Porsche 982 718 Boxster — “rs”
A 2,100-car "limited edition" with a 54.5% sell-through rate: the 718 Spyder RS trades at a flat $213,000 median, and the only cars clearing that number are paint-to-sample, fully optioned, and honestly documented.
The market
Across all 22 completed BaT auctions, only 12 sold — a 54.5% sell-through — with a median of $213,000, a mean of $213,569, and quartiles of $198,750 and $226,250. The full range is $184,718 to $256,000. That is a remarkably tight band for a car whose window stickers in these listings run from $193,880 to roughly $250,000, and it tells you the market has decided what a Spyder RS is worth almost irrespective of what the first owner paid for options. The trend is flat: the last 12 months median $212,000 against $210,556 the prior 12 months, +0.7%. By calendar year the medians read $219,556 (2024, n=4), $198,000 (2025, n=4), and $213,000 (2026, n=4) — a dip and partial recovery on tiny samples, not a trend you should bet real money on in either direction.
The more useful signal is in the failures. Six of the twelve deep-analysed sales were reserve-not-met, and the high bids on those cars cluster $174,000–$213,000 — i.e. squarely inside the range where cars actually sell. Sellers are not being refused by the market; they are setting reserves at or above the top of it. "Speed Yellow 2025 Porsche 718 Spyder RS Weissach" stalled at $213,000 with 343 miles, a $250k sticker and a $33k Sonderwunsch commission. "2025 Porsche 718 Spyder RS Weissach" (799 miles, Shark Blue, PCCB, magnesium wheels) got to $211,000 and still missed. Meanwhile the two no-reserve cars produced clean, believable numbers: $200,000 for a 1,300-mile Guards Red example and $189,000 for a 432-mile PTS Grigio Telesto car — the latter, per commenter kvbesq, landing about $1,300 under its original MSRP once the BaT fee is counted.
Supply is the reason the rarity story keeps failing to add money. Commenter cooler2442 put North American deliveries at 2,114 cars and blueheeler counted 134 for sale on Autotrader while arguing "they just are not $200k cars… They are $150k-$170k used right now." That $150–170k claim is not supported by the BaT record — no completed sale has printed below $184,718 — but the directional point is: retail and CPO inventory competes directly with these auctions, which is why identical-looking cars split $189,000 and $230,000 on nothing more than colour, brakes and documentation. Also note nickgdrives' observation that PDK 718s are softening relative to manuals; every Spyder RS is PDK, so there is no manual escape hatch on this model, and the analysed transmission subset (Pdk, n=6) shows a $206,000 median.
What moves the needle: paint-to-sample, PCCB, magnesium wheels, front-axle lift, a window sticker in the listing, and a seller who answers questions. What doesn't: sub-break-in mileage, Sonderwunsch personalisation, wraps, and European Delivery narratives.
What moves the price
Paint-to-sample / rare exterior colour premium +$20-30k over standard metallics
The three highest sold prices in the deep set are all PTS or ultra-rare colours: "Viola Metallic 2024 Porsche 718 Spyder RS Weissach" at $230,000, "Gulf Blue 2024 Porsche 718 Spyder RS Weissach" at $214,000, and "Smyrna Green 2024 Porsche 718 Spyder RS Weissach" at $212,000 (darkstar81435: "there were 5 Smyrna Green Spyder RSs produced for North America"). By contrast the GT Silver Metallic "2024 Porsche 718 Spyder RS Weissach" brought $184,718 and the Vanadium Silver "2024 Porsche 718 Spyder RS" failed at $174,000. On the Gulf Blue car montzourani called it before the sticker appeared: "Pts, mags, ceramics, weissach, this is likely a $230k+ car."
Weissach Package (carbon hood/intakes/mirrors, titanium exhaust, Gurney flap, magnesium wheels) premium unclear in isolation — but non-Weissach cars are the weakest performers
Eleven of the twelve deep-analysed cars are Weissach. The sole non-Weissach example, "2024 Porsche 718 Spyder RS" in Vanadium Silver, was the lowest bid of the entire recent set at $174,000 RNM — though a satin purple wrap and gold powder-coated wheels confound that result. Treat Weissach as the market default; a non-Weissach car needs to be priced as the exception.
