The Six-Mile Porsche 911 Carrera RSR Has Just Sold For Big Money
Remember that Porsche 964 911 Carrera RSR 3.8 we told you about? The ultra-rare collectors’ item has just sold for a tear-jerking $2.25 million.
We say tear-jerking because it has only covered six miles from new. The Can-Can Red red leather, which covers everything from the seats to the dashboard and door trims, has barely ever been touched, rubbed or even sat on.
The RM Auctions sale at Villa Erba on Saturday saw the 1993 car sell for the equivalent of just over £1.75m. Not a bad return for a car that was bought specifically as an investment piece, as much as it pains us to see it going unused.
The 3.8-litre motorsport-derived engine pushed out around 345bhp, which made it good for a 0-62mph sprint of just 3.7 seconds, as tested in the real world by Car & Driver magazine. That made it faster than the Ferrari F40, at the time.
The odd mucky coating you can see on the RSR in the pictures isn’t the grime of decades, accumulated as if the car had been left out under some trees for all this time. It’s actually Cosmoline, a special rust-inhibitor that was applied at the factory as per the buyer’s request.
We’re gutted that this glorious old machine has never turned a wheel in anger, as it and its 50 brothers were designed to do. But there’s not a lot we can do about it, short of crowdfunding enough cash to convince the new owner to part with it again…
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What it should be very cheap because mileage make stories and stories make value
Mileage means engine wear and use means a less than pristine interior.
you know, the rust inhibitor looks rusty
“I think ill just keep it on some carpet and look at it once in a while”. - Selfish Richie
liedown trynotcry crylot
Be sad all you want about this car not being used to it’s true potencial.
The trully sad part, and even downright despicable, is when you realize that there aren’t only cars, jewalry, houses, etc… that are subjected to this kind of treatment, but even human beeings.
They are kept in original (aka virgin) condition because they are the most valuable that way. All to make the most profit in this sick, twisted world…
Saw it, A Beauty
Sad to see a car like this locked away, and not driven like it was intended to be.
Basically, not driving this car is like not getting it on with your girlfriend to keep her fresh for the next guy.
Not ashamed to admit….. but should i ever have the disposable cash to buy a car like that (c’mon euro millions ticket!!) I’d be the sorta guy to rock up, buy the car, and drive it home amd actually laugh at those hating me for doing so. Garage queen owners for example
Looks like some one spray painted 85% of the interior red
Someone should go to the ‘ring with this thing, imagine the sheer happiness that car would feel… like those caged animals that ambientalists rehabilitate and drop them back on the jungle
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