996 Turbo Market: What 61 Auction Sales Actually Say
Median $55,000 across 61 verified auction sales since 2021, range $31,250–$103,000. The Turbo S (2005 only) sits above at $74,000 across 16 sales. Here's how mileage moves the number.
Figures from 543 verified auction sales · dataset updated October 2026 · the data
Turbo prices by mileage band
One split matters here: coupe vs cabriolet. The 61 Turbo sales divide almost evenly — 31 coupes, 30 cabriolets. At matched mileage the coupe carries a real but modest premium: about $13,000 in the 15–50k-mile bands, fading to nothing by 50–75k miles. (An earlier version of this page, built on 23 Bring a Trailer sales with only 2 coupes, put the coupe premium at $25,000–$40,000. The bigger dataset says otherwise.) The table below is cabriolets; coupes follow.
| Mileage band | Sales | Median |
|---|---|---|
| Under 15,000 | 4 | $78,750 |
| 15,000–30,000 | 3 | $67,750 |
| 30,000–50,000 | 7 | $48,000 |
| 50,000–75,000 | 12 | $54,250 |
| 75,000+ | 4 | $42,500 |
Turbo coupes (31 sales) by the same bands: under 15k miles $75,500 (1 sale, thin), 15–30k $80,996 (5), 30–50k $61,000 (6), 50–75k $53,000 (9), 75k+ $47,750 (10). Read the two tables together and the story is consistent: the coupe premium lives at low miles and is gone by the time both cars are drivers.
The curve tells a clear story: the mileage penalty is steepest early. A delivery-miles Turbo Cabriolet costs roughly $31,000 more than a 40,000-mile one ($78,750 vs $48,000). Past 30,000 miles, cabriolet prices flatten between the low $40s and mid $50s — at that point condition, spec, and service history move the needle more than the odometer.
Turbo S: the 2005-only flagship
Same coupe/cabriolet split as the standard Turbo. Cabriolets (12 sales):
| Mileage band | Sales | Median |
|---|---|---|
| 15,000–30,000 | 4 | $75,250 |
| 30,000–50,000 | 5 | $63,500 |
| 50,000–75,000 | 1 | $55,500 thin |
| 75,000+ | 2 | $53,000 thin |
Turbo S coupes (4 sales): $75,000 — 25,000 mi, Tiptronic, Arctic Silver Metallic Aug 19, 2025; $92,996 — 31,000 mi, 6-speed, Basalt Black Metallic Nov 30, 2023; $104,000 — 44,000 mi, 6-speed, Black May 17, 2021; $206,000 — 2,800 mi, 6-speed, Arctic Silver Metallic Dec 29, 2023. That last car is a delivery-miles outlier that pulls the Turbo S coupe median to $98,498 on its own — with four sales, treat every Turbo S coupe number as directional. What is real: the Turbo S commands roughly a $19,000 premium over the standard Turbo at the median ($74,000 vs $55,000).
The manual premium is real
Turbo 6-speed manuals: $59,996 median (47 sales). Turbo automatics and Tiptronics: $42,128 median (14 sales). That's roughly an $18,000 gap — some of it is body-style and mileage mix (automatics skew toward cabriolets), but the direction is not in doubt. On the Turbo S it's $77,500 for manuals (13 sales) vs $63,500 for Tiptronics (3 sales, thin). If you're buying a Turbo to drive, the automatic cars are the value play; if you're buying for the long term, the market has already voted.
Notable Turbo sales
- $206,000 — 2005 Turbo S Coupe, 2,800 mi, 6-speed, Arctic Silver Dec 29, 2023 — top Turbo-family result in the dataset; delivery miles did the work
- $168,000 — 2005 Turbo S Cabriolet, 21,000 mi, 6-speed, Viola Metallic Jul 25, 2026 — top Turbo S cabriolet result; rare color did heavy lifting
- $103,000 — 2004 Turbo Cabriolet, 15,000 mi, Tiptronic, Speed Yellow Jun 10, 2022 — top standard-Turbo result
- $31,250 — 2005 Turbo Cabriolet, 46,800 mi, automatic, Speed Yellow Jun 9, 2026 — the recent floor for a stock Turbo
Turbo shopping? The Turbo's Mezger engine is exempt from the 996's IMS bearing issue — one of the real reasons these cars hold value. Read the IMS guide, then value the car you're looking at.
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