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Porsche Boxster

EstablishedRank #47

986 · 1996–2004 · 249bhp · RWD · NA · Manual

The cheapest mid-engined Porsche, and the one that saved the company. IMS bearing anxiety still caps values.

Est. value now
$16,500
CAGR 2015–2025
+8.2%
Recent CAGR
+4.2%
Units built
164,000

Estimated value trajectory

+$9,000 since 2015
$17k$12k$8k201520172019202120232025

Illustrative estimates for a condition-2 example, not sale records. Confidence in this trajectory: high.

How the score is built

Desirability62 × 0.30 = 18.6

Motorsport history, cultural weight, end-of-era status, analogue purity

Scarcity16 × 0.25 = 4.0

Production run and, where known, surviving population — log scale, weighted to survivors

Momentum50 × 0.25 = 12.5

Annualised growth over recent years — what it is doing now

Trajectory68 × 0.20 = 13.6

Growth already achieved — weighted lowest, since it is priced in

Running-cost drag-6
Appreciation score43

Stage: Established

The run has already happened. Growth has slowed and the gains are in the asking price.

Long-run growth +8.2% per year against +4.2% recently — decelerating by 4.0pp. Running-cost risk is rated 7/10, deducting 6 points from the score.