A four-car market wearing one badge: $28k salvage four-cylinders at one end, $236k Spyder RS Weissachs at the other, and a $118,000 median that describes almost none of them.
Auctions running in this category right now, appraised against the comparables below. BaT bidding is back-loaded — most money lands in the final minutes — so a low current bid with time left is weak evidence about where a car finishes.

A one-of-thirteen-for-North-America paint-to-sample Gulf Orange Spyder RS Weissach with the complete option set (PCCB, front-axle lift, magnesium wheels, carbon buckets, Chrono) and 1,600 owner-driven miles — this is the loaded PTS car the market actually pays for, and it should hammer in the high $210ks to low $220ks.
Bidding: The $201,000 standing bid is below where this finishes. Treat $210k as the entry point for a serious buyer — that is roughly the number a loaded standard-colour RS commands, and the Gulf Orange paint is worth real money on top of it. I would be comfortable bidding to $222k on the strength of the Gulf Blue ($214,000) and Smyrna Green ($212,000) results plus this car's superior colour rarity and identical option set, and I would go to $230k if a lift inspection shows unmarked aero and the service file comes together. Stop at $235k: above that you are bidding against a documented wall of reserve-not-met cars at $230k, $213k and $211k, and there is no resale headroom. If the reserve turns out to sit above $230k, let it pass and wait — the seller will relist, as several RS consignors have, and the second listing is where these clear.
Across 181 completed BaT auctions, 132 sold for a 72.9% sell-through — respectable, but the 49 no-sales cluster hard at the top end, where sellers of Spyder RS cars keep chasing sticker. The sold median is $118,000 with quartiles at $85,430 and $136,375 and a range of $28,356 to $256,000. That spread is not condition variance; it is model variance. The 982 badge covers 2.0/2.5 turbo-fours that trade from the high $20ks to about $70k, GTS 4.0s in the $76k–$112k band, manual Spyders at $103k–$160k, and Spyder RS Weissachs at $185k–$236k. Treat the median as an accounting artefact of what happened to be consigned, not as a price for any car.
The trend is genuinely up at the moment: last-12-month median $120,000 against $106,000 the prior twelve, +13.2%. Calendar-year medians read $125,000 (2022), $119,500 (2023), $118,000 (2024), $104,500 (2025), $120,000 (2026) — the 2025 dip is mix, not collapse, as more four-cylinder and base GTS cars came through. Within segments the record is clearer. Manual Spyders have appreciated hard: Viola Metallic 2021 Porsche 718 Spyder 6-Speed made $159,718 in August 2026, and commenter b1indsamurai noted the same car sold on BaT four years earlier at $131k with 7,800 fewer miles. 4,100-Mile 2022 Porsche 718 Spyder 6-Speed brought $124,777, roughly $10k over its sticker, and 6k-Mile 2023 Porsche 718 Spyder 6-Speed made $130,000.
The Spyder RS is the contested segment. Delivery-mile cars still clear big numbers — Viola Metallic 2024 Porsche 718 Spyder RS Weissach $230,000, Gulf Blue 2024 Porsche 718 Spyder RS Weissach $214,000, Smyrna Green 2024 Porsche 718 Spyder RS Weissach $212,000, 91-Mile 2024 Porsche 718 Spyder RS Weissach $211,014 — but five of the last ten RS listings failed to meet reserve at $174,000, $180,000, $185,000, $191,000, $211,000 and $213,000. On 2024 Porsche 718 Spyder RS Weissach (RNM at $191,000), blueheeler wrote: "they just are not $200k cars and really IMO never were. They are $150k-$170k used right now... There are 134 for sale on Autotrader." cooler2442 added on Speed Yellow 2025 Porsche 718 Spyder RS Weissach that "North America was delivered 2,114 Spyder RS's... Not as limited as you are led to believe." Both are opinions, but the RNM record corroborates them: the market pays ~$195k–$215k for a well-specified RS and resists above that.
