A Porsche 911 GT3 coming up for auction isn’t normally a huge story. Same with multiple GT3s in the same auction. However, this is a bit different. Someone is auctioning off six 991-generation Porsche 911 GT cars and the truck they’re on, all of which were hardly ever driven. It all raises a few questions, but produces some absolutely unreal visuals.
This unusual collection was reportedly put together by a European enthusiast that wanted a sort-of life-sized play set. It’s a neat idea, considering how many of us were fascinated by car carriers on the highway when we were kids. Hell, some of us still perk up when we see a car carrier in the wild. However, it seems like it’s time for the collector to part with them, which is why RM Sotheby’s is auctioning it all off as one lot.
The earliest model of the bunch is a 911 R, a bit of a skunkworks project that resulted in Porsche putting a manual gearbox back in the GT3 for the 992.2 generation. Launched for 2016 with a starting price of $185,950, it’s effectively doubled in value over the years. In white with these stripes, it’s worth somewhere between $400,000 and half-a-million, but the frenzy around the pairing of a GT3 RS engine with a manual gearbox made these things worth a million dollars for a brief period of time. With this one having covered fewer than 30 miles since new, and featuring toys like the carbon ceramic brakes and Bose sound system, it’s likely to fall on the upper end of that pricing spectrum.
Speaking of the return of the manual gearbox, here’s the 991.2 GT3 now. Finished in Porsche’s most iconic red, this one was specced with the tasty not-for-North America Clubsport package which included the seats from the 918 Spyder hypercar, a roll bar for the rear of the passenger compartment, racing harnesses, and deletion of the head unit and most speakers. Like the 911 R, this thing’s covered fewer than 30 miles, essentially making it brand new.
The 991.2 also introduced the GT3 Touring to cash in on the demure looks of the 911 R. Without the big wing from the standard GT3, it’s a bit if-you-know-you-know. To the untrained eye, this black-on-black example might look like any other Porsche 911, but the 9,000 rpm redline and conical air intakes are here to tell everyone what’s what. No wonder the GT3 Touring has quickly become such a favorite. Again, this example has delivery mileage on it, fewer than 13 miles on the odometer. Sensing a pattern here?
Time for one last street car, a 2019 GT3 RS in Racing Yellow. Weissach pack with revised suspension settings, extra carbon bits, and optional magnesium wheels? Check. Clubsport package with the half-cage and harnesses? Check. Big fuel tank, fire extinguisher, and deletion of the infotainment? You bet. It’s covered a mere 16 miles since new, and given how rarely you see Racing Yellow GT3 RS models, it really seems like something special.
Oh, but we haven’t filled up a car carrier just yet, because there are more 991.2 GT3 variants out there that you can’t drive on the street. Here’s an actual GT3 Cup race car still brand new in the packaging, with 0.0 engine hours logged. Intended to be run in one-make series like the IMSA GT3 Cup Challenge and the old GT Cup class in the GT World Challenge America, this 479-horsepower machine now serves as a museum piece, a serious trackday warrior, or a real competitor in more open amateur classes.
However, even though the 911 GT3 Cup is a GT3 and a race car, it isn’t a GT3 race car. See, actual GT3 race car homologation is done by the FIA, and Porsche decided to homologate a little number called the GT3 R for actual GT3 racing around the world. While the GT3 R uses a similar shell as the Cup car, it’s a world apart. We’re talking about 543 horsepower, an electrohydraulic clutch, double-wishbone front suspension, and a far more aggressive aerodynamic package. At a list price of €459,000, the 991.2 GT3 R was more than double the price of the GT3 Cup. This one with only 21 miles on the clock looks ready to be wrapped and raced.
Oh, and we’re not done yet, because this auction lot even comes with the truck. It’s a 2019 MAN TGX 18.640 with an XXL cab and a 640-horsepower straight-six, and it comes with a Rolfo Auriga trailer capable of handling all six of these Porsches. Weirdly, you’d think that the truck would have some decent mileage on it, but nope. It’s seen all of about 310 miles, meaning it’s not even run-in.
