Silver Porsche 911 R with green stripes, three-quarter front view

Porsche 911 R

2016–2017 · 4.0L NA flat-6, 9,000 rpm · 6-speed manual · no wing · 991 built
5.1 / 10
Involvement 9.5 / 10
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Miles actually driven3.0
Bought to drive, not to flip2.0
Track-day sightingscontext · not scored3.5

Reference — shown, never scored

Handling · the GT3 with manners9.4
Power-to-weight · commitment zone365 hp/t
500 hp · 1,370 kg

Why 5.1: The GT3 RS drivetrain in a lighter, wingless, manual-only body — Porsche's purest analog argument in the modern 911 range. 991 cars built, five and six-figure flips within days of delivery, and current auction results still running roughly four times over sticker.

DougScore 65 / 100Weekend 41/50 · Daily 24/502016 911 R · dougdemuro.com

Market value

Median asking price, good condition · $185k (2016) → $780k (2026), trending up · illustrative data

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The long version

Porsche built exactly 991 of these, and buyers who actually wanted to drive a manual-only, wingless GT3 RS got outbid before the paperwork was signed — flip listings appeared within days of the first deliveries, some at double sticker before an owner had put a mile on the clock. That immediate speculative frenzy set the tone for a decade: recent auction results in the $750,000–$800,000 range, roughly four times the original MSRP, keep the surviving population firmly in climate-controlled storage. The engineering underneath is arguably the most analog thing Porsche has built this century; almost nobody buying one today is finding that out themselves.

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