944 hots up
If you have the Porsche 944 parked permanently in the section of your mental garage labelled ‘Lots to choose from, always cheap’, now’s the time to time to dust it off and look again.
Perceptions like that tend to persist long after attrition has turned numerous cars into scarce commodities. When everyone finally realises that good examples have become hard to find, prices jump. Data analysis for the last 17 examples to go through auction over the past year show they’re averaging £8600, with the best Turbos and Cabriolets topping £10k and one exceptional S2 Cabrio making a 911-like £27,560.
With exquisitely balanced handling, fine build quality and increasingly appealing box-arched 1980s styling these cars still look good value compared to most other objects of lust from the extrovert decade, but the market seems to have realised and is moving in.
Buying advice and market analysis is part of 16 pages of buying information in every issue of Classic Cars magazine, including Quentin Willson’s Smart Buys, Russ Smith’s Market Watch, in-depth buying guides and Ads on Test.
Phil Bell
Editor, Classic Cars magazine
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