Category: Exotic Sports 
Price Range: £61,744 to £128,307
Powerkit's added pace; incredible traction; powerful brakes.
Powerkit's extra cost pitches the Carrera S head-to-head with sublime Audi R8 and comes off worse.
Appealing, if costly; stop-gap until the new direct injection engine range arrives.
Here the Porsche fares well, particularly when compared to more humdrum opposition.
After three years and 36,000 miles it loses less of its original value than the Carrera S base vehicle which will retain 54% of its new price. The Jaguar XKR alternative is worth 3% less. With the Powerkit revisions the purchase price runs into Audi R8 territory and that car retains 62% of its purchase price. If you are a depreciation watcher then the R8 makes much more financial sense.
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wrote on 05 07 2006