The dollar has fallen to an all-time low against the Euro which means Europeans can buy cars from the U.S. at roughly a 30% discount. I recently learned about a guy on the West Coast of the U.S. with a partner in Europe who is buying cars for export. He is paying top dollar and says he can make 15% or so profit after shipping expenses.

If the dollar keeps falling (which seems likely given the way our government spends here in the U.S.) it may have a substantial impact on prices of early 911's. Couple of questions, especially to our friends in Europe:

(1) What is the level of interest in early 911's in Europe?

(2) You would intuitively think that *very* few rust-free Targas remain - is that true? Jim Schrager and other market experts have long predicted that Tragas would be more collectible than Coupes, but that hasn't happened yet, at least in the U.S.

(3) A strong current fashion here in the U.S. is to hot rod early 911's. Generally speaking, do Europeans like that, or do they prefer original cars?

Just curious. I'm thinking we may see a steadily increasing stream of cars flowing from the U.S West Coast to Europe.

Cheers,
John Audette