PCCB ceramic brakes + front-axle lift premium roughly +$15-25k when combined with PTS; absence is the clearest single reason a low-mile car underperforms
"No Reserve: Grigio Telesto Metallic 2024 Porsche 718 Spyder RS Weissach" had only 432 miles and rare PTS paint yet brought just $189,000 — kvbesq's MSRP breakdown flagged that it lacked both FAL and PCCB, and lucas20203 and Dk91364 both raised liveability without the lift. Conversely the PCCB-and-mags "Gulf Blue 2024 Porsche 718 Spyder RS Weissach" made $214,000 with four times the mileage. Steel brakes drew fire even on the top sale: on "Viola Metallic 2024 Porsche 718 Spyder RS Weissach" ChadErbe wrote "Steel brakes? Oof" and 1337TXguy called it inconsistent with the magnesium-wheel build.
Delivery-mileage cars (under ~100 miles) premium +$15-20k, but only when the rest of the spec is right
The mileage/price table is not monotonic: 22 mi -> $230,000 ("Viola Metallic 2024 Porsche 718 Spyder RS Weissach"), 432 mi -> $189,000, 1,300 mi -> $200,000, 1,700 mi -> $214,000, 2,300 mi -> $212,000, 3,200 mi -> $184,718. Only the extremes matter: sub-100-mile PTS cars top the market, 3,000+ mile cars sit at the floor, and everything between 400 and 2,500 miles is decided by spec and disclosure rather than the odometer. The 38-mile "2025 Porsche 718 Spyder RS Weissach" still failed at $191,000 because documentation was missing — proof that mileage alone does not carry a car.
Track exposure (even tourist laps) discount about -$10k per commenter estimate; the car in question set the record low
"2024 Porsche 718 Spyder RS Weissach" (GT Silver, 3,200 mi) sold for $184,718 — the lowest completed sale on record — after the seller npcarfan disclosed Nürburgring Touristenfahrten laps, describing them as "conservatively… 6/10." Beldrueger: "Track time realistically may knock off ~$10K from the hammer price… Track rats want the GT4 RS." The car was otherwise superbly documented with full-body PPF and warranty to 2031, which makes the discount attributable to the track history rather than condition.
Heavy Sonderwunsch / colour-on-colour personalisation discount -$35k+ versus MSRP; frequently causes an RNM
"Speed Yellow 2025 Porsche 718 Spyder RS Weissach" carried a $33k Sonderwunsch commission and roughly $250k sticker, yet topped out at $213,000 RNM with 343 miles. Post-auction, 981gt4BAT, guyc and Blairwarlock all noted yellow cars struggle on resale and that colour-on-colour interiors have a tiny audience. strangesubset01: "I am happy to see that these flips don't work anymore."
Vinyl wrap or non-factory wheel finishes discount -15-20% / roughly $25-40k of lost bidding
"2024 Porsche 718 Spyder RS" wore a satin purple wrap over Vanadium Silver with gold powder-coated wheels and stalled at $174,000. Best_Of_Show: "There Is one mat purple buyer to 100 Vanadium gray buyers." tdlondon: "Seller left money on the table with the wrap… who's throwing $200k on a car doesn't want the hassle of returning it to original."
Window sticker / build sheet supplied and seller responsiveness premium worth $20k+ in confidence; absence repeatedly correlates with RNM
On "2025 Porsche 718 Spyder RS Weissach" (38 mi, Racing Yellow) 812GTSJeff, Cpr767 and ricm all asked for the sticker and got nothing; PMUZI found a destination-charge discrepancy and radiojones thought MSRP was closer to $235k. Cpr767: "These cars are too expensive to have suspiciously unanswered questions." It RNM'd at $191,000. The Smyrna Green car also withheld its sticker (marcander76, nikuhina, hoffmanmotorsports all asked) but survived it on the strength of the colour and a 2,300-listing seller history. The Shark Blue car that reached $211,000 only resolved a challenge from owner ninekflat6 by producing a build sheet showing $223,935.
