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The Best Used Porsches You Can Buy for Less Than $10,000

If you want a mint-condition Porsche, be prepared to pay a premium.

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By Tyler Duffy

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A Note on Pricing: The going prices for these cars are accurate at the time of publishing but may change the longer the classified ads are live.

Almost all cars diminish in value over time — with almost being the key word. Certain Porsches, for example, defy those market forces. Most 911s, for example, lose far less value than your average cars, and that causes ripple effects across the lineup; buyers priced out of 911s are driving up values for other well-regarded Porsches, like the 944 Turbo. Even the VW-powered Porsche 914 is becoming a collector’s item.

It’s hard to find a truly cheap Porsche that’s still running and not embarrassing to drive up to your in-laws’ house…but it’s not impossible. Here are three that we found for less than $10,000.

2003 Porsche Boxster – $9,900

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The thoroughly-underrated 986-generation Boxster is the car that saved Porsche financially in the 1990s. This 2003 model is a fun-to-drive, mid-engine, rear-wheel-drive convertible. It has a naturally-aspirated flat-six with a five speed-speed manual transmission. And this one has only 57,000 miles on the clock.

BUY NOW: $8,500

2009 Porsche Cayenne – $9,995

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The Cayenne midsize SUV is another Porsche that does, in fact, drop quite a bit in value. This Cayenne is a first-gen base model from 2009. The modern Cayenne is a Porsche that happens to be an SUV; this car was more of a luxury SUV that happened to have a Porsche badge. That badge is important, however…and this SUV only has 80,000 miles.

BUY NOW: $9,995

1987 Porsche 944 – $9,995

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The 944 was the Cayman of its day. Its front-engine setup was an affront Porsche purists, but it may have actually handled better than the 911 of that era. This 944 isn’t the Turbo version — which is why it costs less than $10,000. Still, it’s hard to beat a Guards Red exterior, a blacked-out interior and a five-speed manual transmission.

BUY NOW: $9,995

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