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      11-25-2019, 05:30 PM   #10
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Originally Posted by gatorfast View Post
Yea the 911 crowd over there seems overly obsessed with resale value. It gets brought up continuously as one of the biggest factors in buying a 911. The 718 crowd seems more reasonable and able to acknowledge that the value of the 718 is dropping considerably with plenty of 1+ year old new cars still on dealer lots. That said, most of them seem to really enjoy the 718 and shrug off the depreciation as the cost of driving pleasure. I don't check in on the 981 sub forum that much but no doubt most of them probably beat their chest as having the last NA 6cyl cayman (although if rumor has it they will be releasing a 6cyl 718 next year).
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Originally Posted by alex2364 View Post
I believe 981 values have been inflated for a number of reasons. A lot of people like the sound of the flat 6 vs turbo 4, which has caused:

1. Weak 718 demand in the US and there are still new 2018 718 GTS on dealer lots.
2. Dealers haven't been able to get rid of their in stock 718 cars even though there hasn't been any new 718 allocations for the US for the past 6+ months.
3. The latest rumor is that new 718 GTS isn't expected to come back to the US until late 2020 at the earliest and it could come back as a flat 6.

What this tells me is that the 718 market has been weak and dealer inventory has outmatched demand. Now is a good time to get a 718 if you don't mind the sound. I believe once the 718 GT4 and 718 GTS flat 6 (rumor) comes out, 981 values will start to cool.

That would make sense as I did back to back test drives with the 16 981 GTS followed by the 2018 718 GTS and I have to say I absolutely liked nothing on the 718 GTS. It didn’t feel special in any way like the 981. It felt a little faster but I would keep my F80 over that any day.

On a separate note, if they would come out with a 6 cylinder on the 718 that would tank the 981 market so buying now would be a huge mistake. I was under the impression that Porsche announced they would keep the same engine through 2023 and then go electric.
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