No-reserve format discount -$10-20k versus optimistic reserve cars, but it actually transacts
Both no-reserve cars sold: "No Reserve: 2024 Porsche 718 Spyder RS Weissach" at $200,000 (1,300 mi, Guards Red, PCCB, mags, $15k of PPF/ceramic) and "No Reserve: Grigio Telesto Metallic 2024 Porsche 718 Spyder RS Weissach" at $189,000. Note the same Guards Red car had previously failed at $191,000 as "2024 Porsche 718 Spyder RS Weissach" with a reserve — the no-reserve relist netted $9,000 more than the earlier high bid.
Known issues
moderateFront splitter and rear diffuser scraping — the car is extremely low and most examples lack or don't use the front-axle lift
On "Gulf Blue 2024 Porsche 718 Spyder RS Weissach" Chuck121370 wrote: "Wish the first owner would have been more careful as the rear diffuser and front splitter both have been rubbed multiple times. These cars are super low and you have to be very careful when approaching steep driveways or inclines" — on a 1,700-mile car. On "No Reserve: Grigio Telesto Metallic 2024 Porsche 718 Spyder RS Weissach" lucas20203 asked about liveability without the lift and the seller conceded it's "not a can't live without" feature; kvbesq listed FAL among the missing desirable options. The arctic gray "2024 Porsche 718 Spyder RS Weissach" that RNM'd at $185,000 also lacked FAL and commenters flagged ground clearance.
Check: Get the car on a lift or at minimum photograph the underside of the front splitter, the leading edge of the front lip, and the rear diffuser fins. Confirm whether front-axle lift (FAL) is on the build sheet — it is a separate option, not standard on Weissach. Budget carbon splitter repair/replacement if the rubs are through the clear.
moderateBreak-in procedure skipped on delivery-mileage cars (Porsche specifies ~1,200 km / 930 miles below 5,000 rpm)
On "Viola Metallic 2024 Porsche 718 Spyder RS Weissach" (22 miles) RPChan noted the owner never performed the recommended 920-mile break-in and Best_Of_Show confirmed first service was February 2026 at 23 miles, with annual service now arguably due. On the arctic gray "2024 Porsche 718 Spyder RS Weissach" RPChan wrote: "Porsche is serious though about breaking the car in proper...not go above 5k for the first 1200km which is 930 miles." bartscrc, same thread: "It's a shame to see so many of these sub break-in mileage spyders with owners trying to recoup what they thought would be a short term investment." These are commenter opinions, but the concern recurs consistently and is consistent with factory guidance.
Check: Ask for the first-service invoice and its mileage. On a sub-1,000-mile car, verify whether the break-in oil change was done at all and whether the next owner (possibly you) is about to do the break-in on a two-year-old engine with two-year-old fluids. Check for time-based service compliance, not just mileage-based.
moderateStatic storage effects on near-zero-mileage cars — battery, fluids, tyre flat-spotting, seal drying
The Viola car's own listing analysis notes it "has sat nearly unused for 2 years since new (22 miles total), raising concerns about fluid degradation, battery health, and whether it was properly stored." The best-documented counter-example is "No Reserve: 2024 Porsche 718 Spyder RS Weissach", stored at 74°F on a lift with a battery tender — and it is instructive that this obsessive preservation still only produced $200,000.
Check: Battery health/replacement history, whether a tender was used, tyre DOT dates (all these cars wear Dunlop Sport Maxx Race 2 — a semi-slick that ages), and brake fluid service date. Ask for storage conditions in writing.
moderateInfotainment screen quality and restricted rearward visibility with the manual soft top
On "Speed Yellow 2025 Porsche 718 Spyder RS Weissach" Branthunter reported a "horrible grainy screen" that is "marginal in the daytime and worse at night" plus restricted rearward visibility on soft-top Spyders, which the thread describes as a known issue acknowledged by other owners. darkstar81435 separately noted Bose is the only premium audio option on Spyder models, so there is no upgrade path.
