Thankyou RC for putting some perspective into this discussion,people are getting way too pessimistic on a car that is probably gonna be the best 911 to date What car can compete with the 997s for perfomance,handling,build quality and image for the same money?I live in the UK and over here the 997s is expected to retain 75% residual value after 3 years ,trust me that is about as good as one can expect on any car,let alone a Pounds70,000 car.(i lost more than that on a BMW330ci sport cab,which lists at half the price of 997s)As RC said people should compare apples with apples,so if you pessimists would rather buy a Bmw 6 series ,Merc SL,Maserati coupe then fine ,but i bet the residuals on these cars will not be any better than a Porsche 997s and will they offer the same driving experience