The transmission medians in the statistics — PDK $128,750 (n=28) versus manual $126,250 (n=34) — are misleading and should be ignored at face value. The Spyder RS is PDK-only and drags the PDK column up; within the ordinary Spyder and GTS 4.0, the comment threads are unanimous that manual carries the premium. elorrain, on 6k-Mile 2022 Porsche 718 Spyder (PDK, RNM at $94,000): "If this were manual and in the US it would have been 140k." Finally, the bottom of the market: No Reserve: 2017 Porsche 718 Boxster S 6-Speed, a rebuilt-salvage car, made $28,356, and 2017 Porsche 718 Boxster with 64,000 miles made $35,750 — early turbo-fours are cheap and getting cheaper relative to the flat-six cars above them.
13k-Mile 2019 Porsche 718 Boxster GTS (2.5 turbo, 12,570 mi) made $70,000 while 19k-Mile 2021 Porsche 718 Boxster GTS 4.0 6-Speed made $78,500 with accident history, and clean flat-six GTS cars run $93,500–$112,000. Scott_S on 448-Mile 2024 Porsche 718 Boxster S 6-Speed simply wrote "Wrong motor……….short 2 cylinders".
Viola Metallic 2021 Porsche 718 Spyder 6-Speed made $159,718 — roughly $20k–$30k clear of comparable black and Gentian Blue manual Spyders at $114,001–$130,000. Slate Gray 2022 Porsche 718 Spyder 000 Package 6-Speed made $203,718. darkstar81435 established only five Smyrna Green Spyder RS were built for North America, and that car made $212,000.
AZ911 on 15k-Mile 2024 Porsche 718 Boxster GTS 4.0: "Nice looking build, but the bad CARFAX cost this one at least $10K" — it RNM'd at $85,000. 35k-Mile 2018 Porsche 718 Boxster GTS with two front-damage entries and a mismatched bumper repaint made $56,055, against azguy238's report of $74k for a cleaner 13k-mile 2019 GTS. 2023 Porsche 718 Boxster GTS 4.0 6-Speed with a $25,000 rock-strike repair RNM'd at $76,500.
JCMbat1 on 2025 Porsche 718 Spyder RS Weissach (RNM $180,000, Weissach and nothing else): "buyers who are paying at or above MSRP are looking for highly optioned cars with FAL, PCCB, Weissach, buckets and Mag wheels." Gulf Blue 2024 Porsche 718 Spyder RS Weissach with PTS, mags, PCCB and FAL sold $214,000; the lightly-optioned 2025 car could not clear $180,000.
2024 Porsche 718 Spyder RS in satin purple wrap over Vanadium Silver with gold powder-coated wheels RNM'd at $174,000 against a $189k–$230k comparable band; Best_Of_Show: "There Is one mat purple buyer to 100 Vanadium gray buyers." Speed Yellow 2025 Porsche 718 Spyder RS Weissach with $33k of yellow-on-yellow Sonderwunsch RNM'd at $213,000 against a $250k sticker.
2021 Porsche 718 Spyder 6-Speed with CPO+1 to 2/28/2028 made $114,001 at 14,000 miles; convertparts noted "CPO was high on my list of 'wants'". On 2025 Porsche 718 Boxster GTS 4.0 6-Speed (RNM $112,000), ElpBuckeye flagged lack of CPO as a factor in bidder hesitation. 4,100-Mile 2022 Porsche 718 Spyder 6-Speed's winning bidder tcspeed admitted "Ended up paying CPO money for a non CPO car".
2022 Porsche 718 Spyder 6-Speed, modified with a catless Soul exhaust and M-Engineering tune, had five separate commenters (slay2025, nickgdrives, CSquared450, og-pinion, ChrisCOak) demand a DME report; the seller refused and the car sold to a dealer at $120,000, below comparable unmodified manual Spyders. On 6k-Mile 2023 Porsche 718 Spyder 6-Speed, onehussler: "manual = DME report. Can't believe no one asked yet" — that one, with a report, made $130,000.
