Press "Enter" to skip to content

Category: Porsche

This site contains Ebay partner affiliate links, which may earn us a commission at no additional cost to you.

1993 Porsche 911 RS America – REVISIT

1993 Porsche 911 RS America – REVISIT

Published September 12, 2015 by Rob

$_4

We’ve featured this 1993 Porsche 911 RS America a couple of times and it remains the highest mileage example we’ve come across. It has seemingly been for sale forever. Why feature it again? Because in every instance I can recall it has been listed only with a Buy It Now price, at which it failed to sell, and here it FINALLY has been listed as a reserve auction. It’s possible, in fact likely, that the reserve here is similar to its usual BIN price, but the market has made clear that this isn’t an $80K 911. With this reserve auction I hope we can get a sense of where the market values this car. There’s plenty of time remaining and for now bidding sits at $32,655. So, where will bidding end?

CLICK FOR DETAILS: 1993 Porsche 911 RS America on eBay

The below post originally appeared on our site July 21, 2015:

Read Our Post1993 Porsche 911 RS America – REVISIT
5 Comments
1968 Porsche 912 Soft-window Targa

1968 Porsche 912 Soft-window Targa

Published September 11, 2015 by Rob

Porsche’s soft-window Targa is one of those engineering feats that is a mix of the sublime and the ridiculous. It is a brilliant solution to a problem that never really arose, but with its removable rear window and fixed roll hoop it looks…strange. I think Porsche’s engineers realized this as the design only existed for three model years, and during production of the Soft-window Targa a fixed hard window was an available option. Even so, with safety standards failing to render the convertible obsolete it would still take 15 years before Porsche actually produced a Cabriolet version of the 911 so in that regard the Soft-window Targa seems well ahead of its time. There is definitely a lot going on with these. Design aesthetics aside, its short production run for either the 911 or 912 makes the Soft-window Targa a rare and interesting commodity among vintage Porsches and one that surely attracts plenty of questions and gazes within any collection. They are a part of Porsche history and as such always warrant considerable attention. The example we have here is a Light Ivory 1968 Porsche 912 Soft-window Targa located in Ohio.

CLICK FOR DETAILS: 1968 Porsche 912 Soft-window Targa on eBay

Read Our Post1968 Porsche 912 Soft-window Targa
1 Comment
1989 Porsche 911 Speedster

1989 Porsche 911 Speedster

Published September 10, 2015 by Rob

One of the aspects I enjoy most about writing about cars is coming across those I’ve never seen before, especially when it’s a model that I otherwise come across quite frequently. Enter the Porsche 911 Speedster. We’ve featured many examples of the 911 Speedster, and we come across many more, but they broadly fall into the same class. They are low mileage, appear in excellent condition, and either Guards Red, Black, or Grand Prix White. For all intents and purposes they are excellent cars with a great deal of value on the current market. But after awhile they all blend together. So when we happened to come across this Baltic Blue 1989 Porsche 911 Speedster with Silk Grey interior I was delighted to see an example I had never seen before. The 911 Speedster has been a collectible from the moment it was released so examples appearing in one of the more rare colors or options will attract significant notice.

CLICK FOR DETAILS: 1989 Porsche 911 Speedster on Copley Motorcars

Read Our Post1989 Porsche 911 Speedster
4 Comments
2011 Porsche 911 GT3 RS 4.0

2011 Porsche 911 GT3 RS 4.0

Published September 8, 2015 by Rob

Any ultimate 911 will be highly coveted. But when that ultimate 911 was never expected to be produced and happens to be a version that followed upon multiple variants of the model, then we really begin to step into rarefied air. For its homologation purposes Porsche released its first GT3 RS as part of the 996 model line. Those cars were never available in the US market so when it was announced that the 997 GT3 RS would make it to our shores, there was much rejoicing. But Porsche was restless and the 997 GT3 RS would see not one, not two, but three separate versions showcasing increasing displacement and further lightening. These began life with a 415 hp 3.6 liter flat-six, which two years later was replaced with a 3.8 liter flat-six producing 450 hp. It was assumed that would be the end and yet very late in the 997’s model life whispers began about one more version: a 4.0 liter flat-six pushing 500 hp. The numbers seem impossible. 500 hp from a relatively small package all directed to the rear wheels and all without the benefit of forced induction. This is truly engineering excellence.

CLICK FOR DETAILS: 2011 Porsche 911 GT3 RS 4.0 on eBay

Read Our Post2011 Porsche 911 GT3 RS 4.0
1 Comment