbo manual is the rare opposite: fully usable every day, brutally fast – and it becomes worth more precisely because you use it. The best of all car arguments.
We usually quote listings and auctions. This time we have something rarer: an independent DEKRA valuation of the exact meteor-grey 41,000 km manual that sold in June. The verdict – condition grade 2+ and a replacement value of €190,000.