I got offered msrp and sold it, very bittersweet but I wasn't in the position to keep both, and I figured my last chance to ever order a new N/A manual porsche.
Makes sense. I feel bad for anyone who paid $10-$15k above msrp for our manual MKVs when the stealerships were taking advantage. Iām going to keep an eye out for a 997 and like you said, itās a different beast. Gotta pull the trigger quick.
Not to go off topic but I think its hilarious that the auto Supra aficionados don't seem to notice these obvious trends in every other car. Manuals are, have been and always will be more desirable.
Itās so intense with the Porsche market itās crazy how many PDKs are available and barely any manuals for sale on the used market. Maybe the generation coming up as kids right now wonāt care for Manuals because they will live in an electrified world and wonāt know any better. I honestly think the Manual sizzle was the reason Toyota didnāt release the manual in the beginning so that they could drop it on us 3 years later and continue the sizzle of the MKV before it gets discontinued.Not to go off topic but I think its hilarious that the auto Supra aficionados don't seem to notice these obvious trends in every other car. Manuals are, have been and always will be more desirable.
Not to go off topic but I think its hilarious that the auto Supra aficionados don't seem to notice these obvious trends in every other car. Manuals are, have been and always will be more desirable.
Manuals have always been coveted in performance cars. The MKV is the first performance car I have ever heard of where the automatics are considered ownable, let alone decried "better than the manual." Which they are not.
And to everyone who owns and/or is shopping for Porches apparently.. or old GTRs.. or RX7s or NSXs or MKIVs or (insert any car you like, really), lol.
Agreed! Supra was not on my radar until it came out with a manual even when they were going for under MSRP. As soon as the manual came out, I had to have one at all costs.. paid a hefty markup and forced a bunch of dealer add ons. Poor financial decision based on emotion, but I know many manual enthusiasts who would do the same. I would rather get a m340i before I get an auto Supra.Manuals have always been coveted in performance cars. The MKV is the first performance car I have ever heard of where the automatics are considered ownable, let alone decried "better than the manual." Which they are not.
I wonder if the car was released as a manual in 2019 (or better yet as a manual only), how many current owners would've steered clear of the car? I know I would've bought one four years earlier!
And to everyone who owns and/or is shopping for Porches apparently.. or old GTRs.. or RX7s or NSXs or MKIVs or (insert any car you like, really), lol.
It's actually quite undeniable, but you keep on flicking those paddles.
When the Supra came out, I wrote Toyota that if they made a manual Iād buy it. Not sure what took them so long
this is currently, and will always be true- now after owning both, I can say they both are equally good in their respective ways, the auto is still an amazing car, but when it comes to sheer specialness and value, the manuals will forever hold in my guess a 20-30% premium over auto's in the coming years, given that for once, bmw actually made a manual that wasn't a rubber Dildo, looking at you g8x platform.Not to go off topic but I think its hilarious that the auto Supra aficionados don't seem to notice these obvious trends in every other car. Manuals are, have been and always will be more desirable.
