How To Steal a 2.7 RS

November 08, 2022

Was it the falling British Pound, skyrocketing interest rates, or the game of musical Prime Minister chairs, or was $395,000 the right price for this 1973 911 2.7 RS Touring sold at RM Sotheby’s over the weekend?

Few 2.7 RS’ have failed to cross the $400,000 mark over the last five years. The other is a car rebuilt from a donor car after an on-track mishap in its early life. So why did our spotlight car fail to reach even the average price of $560k?

In this case, it comes down to mileage. Although the car only showed 55,000 kilometers on the odometer, it is well known that this car had spun past its 5-digit odometer a number of times covering over 223,000 kilometers as reported in a 1992 article in Flat 6 Magazine covering 20 years of the RS.

Still, an impeccably maintained and restored 2.7 RS should have fetched somewhere in the low $500s in my humble opinion. As these cars continue to rise in value and get driven less, the buyer now has a mileage-agnostic homologation 911 to enjoy on the open roads. Well bought. Now get out and drive.