996 Market Index · Monthly briefing
October 2026, through October 19
Median hammer price $36,500 across 29 verified sales recorded so far this month, for a total of $1,614,673 in hammer prices. The top of the market did the talking: nine Turbo sales at a $114,000 median, four of the five biggest sales of the month.
The month so far
Carreras were the volume — 14 of the 29 sales, at a $32,875 median. The headline number belongs to the Turbos: a 7,000-mile 2002 Turbo coupe with the X50 package hammered at $191,996 on October 18, the strongest 996 result recorded this autumn. The month's second-biggest sale is the anomaly worth naming: a modified 2002 Turbo coupe with 78,000 miles hammered at $180,996 — more than all but one stock Turbo this month. One sale is not a trend; it is recorded here because it happened, not because it reprices modified cars.
By model
| Model | Sales | Median hammer |
|---|---|---|
| Carrera | 14 sales | $32,875 |
| Turbo | 9 sales | $114,000 |
| Carrera 4 | 3 sales | $20,750 |
| Carrera 4S | 3 sales | $34,500 |
The five biggest sales
| Date | Car | Transmission | Miles | Hammer | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-10-18 | 2002 Turbo Coupe | 6-speed manual | 7,000 | $191,996 | BaT |
| 2026-10-12 | 2002 Turbo Coupe | 6-speed manual | 78,000 | $180,996 | BaT |
| 2026-10-08 | 2001 Turbo Coupe | 6-speed manual | 7,000 | $147,000 | BaT |
| 2026-10-13 | 2002 Turbo Coupe | 6-speed manual | 21,000 | $122,000 | BaT |
| 2026-10-17 | 2004 Turbo Cabriolet | 6-speed manual | 37,000 | $114,000 | BaT |
How to read this edition
Every figure is a verified auction hammer price — winning bid, buyer fee excluded — recorded from the listing on the day it sold. Asking prices never enter this index. This is a partial-month edition: daily recording began October 18, and this page is updated to the complete month after October 31. Monthly comparisons start with the November edition, the first built on a full month of daily coverage — a trend line drawn from one partial month would be exactly the kind of number this site exists not to publish.