Porsche’s ‘Brand New’ 993 Turbo S Just Sold For $3.1m

Demand for as-new retro Porsches really couldn’t be higher, and this stunning one-off, air-cooled, twin-turbo 993 Turbo S has sold for silly money
Porsche’s ‘Brand New’ 993 Turbo S Just Sold For $3.1m

The breathtaking 911 Turbo S that Porsche built almost entirely from its own spare parts catalogue has just sold for over $3 million.

Built to highlight the ridiculous breadth of spares Porsche carries for the 993-era 911, it created unprecedented demand with wealthy bidders – and it’s not even road-legal. The outrageous final bid will benefit the Ferry Porsche Foundation, a new charity that aims to help young German people affected by social or financial hardship.

Porsche’s ‘Brand New’ 993 Turbo S Just Sold For $3.1m

The car, dubbed Project Gold, was based on a spare 993 Turbo S body that Porsche presumably found in a back room somewhere. The twin-turbo 3.6-litre flat-six is the same air-cooled design as the original, boasting an identical 444bhp.

Amazingly, the manual gearbox and permanent all-wheel drive system for the car were among the parts lifted directly from the spares brochure available through the Porsche network. By jumping through the correct legal hoops Porsche was able to register the car as a brand new vehicle with a VIN that consecutively follows the final 1998-built version, albeit this time without road certification.

Porsche’s ‘Brand New’ 993 Turbo S Just Sold For $3.1m

Only 345 993 Turbo Ss were built between 1995 and 1998. Project Gold features the Turbo S side vents on its body but matches its interior accents and Golden Yellow Metallic paint to the 2018 911 Turbo S Exclusive, of which 500 were made.

The 993 was the first 911 to use ellipsoidal headlights instead of circular ones. It was also the first to use an aluminium chassis and the first to pack a pair of turbos. Demand and values in recent years have been climbing quickly. A tidy original 993 Turbo S can fetch over £250,000.

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Comments

Martin Burns

A bit too much for a Beetle imo…

10/29/2018 - 09:50 |
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CMGPredator

Wouldn‘t it be cheaper to just buy a used one (~200 000 € with 50k KM) and then to fully restore it? 3.1 million seems a teeny bit much for a car that is not roadlegal. I mean the last Zonda Revolution sold for 2.6 million and that is like one of the ultimate non-roadgoing cars.

10/29/2018 - 10:28 |
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The proceeds went to charity. In car auctions, it’s a normal thing for people to buy them for exuberant prices

10/29/2018 - 10:36 |
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RWB Dude

Umm gonna need to work extra overtime to get that

10/29/2018 - 10:56 |
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Anonymous

Id rather have a carrera zgt
Bet you dont know that car existed.

10/29/2018 - 11:05 |
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Duggan (koalafan) (koalafan7) (Esprit Team) (Z32 Group) (Lot

This shit is wacc

10/29/2018 - 11:44 |
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Anonymous

Why couldn’t it be road legal ?

10/29/2018 - 12:57 |
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Ruben W.

In reply to by Anonymous (not verified)

it won’t make today’s emission regulations so it can’t be made road legal under that VIN number

10/29/2018 - 15:28 |
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