A rough model of this market, not a valuation of a specific car. Each factor says whether it was measured from the sales on file or judged from what the listings and comment threads say — the judged ones carry no sample behind them and should be read as an opinion with a number attached. Everything is read against one specific car, named under the figure, and each control says what changing that one thing is worth. The band is the middle half of the cars behind the figure showing, so a real car lands outside it about as often as a coin comes up heads twice.
| Spec | Median | Cars |
|---|---|---|
| Pdk | $128,750 | 28 |
| Manual | $126,250 | 34 |
| Colour | Median | Cars |
|---|---|---|
| Gentian Blue Metallic | $128,500 | 6 |
| Shark Blue | $126,500 | 5 |
| Black | $122,000 | 5 |
| Gt Silver Metallic | $110,000 | 9 |
| Chalk | $101,250 | 6 |
Zunks on 2018 Porsche 718 Boxster: "Early four-cylinder 718s have some history of water-pump failures, and dealer replacement can be expensive. Has the water pump ever been replaced? Receipts?" — the seller never produced any. 2017 Porsche 718 Boxster had its pump replaced under factory warranty at 33k miles. 35k-Mile 2018 Porsche 718 Boxster GTS shows water pump and gasket replaced twice in its records (at 27k and again in September 2024).
Check: Ask for a dated water-pump replacement invoice. Cold-start coolant level, pink crust at the pump weep area, and any history of coolant top-ups. Dealer replacement is a four-figure job.
No Reserve: 6k-Mile 2021 Porsche 718 Spyder 6-Speed had transaxle mounts replaced in March 2026 at just 6,000 miles out of warranty; SpyderMan981 commented "these engine mounts are problematic and the replacement of one exceeds the cost of the contract" (the Porsche extended service contract). 6k-Mile 2022 Porsche 718 Spyder had a PADM fault resolved in June 2025. Slate Gray 2022 Porsche 718 Spyder 000 Package 6-Speed needed a transaxle inductive speed sensor in May 2025.
Check: Listen for driveline shudder and a rocking sensation on throttle transitions. Ask specifically whether PADM or transaxle mounts have been replaced and at what mileage; get the invoice.
RWDFTW on 2023 Porsche 718 Spyder: "That's a crazy amount damage to the front underside, lip, and rear diffuser for 1600 miles!" and onehussler added "This does look like several incidents." Chuck121370 on Gulf Blue 2024 Porsche 718 Spyder RS Weissach: "the rear diffuser and front splitter both have been rubbed multiple times. These cars are super low." On 2018 Porsche 718 Boxster, Q7-porsche and 63racer pressed the seller on scrapes along both undersides that were never explained.
Check: Get the car on a lift. Photograph the splitter underside, the rear diffuser fins and the full undertray. Absence of front-axle lift on a Spyder or Spyder RS makes this near-inevitable — check whether FAL is on the build sheet.
On No Reserve: 6k-Mile 2021 Porsche 718 Spyder 6-Speed the seller admitted "I never even really ever got it out of second gear more than a handful of times" and the car had to be towed to the dealer after the battery died in storage — which is when the transaxle mounts were found. On Viola Metallic 2024 Porsche 718 Spyder RS Weissach, RPChan noted the owner never completed the 920-mile break-in and Best_Of_Show observed the first service was performed at 23 miles with annual service now due. On 2025 Porsche 718 Boxster GTS 4.0 6-Speed, PorscheGirlToo: "The driving video looks like it is never out of second gear."
Check: Service dates by calendar, not mileage. Battery age and whether a tender was used. Whether the factory break-in (Porsche specifies staying below ~5,000 rpm for the first ~930 miles) was actually completed or is still ahead of you.
6k-Mile 2023 Porsche 718 Spyder 6-Speed disclosed an inch-long tear on the driver's outer bolster, professionally glued down, "probably from a rivet in jeans." 35k-Mile 2018 Porsche 718 Boxster GTS had "a split visible on the passenger seat's lower right bolster." On Smyrna Green 2024 Porsche 718 Spyder RS Weissach, Davecox queried seat staining in photos 105-111 and the seller correctly explained it as Race-Tex texture change, though Zarcherinok had already called the seats "ruined."