Check: Sit in the car with the top erected at dusk. Judge the PCM screen yourself — there is no fix and no retrofit. Also confirm the top mechanism and its storage bag are present (the Grigio Telesto car listed "top mechanism" as part of its documentation set).
minorEarly brake pad and brake-system anomalies at delivery mileage
On "No Reserve: Grigio Telesto Metallic 2024 Porsche 718 Spyder RS Weissach" the seller explained: "as per the Carfax the rear brake pads were changed out after being inspected by the original selling dealer before it left their inventory with 29 total miles. Evidently the factory installed pads didn't meet their quality check." JCspyder questioned why a nearly new car needed pads. Plausible, but it is a Carfax entry a future buyer will re-litigate.
Check: Read the Carfax line-by-line for pre-delivery service. Ask the selling dealer directly why pads were replaced. On PCCB cars, get disc thickness measured — replacement rotors are a five-figure item.
minorRace-Tex (microsuede) seat centres that look stained or worn in photographs
On "Smyrna Green 2024 Porsche 718 Spyder RS Weissach" Davecox flagged the seat appearance in photos 105-111 as possible staining or wear; the seller explained Race-Tex centres change texture when brushed or sat in. Zarcherinok initially characterised the seats as "ruined" without further evidence. Worth knowing so you don't overpay for a cosmetic non-issue — or underpay attention to a real one.
Check: Inspect seat centres in raking light in person; brush the nap in one direction and confirm the appearance evens out. Distinguish nap direction from genuine oil/dye transfer.
minorElectrical niggles — front airbag warning light
The seller of "2024 Porsche 718 Spyder RS Weissach" (Guards Red, 1,300 mi, RNM $191,000) told JCMbat: "No receipts available. Only issue I had with the car was the front air bagt warning light came on. It was fixed after a quick reset." Single instance, but note the pattern: a reset with no paperwork.
Check: Scan for stored fault codes rather than relying on a clear dash. Ask whether any warning has been "reset" without a documented repair.
minorMissing second key and the cost of replacing one
On "Smyrna Green 2024 Porsche 718 Spyder RS Weissach" MuadDale put replacement fobs at roughly $850 ($600 fob plus $250 programming). The seller confirmed both keys with the spare pictured in photo #215.
Check: Physically confirm two keys, both functioning, before the hammer.
minorPCCB caliper colour not matching the body on yellow cars
On "2025 Porsche 718 Spyder RS Weissach" (Racing Yellow, 38 mi) PcarRacer said "the PCCBs are painted in a non-matched yellow that is cringy"; ricm explained the calipers are Speed Yellow rather than Racing Yellow — a factory design quirk, not a defect.
Check: Purely aesthetic — look at it in daylight if you're buying Racing Yellow.
Pre-purchase checklist
- Get the original Monroney window sticker or PUSA build sheet before bidding. Non-negotiable: on this model, missing stickers correlate directly with reserve-not-met outcomes and with MSRP disputes that experienced owners (ninekflat6, PMUZI) will publicly litigate.
- Confirm the four options that actually price the car: Weissach Package, PCCB, forged magnesium wheels, and front-axle lift. A PTS car missing PCCB and FAL is a $189k car, not a $214k car.
- Inspect the front splitter underside and rear diffuser for rub-through. Assume they have been scraped unless proven otherwise — it happened on a 1,700-mile car.
- Verify the break-in service: invoice, date and mileage. On any car under 1,000 miles, assume you inherit the 930-mile / sub-5,000rpm run-in obligation on a two-plus-year-old engine.
- On sub-500-mile cars, treat this as a time-based-service problem, not a mileage one: engine oil, brake fluid, battery condition, and the DOT date on the Dunlop Sport Maxx Race 2 tyres.
- Pull the Carfax yourself and reconcile every service line with a receipt. One seller could not document four Carfax entries and blamed European Delivery logistics; that ambiguity cost him the sale.
- Check for track use — photos, event stickers, Nordschleife lap videos, brake and tyre wear that doesn't match the odometer. The one disclosed Nürburgring car sold at the all-time low of $184,718.
- If the car is wrapped, price in full removal plus paint correction and assume the wrap hides something until a paint depth survey by an independent shop says otherwise. Seller-supplied dealer paint readings were not accepted by the room.