While fascinating, the fact that these cars basically never got used feels a bit sad. Sure, the race cars can only be driven on closed courses and the 911 R is valuable enough to preserve, but the two 992.2 GT3s and the GT3 RS are regular production road cars. A big part of the joy a sports car provides happens when you’re driving it, and a cheeky lunchtime rip in a GT3 just seems too tempting to pass up. Then again, it’s also possible that some of these cars are duplicates, like picking up one Hot Wheels to play with and another to keep in the packaging. People who have the cheddar to drop more than a million Euro on a setup like this surely have a bigger total collection, so it’s possible these weren’t driven just because there was so much else to drive.
Still, if you have a thing for one-make collections, this package deal is going under the hammer next month. You’re unlikely to find a larger selection of 991 GT3 variants in one place, let alone on the same trailer, so consider this a proper oddity. Any guesses on what it’ll go for?
Top photo credit: Seller
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This reminds me of the insult “F U and the horse you rode into town on.” (And, actually, I think MAN tractors look kinda cool. But I digress.)
Unanswered question: How much downforce do the wings on the three on top apply to the trailer? And does it help?
For those wondering why this is an open trailer, it’s so the cars can be displayed and seen. I guarantee this whole thing was locked in a huge garage. It’s definitely the equivalent of a toy car collection on a shelf, just, you know, worth millions of dollars, and wasting all that glorious 911 potential.
I like these cars but damn, 0 engine hours, less that 30 miles on any of them with all those sweet options checked off, just such a shame not to enjoy these things. Either the owner has duplicates that they rightly abuse, or they are just devoid of a soul and collect these things like ikea furniture.
That’s the problem with high dollar collectable cars. Most of the people who can actually afford them, won’t ever use them. Just let them sit in a conditioned garage on display, until they get bored looking at them, or need to make room for something even more expensive.
The people who would love, adore, and actually drive these beauties and let them do what they were designed to do, are either named Jay Leno, or can’t afford them.
Those are a lot of tires to kick.
Don’t care much for the Porsches, but that truck is just longing for the long haul!
Yo Thomas! The photo of car 3–black GT3 Touring–doesn’t seem to be posted. Not that I need it to know what it looks like, but in case you meant to include it, you know, Hey.
If you omitted because nobody needs the reference point for a
genericstealth Porsche, then touché.Wasn’t this sent to auction before or maybe it was just advertised. I know I saw something about it maybe 6 months ago being for sale or auction.
In an auction like this, you gotta know when to hold em, know when to fold em, know when to walk away, know when to run.
You never count your bitcoin when you’re sittin’ at the tablet
There’ll be time enough for countin’ when the auctions done.
About three fiddy.
I am surprised with the spare no expense the truck is an open trailer exposing the cars to all kinds of nasty things. As for the actual hammer down no idea but even S&H will be extraordinary
Looking at the photos on the auction site, I wonder how many of the miles on the truck were from taking auction photos in different locations? This collection would be cool to see at a car show, but I doubt they these vehicles have seen the light of day aside from the photo shoot.
I concur with the opinion it is sad these awesome cars have been locked away and unappreciated.
I’m going to go root around in the couch cushions for loose change to see where my bidding will max out.
I could see Audrain Auto buying this, it would be quite the standout at their Cars and Coffee events.
not an enclosed carrier? pass
It’ll go for about three fiddy.
$3.5M is in the ballpark.
I knew the Loch Ness monster was looking to divest his assets, but I didn’t realize he was on the Porsche VIP client list. Tree fiddy would be a steal for this collection.
This just kind of bums me out. These are meant to be driven and driven hard, not hoarded and assembled into a massive toy set for some eccentric billionaire who 3 GT3s is simply not enough for. I hope all 6 of them wind up on tracks where they belong.
MAN, that’s something else. The real life equivalent of Mint on card.