Check: Inspect the outer driver's bolster under raking light; Race-Tex centres change nap where sat in and that is normal, a split in the leather bolster is not. Factor $500-plus for EdGuard-type bolster protectors.
ls585u on 2018 Porsche 718 Boxster asked directly about "the known issue of rattling or seizure from corrosion in these engines"; the seller reported no issues but offered no inspection evidence. 63racer separately heard a rattle at the 26-30 second mark of the driving video, which the seller first denied then could not explain.
Check: Cold-start listen for a metallic rattle from the turbo area; ask whether the actuator has ever been replaced under warranty or TSB.
2025 Porsche 718 Boxster GTS 4.0 had pads and rotors replaced in November 2025 at 1,500 miles for rotor runout, after three sets of tyres and three balances chasing the vibration. 55speedster: "In a two month period all four tires replaced twice. Car has its third set of tires at 1500 miles."
Check: Any pad/rotor replacement before 10,000 miles is a flag — read the warranty claims, not the seller's summary. Feel for pedal pulsation at 60-70 mph.
On 2017 Porsche 718 Boxster the seller confirmed pitted LED housings present since CPO purchase, with King95 noting "Under CPO Porsche should have replaced the frosting headlamp covers with new units." On No Reserve: 2017 Porsche 718 Boxster S 6-Speed, leftlane11 confirmed after in-person inspection that "headlight hazing is bad." Branthunter on Speed Yellow 2025 Porsche 718 Spyder RS Weissach described a "horrible grainy screen" that is "marginal in the daytime and worse at night."
Check: Look straight into the headlamp lenses in daylight for frosting; check the infotainment screen at night. Neither is cheap to fix out of warranty.
Decide which 718 you actually want, because the bands barely overlap. Turbo-four cars: a driver-grade 2017-2018 Boxster or Boxster S with 35k-65k miles is $30k-$45k, a clean low-mileage 2018-2019 GTS $56k-$70k, and a genuinely nice 12k-mile GTS tops out around $74k — 13k-Mile 2019 Porsche 718 Boxster GTS at $70,000 is the benchmark. GTS 4.0: budget $76k-$95k for a used one with miles (8k-Mile 2023 Porsche 718 Boxster GTS 4.0 at $94,000, 2022 Porsche 718 Boxster GTS 4.0 at $93,500), $99k-$112k for a delivery-mile manual (2024 Porsche 718 Boxster GTS 4.0 6-Speed $99,500; No Reserve: 2025 Porsche 718 Boxster GTS 4.0 6-Speed $112,000, which two separate auctions agreed was the ceiling). Manual Spyder: $103k-$115k for a higher-mileage or lesser-spec car, $124k-$141k for the mainstream good one, $150k-$160k for PTS or exceptional spec. PDK Spyders trade $10k-$25k under manuals. Spyder RS Weissach: $195k-$215k buys a loaded, low-mileage, PTS car today — Gulf Blue at $214,000, Smyrna Green at $212,000, 91-Mile Racing Yellow at $211,014. Above $215k you are bidding against the RNM wall unless the car is a Viola- or 000-grade unicorn. Lightly-optioned white RS cars have sold at $195,000 and failed at $180,000-$230,000; do not pay RS money for Weissach-and-nothing-else.

The cheapest sale in the whole record. Declared a total loss in October 2024 with structural front damage, rebuilt salvage title, frunk tub riveted and panel-bonded by a non-certified shop, no frame measurement and no post-repair alignment. leftlane11, who inspected it in person, said the repair description "sounds a bit shadetree to me." Roughly 35-40% below a clean 52k-mile manual Boxster S.

64,000 miles, Miami Blue, clean Carfax, but a claimed 60k PDK service with no invoice produced despite a direct late request, plus pitted headlamps. Two bidders only. drbobs82: "Unless there is something wrong with this car, that is way too low." Documentation gaps cost real money at the bottom of this market.

