Beginning at $291,650, the 2024 Porsche 911 S/T isn’t low cost. It’s at the moment the lightest member of the 911 household and is a possible future collectible. Not many can afford a automobile that prices virtually $375,000 with all choices and plainly even those that can truly purchase one will not get full possession throughout the first 12 months. Don’t get the concept? The automaker’s head of the 911 and 718 mannequin traces, Frank Moser, explains it.
“When the 911 S/T – marking 60 years of the 911 – was introduced, we obtained unprecedented curiosity within the automobile, far outnumbering the quantity destined for the US,” Moser advised The Drive throughout a media roundtable on the Rennsport Reunion 7. “We need to be sure that automobiles can be found to true fans, to be pushed and loved for years to come back. For that reason, these allotted a 911 S/T within the US might be required to stick to an agreed minimal retention interval, set at one 12 months. In observe, it will imply that automobiles within the US will initially be leased for this era earlier than possession is transferred.”
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Moser additionally stated the method is exclusive to the 911 S/T and the primary prospects’ automobiles are anticipated to reach within the spring of subsequent 12 months. The mannequin is the costliest member of the 992 household by a large margin, and can be the most expensive new Porsche cash should buy at the moment. That doesn’t imply there gained’t be sufficient individuals who would make investments near $400,000 and attempt to flip the automobile for a fast income, although. Porsche needs to dam these resellers with its new possession contract.
However – typically talking – is the 911 S/T definitely worth the cash? Nicely, we provides you with the information and you’ll determine for your self. As talked about above, it’s at the moment the lightest new 911, and with a 518-horsepower flat-six borrowed from the 911 GT3 RS underneath the hood, it certainly doesn’t lack within the energy division, too. Every of the 1,963 examples deliberate for manufacturing has a six-speed handbook gearbox. Positive, we’re not bought on Porsche’s $43,390 Paint to Pattern Plus program that paints your 911 S/T in “any technically possible strong or metallic colour primarily based on a submitted colour pattern,” however apart from that, the automobile might be value each cent.
