Yet Another 25 Years Edition Boxster Fails To Sell

Good Morning! What happens when you pair a below-average sell-through rate with the fact that not a single car out of 38 on offer sold for over $100k? You get a very odd Friday where dollar volume struggles to get over $1m.

THE MARKET

Sell-Through Rate (STR): 66%
Market Volume ($): $1,037,626
Market Volume (Units): 38

TOP SALES

1996 Porsche 911 Coupe 6sp $92,993 Bring a Trailer
1985 Porsche 911 Targa $90,000 Bring a Trailer
1963 Porsche 356B $74,000 Mecum
1988 Porsche 911 Coupe G50 $72,500 Bring a Trailer
2008 Porsche 911 Turbo Cab. 6sp $63,000 Bring a Trailer

SPOTLIGHT

To commemorate the 25th anniversary of the Boxster, Porsche launched the Boxster 25 Years Edition with a limited production of only 1,250 units. The 25 Years Edition is based on the 718 Boxster GTS 4.0 and features special Neodyme painted wheels as well as Neodyme accents and Boxster 25 Years badging.

The cars also came standard with many of the GTS’ popular options, such as Porsche Active Suspension Management (PASM), Porsche Torque Vectoring (PTV), Sport Exhaust system, and a mechanical limited-slip differential.

This 2022 718 Boxster 25 Years Edition is finished in Carrera White Metallic over Bordeaux Red leather and features a 6-speed manual transmission and a low 500 miles on the odometer. Along with the performance equipment listed above, the car is equipped with PDLS+ headlights, Sport Chrono Package, Heated, ventilated, 14-way power sport seats, Heated GT multi-function steering wheel, and much more.

The market for 718 Boxster GTS 4.0s has been in a freefall over the last twelve months, with early cars selling for a few thousand dollars over MSRP and then quickly heading south. 25 Years Edition cars haven’t fared well either, with a 22% sell-through rate and lower high bids on the unsold cars month after month.

Our Spotlight car has the lowest high bid of them all, as it went unsold at $79,500. Although super-low mileage, the bid wasn’t helped by an accident on the CarFax. Even though it was listed as “minor,” there was no other information provided, so bidders weren’t exactly whipped into a frenzy for a car that hasn’t done well at auction, regardless.

So why are Boxster 25 Years Editions doing so poorly? You would think that a special edition car with Porsche’s 4.0-liter six-cylinder engine would be a hit. But personally, I think they missed the mark on this one. The Neodyme accents on the front valence and side intakes are too much, IMO, not as subtle as the accents were on the concept car back in 1993. And Bordeaux Red instead of Boxster Red for the interior? Yeah. I, for one, think this could have been a much better tribute.

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