Porsche Club of America - Porsches we’re watching at the January 2026 auctions

Porsches we’re watching at the January 2026 auctions

The January auctions in Scottsdale, Arizona, and in Kissimmee, Florida, are a bit of a conundrum for Porsche people. While there’s no shortage of great cars on offer, unlike at Amelia Island in March and August in Monterey, there are no PCA National events in either Scottsdale or Kissimmee to serve as a magnet for Porsche enthusiasts. Also, in recent years, the Arizona auction scene has been shrinking. Gooding, Russo and Steele, and Silver Auctions had been part of the scene in Arizona prior to the pandemic, but now it’s down to Barrett-Jackson, RM Sotheby’s, Bonhams, and Worldwide. Mecum does its massive sale in Florida a week later.


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Porsche Club of America - It’s the end of 2025 and we’re still waiting for the market correction

It’s the end of 2025 and we’re still waiting for the market correction

According to our friends at Hagerty who maintain the Hagerty Market Rating, which measures the underlying strength of the general collector car market, the bump in the market from roughly spring of 2021 to spring of 2024, created by the COVID pandemic has largely dissipated, much like the bulge in the line of the Western Front from December to January of 1944. The Porsche market doesn’t seem to have gotten that memo, however.

Porsche Club of America - Why now might be the time to buy a Porsche 968 Club Sport

Why now might be the time to buy a Porsche 968 Club Sport

You can be forgiven if you’re not familiar with the 968 Club Sport. It’s a rare sub model of an already somewhat obscure Porsche. Just under 13,000 968s of all flavors were built over four model years (1992-1995), and of these, fewer than 1,600 were Club Sports (all coupes). None were originally sold in the U.S. It’s one of the few genuinely rare, track-focused Porsches that you can still buy for less than $100,000, but should you be in a rush to find one now? Maybe.


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Porsche Club of America - What’s going on with the 356 and early 911 market?

What’s going on with the 356 and early 911 market?

As we mentioned in our Monterey coverage, the generational shift is in full swing in the car world. After what seemed like decades of lead up to it, the change in tastes and in the character of Car Week itself has hit like a tsunami. G-body and later air-cooled cars and water-cooled GT cars are the new flavors of the month. So where exactly does that leave older air-cooled cars? Are they getting more affordable as the Baby Boomer generation ages out of the hobby? Is the opposite happening, or something in between? In a word, it’s complicated.


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Porsche Club of America - A used Macan T is a special SUV at a bargain price

A used Macan T is a special SUV at a bargain price

A few years ago, I got a press loan for one of the first Macan Ts to arrive in North America.  I remember liking it quite a bit, with adaptive dampers and Sport Chrono and the cool, throwback pinstripe seats, it struck me as car I’d like to own one day. That day invariably being the day that it neared the bottom of its depreciation curve. While we haven’t arrived at that auspicious point yet for the oldest Macan Ts (2022-2023), they have at least reached the level of the average new car transaction. Yes, a formerly $75K or so Macan T can now be had for less than $50,000.


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Porsche Club of America - Four-cylinder transaxle cars remain a bargain (and maybe always will)

Four-cylinder transaxle cars remain a bargain (and maybe always will)

Every time an impeccable 944 Turbo or 968 comes up for sale at a catalog auction, I feel like this will be the breakout sale, the one that announces to the world that  this car is now officially on the radar of collectors. I was around at the Monterey auctions when similar sales occurred for the Acura NSX, E30 BMW M3, and Audi Ur Quattro. Alas, other than the odd 924 Carrera GT, 944 Turbo Cup, or 968 Club Sport (all of which are somewhat undervalued in my opinion), four-cylinder transaxle cars rarely seem to get bidders excited.

Porsche Club of America - Why you might want to buy that used Porsche sooner rather than later

Why you might want to buy that used Porsche sooner rather than later

My crystal ball has been broken since roughly 1995, but you don’t have to be Nostradamus to imagine a scenario in which used Porsche prices start to climb in ways that haven’t been seen since mid-pandemic. The supply of new Porsche sports cars was already starting to get thin—718 Boxster and Cayman production is winding down and new 911s rarely sit in inventory.


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Porsche Club of America - Four-year-old Taycans are now less than half-price. Is now the time to snap one up?

Four-year-old Taycans are now less than half-price. Is now the time to snap one up?

In 2019, the Taycan was introduced as a 2020 model with much fanfare as the first pure-electric Porsche. For the most part, the major magazines were enthusiastic about the car. Car and Driver was representative of the launch reviews: “If the Taycan's numbers sound like a sports car's, it's because they are. The Taycan 4S matches the 997-generation 911 Turbo's acceleration, and it turns and stops on par with the current 718 Spyder.”

Porsche Club of America - Can good first-gen Cayenne V6s get any cheaper?

Can good first-gen Cayenne V6s get any cheaper?

My time with my 2005 E1 Cayenne has come to an end after a year and a half of heavy use. I’m happy to say, however, that it’s staying in the immediate PCA family — Online Editor Damon Lowney is now the caretaker of an SUV that was stupendously reliable and that I enjoyed immensely with the exception of one major failing — even with the base 3.2-liter VR6 engine, the Cayenne’s fuel economy was simply dreadful.


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Porsche Club of America - The G-body 911 Market Might Be Taking A Bit Of A Winter Snooze

The G-body 911 Market Might Be Taking A Bit Of A Winter Snooze

G-body 911s (1974-1989) sit at the entry-level of the air-cooled 911 market. They also sit at the cusp of the generational shift taking place in the hobby. Boomers grew up with long-hood 911s while Gen-Xers and Millennials have favored the impact bumper cars of their youth. Over the last several years, younger buyers have been investing heavily, and prices have responded accordingly. A driver quality SC Targa that pre-pandemic might have cost $35,000 or so was suddenly bumping $60,000. Things have cooled gradually since, but not as quickly as the 996/997 market. At last, there might be a sign from some recent sales that there is a small dip in the G-body market that might be worth investigating.

Porsche Club of America - A Three Porsche Collection For Under $35,000 In 2024? Read On.

A Three Porsche Collection For Under $35,000 In 2024? Read On.

RM Sotheby’s just held an auction which they billed as a junkyard sale. Among the detritus of wrecked German and Italian exotics was a 1971 911S coupe. It had been declared a total loss in 1994. The interior was in about as good shape as the average stateroom in the wreck of the Titanic, the driver’s door was hanging off the car, much like the bow of the Titanic is, but unlike the ship, on which you can still find undamaged pieces of the hull, every panel on the ’71 S had damage.


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Porsche Club of America - Six Porsches we watched at the 2024 Monterey Auctions — with sale prices!

Six Porsches we watched at the 2024 Monterey Auctions — with sale prices!

Every year at Pebble Beach, we choose a handful of Porsches that we’ll be paying special attention to at the auctions. Generally, they’re not the rarest nor the most expensive cars — everyone will be paying attention to those. What we look for are the outliers, potential market-makers, or just cars that we find interesting for random reasons. On that note, here are six that we eyeballed closely at Pebble Beach.


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Porsche Club of America - Is now the time to buy a Porsche 914?

Is now the time to buy a Porsche 914?

About two-and-a-half years ago, my old ’74 914 sold for about $25,000 via an online auction site. A few years before, I had sold it to a friend for $15,000, about what I had in it. My friend was lucky to catch a wave of appreciation that happened not long after the 50th anniversary of the 914. Since then, the market has cooled a bit for the entry-level air-cooled Porsche. Maybe now is the time to pick one up?


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