Why is the 2000 Porsche 911 the cheapest of the "newer" 911's ?

Question

Why is the 2000 Porsche 911 the cheapest of the newer cars? The 911's on either side of 2000 model years are more expensive. Is it reliability, desirability or something else? Thanks

Answer 1

Their reliability was terrible that year. Bad build quality.

Answer 2

Do you mean you're comparing a 2000 model with say a 1999 and a 2001?

it could be that the owner of the 2000 model is just trying to get rid of the car. maybe it was in an accident. or something.

But if you mean why the 2000 model was cheaper (in 2000 when it was new) than the current 2008-9 model, then that could be a lot of things, the amount of options in the car, that years overall market price for goods and services. it could be a lot of things.  

Answer 3

In 2000 they weren't built that well. However, using the Caymen and new 911s, it was probably down to gadgets and power.

Answer 4

First year of the water cooled engines. They had problems I guess, but I thought they would have been sorted out by now.  

Answer 5

Ultimately, it's supply and demand, and it repeats a similar trend that has happened with 911s for many many years.

When someone is looking at a used 911, they are likely to want a newer car (996 or 997), or an air-cooled model (993, 964, 911, or 901).  With the newer cars, the 997 is newer, faster, and generally more desirable.  Anyone that can afford one will generally get the 997, making for much less demand on the 996.

People looking for older air cooled models will not consider the 996, and instead look only at the 993 or earlier, again making for less demand on the 996 (similar issues occur with the 964 as well, and the 2.7L 911S).

Given high production numbers of these cars, and a market where buyers will want the cars produced after or before these models as first choices, these cars often only become desirable when the price is low enough... which is why you see so many at low prices.  The 1999 996 is sometimes valued more than the 2000 model, as this car was the only of the newer Carreras available with a limited slip differential, but without the PSM package.