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 automotive that prices nearly $375,000 with all choices and it appears that evidently even those that can truly purchase one will not get full possession throughout the first 12 months. Don’t get the thought? 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 acquired unprecedented curiosity within the automotive, far outnumbering the quantity destined for the US,” Moser informed The Drive throughout a media roundtable on the Rennsport Reunion 7. “We need to be certain that vehicles 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 can be required to stick to an agreed minimal retention interval, set at one yr. In follow, this can imply that vehicles within the US will initially be leased for this era earlier than possession is transferred.”
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Moser additionally mentioned the method is exclusive to the 911 S/T and the primary prospects’ vehicles are anticipated to reach within the spring of subsequent yr. The mannequin is the most costly member of the 992 household by a large margin, and can also be the most costly new Porsche cash can purchase immediately. That doesn’t imply there gained’t be sufficient individuals who would make investments near $400,000 and attempt to flip the automotive for a fast income, although. Porsche desires to dam these resellers with its new possession contract.
However – usually talking – is the 911 S/T well worth the cash? Properly, we will provide you with the info and you’ll resolve 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 absolutely doesn’t lack within the energy division, too. Every of the 1,963 examples deliberate for manufacturing has a six-speed guide gearbox. Certain, we aren’t offered on Porsche’s $43,390 Paint to Pattern Plus program that paints your 911 S/T in “any technically possible stable or metallic colour primarily based on a submitted colour pattern,” however aside from that, the automotive might be value each cent.