991 GT3 Market

About a month ago, a guy I know put his 14' Saphire Blue w 7k miles up for sale at MSRP and had a buyer at full ask within days. He wound up having sellers remorse and kept it.

 

i thought some late 2014 cars didn't have the motor issues...

 

None of them had "motor issues" in the USA.

PCNA simply replaced all the engines of early 2014 cars with new units with the updated hardware purely as a precaution, and updated the production records to reflect the new engine numbers (COAs show the new engine numbers).

 

well then let me rephrase.... the late 2014 did not require engine replacements

 

Correct, because by then new units with the updated hardware were ready at the works for installation at point of production.

 

joe -

is there a serial or production number that denotes the "crossover" ?

 

shame the motor replacement cars are forever tainted....

 

Not at all, Porsche Ag replaced the engine with a unit when the car's were considered new and/or still in production, and noted the upgraded unit's number in their system. 2014s bring @ the same in the market, whether the upgraded unit was put in at the factory or at the USA dealer. It comes down to spec & miles.

 

I don't have that, but I do have a list of the 20 cars that Porsche offered refunds to dealers under the buyback program.

These cars were subsequently sold and IIRCC each one brought MSRP or over despite a few miles.

Actually, I think there is a great story behind these car showing Porsche's commitment to heir customers.
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so just 20 cars had motor swaps after delivery or ?

 

No. Porsche offered refunds to dealers under the buyback program for 20 cars, purely as a form of dealer/client support. That's the list above.

All cars produced to the point of the recall received the upgraded engine.

As a result, the bottom line is, all GT3s that you can buy today have the exact same engine, either put in by Porsche at point of production at the factory, or put in by the Porsche dealer at point of delivery as a new car, or nearly-new car.

Its actually pretty straightforward.

 

total number of cars to receive engine swaps globally was 785; ~200 were US cars (never saw an exact number). supposedly a lot of them were stopped in transit or held at dealers so customers never drove them with the original engine. I recall one dealer in ATL had 3 or 4 GT3s in their showroom, still in delivery wrapping, waiting on the new motors.

I've heard that some were done by dealer employees assuming they were "master technicians", and some were done by a traveling team of techs from Germany. can't make any claims to accuracy of that.

at any rate, I'd have no reservations buying one with a swapped motor. if you're worried about provenance or future resale, then it's an excuse to take it to the track and beat it like a rented mule

 

everyone i know and talk to ..... nobody would touch a 2014. just saying.

 

talk to different people

quick look on cars.com, DPR, etc I don't see any discernible difference in prices between 14s and 15s, so somebody is buying them...

 

all the more reason to just buy a 15....

 

Correct.

 

Always make yourself happy for any reason, real or perceived. There are even a MY16s available.

 

to each their own

 

No you need to hold out for a 17. Wait maybe a 19. No, the 20 will probably be best. But perhaps the 21 . ......

 

I happily bought a '14!!!

I agree wth Guy. No on on the Porsche boards makes the distinction any more.

 

Hurley Haywood's answer to the question, "what's your favorite Porsche race car?"

"next year's"