The Only Road Legal Porsche 911 GT1 Evolution Will Set You Back Over £2 Million

Only one racing version of the 911 GT1 was ever converted for road use, and it could be yours - if you're stinking rich
The Only Road Legal Porsche 911 GT1 Evolution Will Set You Back Over £2 Million

There are lots of special Porsches out there, but few are as special as this one. Why? Because it’s one of a kind. Being a 911 GT1 it’s already of rare stock - only 23 ‘Straßenversion’ road cars and 18 race cars were made - but this particular example is the only road legal racing version.

The Only Road Legal Porsche 911 GT1 Evolution Will Set You Back Over £2 Million

Despite having ‘911’ in the name, the GT1 has little to do with Porsche’s famous sports car other than taking elements of the 993’s front end, and later the ‘fried-egg’ style headlights from the 996. Porsche mounted a 3.2-litre twin-turbo, water-cooled flat-six in the middle of the tubular steel chassis (no rear-engine antics here), which was wrapped in a carbonfibre body. Power? Over 600bhp - a potent amount in a car weighing only 1050kg.

The Only Road Legal Porsche 911 GT1 Evolution Will Set You Back Over £2 Million

The GT1 we’re looking at here was the only version to be given the Evolution upgrade from the factory - the others were upgraded some time after completion. It enjoyed reasonable success with privateer team Bytzek in North America, and underwent a £300,000 restoration in the UK from 2014-2015. It’s only been run for two hours since.

The Only Road Legal Porsche 911 GT1 Evolution Will Set You Back Over £2 Million

Sound like the slice of Porsche motorsport history you want in on? It’s going under the hammer at RM Sotheby’s Monaco auction on 14 May, but predictably, it isn’t cheap: the estimate is €2,700,000 - €3,000,000. Up to £2.3 million, in other words…

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Comments

GalantEvo

That interior tho…

04/26/2016 - 16:58 |
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Francisco Dias

The most ironic thing about this, is that since it’s the only road legal vehicle, it’ll probably end-up stored up and handled like a gem, so it’ll never really hit the streets…

04/26/2016 - 17:03 |
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On the Apex

Wow, such bargain. Many cheap very buy

04/26/2016 - 17:08 |
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Freddie Skeates
04/26/2016 - 17:11 |
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Juim1j

I just love GT1 ‘98 cars, and this one just waters my mouth!

04/26/2016 - 17:35 |
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Anonymous

In reply to by Juim1j

Except this isn’t a 98. The GT1 Evolution is from 1997. The ‘98 version is named GT1-98

04/26/2016 - 23:24 |
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Anonymous

The biggest thing the GT1 has in common with the 993 is part of the chassis. Basically the center part that houses the driver is still stock 993.Everything else has been modified to hell.

04/26/2016 - 18:06 |
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Anonymous

we cud all chip in a few dollars and own this thing.

04/26/2016 - 18:36 |
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Anonymous

Is it manual?

04/26/2016 - 19:46 |
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Gus (SQUAD SQUAD)

Let me get out my piggy bank, hold on a minute.

04/27/2016 - 00:15 |
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TheWaldo

L

04/27/2016 - 06:18 |
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