- Sit in the car with the soft top up, at dusk, and use the PCM. The grainy screen and compromised rear visibility are structural to the Spyder and cannot be fixed.
- Confirm two working keys are in hand — roughly $850 to replace one.
- Verify there is no lien. Two of the twelve recent cars had lender payoffs pending, one held by a credit union.
- Check remaining factory 4yr/50k warranty dates and, if CPO, read the mileage cap — one car's CPO ran to April 2030 but capped at 81,000 miles.
Ask the seller
- May I have the window sticker and the PUSA build sheet, as files, before the auction ends?
- Was the factory break-in performed — under 5,000 rpm for the first ~930 miles — and can you show the invoice with the mileage at first service?
- Has the car ever been on a circuit, at a track day, or on the Nordschleife tourist sessions, including under prior ownership?
- Photograph the front splitter from underneath and the rear diffuser from below. Are there any rubs, and have any been repaired?
- Does the build include front-axle lift and PCCB? If PCCB, what are the current disc thickness readings?
- How was it stored, at what temperature, was a battery tender used, and has the battery ever been replaced?
- What are the DOT date codes on the current tyres, and has the car sat long enough to flat-spot them?
- Every Carfax service entry — can you produce the corresponding invoice? Explain any warning light that was "reset" rather than repaired.
- If wrapped or refinished in any way: what is underneath, who did the work, and will you allow an independent paint depth survey?
- Are both keys present and functional?
- Is there a lien, and what is your realistic reserve? (Six of the last twelve auctions failed on reserves set at or above the $213k median — establish this before you spend time on a PPI.)
Walk away when
- The dealer flip with no answers. "2025 Porsche 718 Spyder RS Weissach" (38 miles, Racing Yellow, first-time seller Carbeeco) withheld the window sticker, had an MSRP discrepancy flagged by PMUZI, charged a $250 doc fee, and never called the high bidder after the reserve failed. hoffmanmotorsports: "Disengaged seller. Never like that." RNM at $191,000.
- Sub-break-in mileage plus a fast turnaround. Several cars here were bought, driven a few hundred miles, and relisted at a hoped-for profit. All of them failed: $185,000, $191,000, $211,000, $213,000. The market is explicitly punishing this — bartscrc and strangesubset01 both said so in the threads.
- Massive protective spend used to justify a price. One seller documented $15,000 of PPF, three ceramic coats and six break-in oil changes; Boris911's verdict was "the car is indeed an excellent spec… These are just not $200k cars at this time." It failed at $191,000 with a reserve, then made $200,000 only when relisted at no reserve.
- Heavy Sonderwunsch or colour-on-colour interiors. A $33k commission on "Speed Yellow 2025 Porsche 718 Spyder RS Weissach" bought a $37k shortfall to sticker and an RNM.
- Wraps and non-factory wheel finishes at this price point. "2024 Porsche 718 Spyder RS" in a satin purple wrap with gold powder-coated wheels drew the lowest high bid in the recent set, $174,000.
- "Rare colour, one of five" claims used to paper over a thin option list. "No Reserve: Grigio Telesto Metallic 2024 Porsche 718 Spyder RS Weissach" was PTS with 432 miles and still only made $189,000 because it had neither PCCB nor front-axle lift, no window sticker, and a Canadian-market speedometer conversion that chrispelzl openly doubted.
- European Delivery framed as a value-add. Chirs put it plainly: "Why does European Delivery matter at all to the car's value? It's an experience the purchaser pays for that should have no residual value." No sale in this record shows an ED premium; the one ED car with Nordschleife laps set the price floor.
- No receipts for documented Carfax service visits.
- Any car where the reserve is a secret and the seller's stated "total investment" (one claimed $235,000) exceeds the entire historical sold range.
Budget
Driver-grade / floor: $185,000–$195,000. That buys a standard-metallic Weissach car with 3,000-ish miles, or a low-mile car missing PCCB and front-axle lift, or one with disclosed track exposure. The $184,718 GT Silver car and the $189,000 Grigio Telesto car define this band — and note the 25th percentile across all sales is $198,750, so you are buying at the bottom decile here.
