997.2 Turbo · Journal
Deep, source-backed stories about the last manual 911 Turbo — history, technology, the market and the hunt.
A few years ago you could still get a manual 997.2 Turbo for under 100,000 dollars. Today top examples climb past 230,000 – and the curve points steeply upward. The documented time series.
530 hp against 500 hp – and yet on average the weaker manual is more expensive than the Turbo S. How rarity beats the extra power.
The specialist magazine Elferspot lists the 997.2 Turbo manual among its five best Porsche investments for 2026 – at number 3. What's behind it, and what you need to know about predictions like these.
No investment is without risk – but few cars have as many arguments on their side as the last manual 911 Turbo. What to watch out for so that the dream car also becomes a smart purchase.
Most stores of value have to be locked away. The 997.2 Turbo manual is the rare opposite: fully usable every day, brutally fast – and it becomes worth more precisely because you use it. The best of all car arguments.
In June, effectively no clean manual coupé was for sale anywhere. In July 2026 we find exactly two – a white 2013 in the US (price on request) and a 2012 at $245,000. A live look at the tightest shop window in the modern Porsche market.