The RS America market holds steady and extends the mileage cliff

November 17, 2022

$165,000. $165,000 for a car that was once known as “the fake RS” with Porschephiles ridiculing the US special RS America for being a softer version of the real RS’ that the rest of the world enjoyed and held so dear. But some of us had an inkling that this car would be special. But maybe not this special.

Back in 2006, a 1993 RS America was traded into the Porsche dealership I was working at for just shy of $30,000 and I immediately fell in love with the looks, the feel, the smell, and the cloth seats. I begged the used car manager to sell me the car as they were just going to wholesale it out because it was too old to CPO and was “just a used car”.

I drove the car all summer ripping through the back roads of rural New Jersey, experiencing my first taste of an air-cooled 911 and driving in my opinion, “something special”. But, I honestly couldn’t afford to keep it and stuck to my original plan of “flapping” the car, selling it later that Fall for $39,000, and pocketing an incredible (for me) $9,000 profit. Hindsight.

So what catapulted the 911 RS America into collector territory? It’s still not a “real” RS, but anything low production and special these days command a premium of the normal everyday 911s.

This RS America sold yesterday on Bring a Trailer with 85,000 miles and minor suspension modifications for $165,000, showing that momentum for RS America sales is still strong and extending the drop-off in the price for mileage by another 20,000 miles.

Today, I’d have to say this driver-quality car was well sold, and five years from now I’m sure we’ll be saying that this was well-bought as more people realize what a fun, special car this is and prices for “real” RS’ continue to shoot up.