Strong example: $200,000–$215,000. Weissach, PCCB, magnesium wheels, front-axle lift, 1,000–2,500 miles, full documentation, clean Carfax. That is the market's centre of gravity — median $213,000, and the cluster of $200,000, $212,000 and $214,000 sales sits right on it. Expect to pay near or slightly under original MSRP.
Best-in-class: $225,000–$235,000. Paint-to-sample, delivery mileage, one owner, complete paperwork, a credible seller. The Viola car at $230,000 is the benchmark. Above $235,000 you are into the territory of the single $256,000 sale from 2024, and nothing in the last twelve months (median $212,000, +0.7% year on year) suggests that number is repeatable today. Set your ceiling at $235,000 and be prepared to lose a car rather than chase.
Outliers
Viola Metallic 2024 Porsche 718 Spyder RS Weissach $230,000
Top of the recent market and $6,230 above its own $223,770 window sticker. Explained by 22 indicated miles, one owner, PTS Viola, a complete option list, and a seller (Roadscholars/Gruppe P) with a transparency reputation. Note it achieved this on steel brakes, which drew criticism — evidence that colour and delivery mileage can outweigh PCCB. nickgdrives still argued in-thread that the trend points to an 8% decline on Spyder RS over the following year.
2024 Porsche 718 Spyder RS Weissach $184,718
The lowest completed sale on record. Fully optioned Weissach with PCCB, FAL, full-body PPF and warranty coverage to June 2031 — but GT Silver Metallic paint, 3,200 miles, disclosed Nürburgring tourist laps, a filled windscreen chip, PPF imperfections and a credit-union lien. Beldrueger estimated the track history alone at roughly -$10k.
No Reserve: Grigio Telesto Metallic 2024 Porsche 718 Spyder RS Weissach $189,000
A 432-mile paint-to-sample car that sold for $41,000 less than the 22-mile Viola. The delta is the option sheet — no PCCB, no front-axle lift — plus no window sticker and a Canadian-market speedometer conversion. kvbesq calculated it went for about $1,300 under original MSRP including the BaT fee. The cleanest illustration on record that low miles do not substitute for the right boxes.
2024 Porsche 718 Spyder RS $174,000
Lowest high bid in the recent set, and the only non-Weissach car. Satin purple wrap over Vanadium Silver, gold powder-coated wheels, an owner two months into the car, and a lien to clear. Best_Of_Show: "one mat purple buyer to 100 Vanadium gray buyers." A cautionary price for anyone considering personalising one of these.
Speed Yellow 2025 Porsche 718 Spyder RS Weissach $213,000
Failed to sell at exactly the all-model median despite a ~$250k sticker including $33k of Sonderwunsch work and only 343 miles. A textbook demonstration that bespoke spend does not survive the first resale, and that a reserve above $213k on this model is a coin flip at best.
Verdict
This is the most usable GT3-engined Porsche made — RPChan, an owner, called the touring suspension the thing that makes it "easily the most pleasant GT3 powered car to drive" — and it is also a car whose collectibility premium has already been arbitraged away by roughly 2,100 North American deliveries and a wall of dealer inventory. Buy it to drive. At $200,000–$215,000 for a Weissach car with PCCB, magnesium wheels, front-axle lift, a real window sticker and 1,000–2,500 honest miles, you are paying market and getting the best road-going flat-six roadster Porsche has built. Pay $230,000-plus only for paint-to-sample with delivery mileage and immaculate paperwork, and accept that you are buying colour scarcity rather than an appreciating asset — three of the last four attempts to clear that level failed. Avoid the flip inventory entirely: sub-break-in cars from sellers who have owned them for weeks are the worst value in this market, and the auction record shows other buyers agree. If you're the seller: no reserve, or expect a 45% chance of going home with the car.
Bidding patterns
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.
2025 Porsche 718 Spyder RS Weissach
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.
91-Mile 2024 Porsche 718 Spyder RS Weissach
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.
2025 Porsche 718 Spyder RS Weissach
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.
Gulf Blue 2024 Porsche 718 Spyder RS Weissach
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.
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