17/03/2026
The Porsche 993 is 30 years old. The waiting list to buy a good one keeps getting longer.
Why?
It was the last air-cooled 911. When Porsche switched to water-cooling in 1998, something changed — not just technically, but emotionally. The 993 became the last of a lineage that stretched back to the original 911 in 1963.
Collectors don't just buy cars. They buy the end of eras.
The 993 also has something modern cars struggle to offer: simplicity. You can feel everything through the wheel, the pedals, the seat. No screens telling you what the car is doing. You just know.
A well-kept 993 Carrera today will cost you more than double what it cost five years ago. And the people selling them? Most of them aren't selling because they want to. They're selling because life got in the way.
The ones holding on know something: there will never be another one. Ever.
If you were going to own one car forever, what would it be?