A non-RS manual Spyder at Spyder RS money — roughly $70k above ordinary manual Spyders. One of 39 000 Package cars worldwide, paint-to-sample Slate Gray, Ascot Brown interior, ~$49,000 of Sonderwunsch, $181,630 original sticker. Rarity and provenance, not mechanical superiority.

About $30k clear of the manual Spyder pack on colour alone — PTS Viola, believed two built and one manual. The same car made $131k on BaT four years earlier with 7,800 fewer miles, which is the single cleanest appreciation datapoint in the file.

Two front-damage Carfax entries and a repainted bumper with acknowledged colour mismatch, plus no records for the water pump work done before the seller's ownership. azguy238 reported $74k for a comparable 13k-mile 2019 GTS — roughly an $18k haircut for paperwork.

A no-sale worth studying: fully optioned $219,830 RS, obsessive break-in with six oil changes, full PPF and three coats of ceramic, and still no reserve at $191,000. Boris911: "These are just not $200k cars at this time." Over-preservation does not create value above the segment ceiling.
The manual GTS 4.0 and manual Spyder are the sweet spot — the last naturally aspirated, manual mid-engine Porsches, still being bought to drive, and the only part of this market with a clean upward record; pay $99k-$112k and $124k-$141k respectively for clean, documented, unmodified cars. The Spyder RS is a fine car and a poor trade at present: supply of 2,114 NA units and a wall of unsold reserves between $174k and $213k mean you should be buying at $195k-$215k for a fully-optioned PTS example and walking from anything lightly specified.
These are patterns, not findings. A public auction record cannot show intent, and everything below has ordinary explanations — specialists and dealers bid on many cars of one model, enthusiasts run up cars they end up losing, and new accounts are usually just new. Read them as places to look closely, not as accusations.
watch Underbidder placed much of the ladder — Zunks placed 13 of 43 bids (30%) and did not win. Enthusiastic losing bidders are common; a very high share is still worth reading the thread for.
watch Underbidder placed much of the ladder — PORSCHE911STPTS placed 6 of 16 bids (38%) and did not win. Enthusiastic losing bidders are common; a very high share is still worth reading the thread for.
watch Underbidder placed much of the ladder — razia placed 6 of 18 bids (33%) and did not win. Enthusiastic losing bidders are common; a very high share is still worth reading the thread for.
watch Closing bids came almost entirely from accounts with no posting history — 16 of 20 bids in the final 15 minutes (80%) came from accounts with under 25 lifetime likes (stonekutter, Conan9702, ttd1). The typical auction for this model runs 50%, so this one is an outlier. Note the measure is weak — likes come from commenting, so a long-time bidder who never posts also scores zero.
notice Price set by two accounts trading bids — 63% of the ladder is the same two accounts alternating. This is what a genuine duel looks like too — it only matters alongside another signal.
watch Underbidder placed much of the ladder — Daninohio placed 5 of 16 bids (31%) and did not win. Enthusiastic losing bidders are common; a very high share is still worth reading the thread for.
watch Closing bids came almost entirely from accounts with no posting history — 11 of 11 bids in the final 15 minutes (100%) came from accounts with under 25 lifetime likes (BabaWaba, Daninohio). The typical auction for this model runs 50%, so this one is an outlier. Note the measure is weak — likes come from commenting, so a long-time bidder who never posts also scores zero.
notice Price set by two accounts trading bids — 71% of the ladder is the same two accounts alternating. This is what a genuine duel looks like too — it only matters alongside another signal.
watch Closing bids came almost entirely from accounts with no posting history — 9 of 9 bids in the final 15 minutes (100%) came from accounts with under 25 lifetime likes (Hoehhe, Alphablue, GeneralKP). The typical auction for this model runs 50%, so this one is an outlier. Note the measure is weak — likes come from commenting, so a long-time bidder who never posts also scores zero.







































