The Porsche Blue Musketeers
2015 Arrow blue porsche 918 SpyderImage credit: GT Spirit3 Very special Porsches that achieved Auction records and they have one thing in common:They are all Blue
1. The most expensive street legal Paint to Sample Porsche ever sold at an auction
RM Sotheby’s
2015 Arrow Blue Porsche 918 “Weissach” Spyder
Chassis: WP0ZZZ91ZFS800537
Engine: F01219
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Was sold on May 27th 2017 at the RM Auction in Villa d’Erba (Como/Italy) for 1.456.000 EUR inclusive of buyer’s premium thus setting the record for the highest priced Paint to Sample Porsche ever sold at an auction. This 918, the only one of the 918 units produced by Porsche , was painted in Arrow Blue (305/Pfeilblau) a historical Porsche color available on the 911 from model year 1976 through model year 1982.
2015 Arrow blue porsche 918 SpyderImage credit: GT Spirit
1995 Riviera blue Porsche 993 GT2Image credit: GT Spirit2. The most expensive street legal 911 ever sold at an auction
RM Sotheby’s
1995 Riviera Blue 993 GT2 is the most expensive street legal 911 ever sold at an auction
Chassis: WP0ZZZ99ZTS392064
Engine: 61T00978
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Was sold on September 7th 2016 at the RM Auction in London for 1.856.000 GBP (=2.125.200 EUR) inclusive of buyer premium thus setting the record for the highest priced street legal Porsche 911 ever sold at an auction. A total of 242 993 GT2s were built but only 172 were street legal.
3. The most expensive non-silver 550 Spyder ever sold at an auction
Gooding and Co.
1955 Porsche 550 Spyder painted in Speedster Blue
Chassis: 550-0060
Engine: 90063
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Was sold on March 11th 2016 at the Gooding & Co. auction at Amelia Island for 5.335.000 USD inclusive of buyer premium setting on that day the record for the highest priced Porsche 550 ever sold at an auction. Until March 2016 this was the highest price a 550 Spyder ever fetched at an auction, only to be surpassed few months later by chassis 550-0090 at the Bonhams Goodwood Revival auction with 6,100,000 USD (a silver car!). A total of 90 Porsche 550 Spyders were built.
1955 Spedster Blue Porsche 550 SpyderImage credit: Sports Car DigestAuthor: Auctomobile Team