While it’s easier to attain a Tailored Driver if your wallet is thick enough to require chiropractic intervention, we think it’s more fun when Tailored status is within reach of the everyman or woman. At €3,500 (about $3700 USD, plus shipping) this E39-generation 520i Touring painted in BMW Individual Atlantis Blue Metallic and paired with the frankly wild Boa Boa cloth interior and a timeless 5 speed manual transmission is exactly that- fun. Consider it more of a starting point though, as the 520i isn’t exactly going to win any awards in the speed department, and the rear hatch will challenge even the most recent of tetanus shots, but the point remains. Some elbow grease, maybe a different motor, and this could be a sub-$15,000 Cars and Coffee award winner.
What: 2010 Audi Q5 3.2 quattro Color: Unconfirmed Orange, Believed to Be Glut Orange a.k.a. Solar Orange VIN: WA1LKAFP9AA089980 Mileage: 179,226 miles Price: $5,900 CarFax: N/A Window Sticker: N/A Location: Pine Island, MN Link: Legacy Rides
When you venture into the world of old and miled-up cars, finding anything tailored is a bit of a discovery. In this world of sub-$10K cars, what you find tends to be worn and thus not always the most pristine. Even still, a tailored find is a tailored find and would make a great first car for someone seeking something unique.
Rather unsurprisingly, the used car lot in Minnesota that lists this car does not list the color. We ran a quick internal check and are not finding a known color code, the contents of that field on this car (99) likely not any color at all. So, we didn’t list a color above. Even still, we think we know what it is.
In period, Audi was known to produce S and RS cars in an orange known both as Solar Orange or Glut Orange. They’re the same color code (LY2G / 3F). We’re 99% sure that’s this color, but haven’t been able to confirm it outright.
As for the rest of this 179K mile Q5, that orange paint is most interestingly paired with brown leather. The car shows some wear on those seats, and it appears to have some light paint damage on the rear bumper. Honestly though, an in person inspection and and pre-purchase inspection (PPI) would be the best move on any car this age.
What: 2022 BMW M5 competition Color: BMW Individual Twilight Purple Metallic(metallic uni; P28; BMW) VIN: WBS83CH0XNCJ43231 Mileage: 29,015 miles Price: $89,999 CarFax:Link Window Sticker: N/A Location: Staten Island, NY Link:Status New York
BMW models always seem to thrive in shades of Purple, and this M5 competition in BMW Individual Twilight Purple Metallic certainly proves the point. More vividly purple than the more common Technoviolet, Twilight has a similar ability to capture the light and really pop. Moving past the exterior, extended Merino Leather paired with soft-close doors ensures the interior is a great place to spend time, even if the twin turbo V8 with roughly 600 horsepower shortens the distance between points A and B.
What: 1997 Porsche 911 Turbo Color: Porsche Slate Grey(schiefergraumetallic; metallic UNI; 22D; Porsche) VIN: WP0AC2992VS375554 Mileage: 41,500 miles Estimated: $280,000 – $320,000 CarFax:Link Window Sticker: Link Location: The Amelia Auction, Amelia Island, FL Link: Broad Arrow
If Porsche Club of America’s Rennbow color archive is accurate, Slate Grey Metallic wasn’t a standard color on a 1997 911 Turbo (type 993). Rennbow has it down as offered to 1995, then returning in 1999. If true, that would make the car you see here technically a Paint to Sample specimen. Broad Arrow, the auction house planning to sell it this weekend during the concours weekend at The Amelia has it listed simply as “rare”.
Whatever. It’s handsome. It’s also interesting in that it’s a metallic take on a classic color. In fact, Porsche has several colors known as “Slate Grey”. There’s the original non-metallic driven into the Le Mans city center by Steve McQueen in the opening sequence of Le Mans, and also Slate Grey Neo reintroduced as part of the launch of the hybridized 911 GTS (type 92.2). In the era of the 993 though, Porsche had added metallic flake.
In the case of this car, it’s one of 612 Turbos sold to the U.S. in 1997. Broad Arrow suggests “just over a handful” were painted Slate Grey Metallic. It was delivered new through Stead Motors in Walnut Creek, California. Options included metal door sills with insignia, black floor mats, plus self-dimming mirrors & rain sensor. We’re also seeing leather on the dashboard and rare Porsche Tequipment pieces like the partial aluminum shift knob and e-brake lever with Porsche script.
The car sells this coming weekend, so if you’re game then get to The Amelia or make arrangements to bid from afar.
Despite the potential for being dismissed as simply ‘beige’ by onlookers, Porsche’s Geyser Grey Metallic is a pretty interesting color in the eyes of Tailored Driver. Most commonly seen on the 50th Anniversary 911, Geyser is an off-white with a fairly subtle metallic flake for some added dynamism. The 991-generation GT3 Touring is a home run in our books, but the aforementioned Geyser Grey Metallic paint and hounds tooth insert Carbon Buckets elevate this 911 to grand slam territory.
Atlanta. Porsche Experience Center Atlanta (PECATL) today announced the opening of a new exhibit in the Heritage Gallery featuring some of the rarest Porsche cars on the road and track. As part of the celebration of the Center’s 10th anniversary in Atlanta, the exhibit titled “The Why?” – aims to uncover what motivates and inspires the brand’s most devoted owners and fans.
“The exhibit isn’t only about the cars; it’s about the people behind them and the special meanings those cars hold for them,” said Michelle Rainey, Director of Porsche Experience Centers.
The new collection features one-of-a-kind personal builds and legendary race cars—from the 1994 911 Turbo S Flachbau to the 1953 356 Pre-A, a shining example of Porsche’s beginnings over 70 years ago. The cars are surrounded by displays that tell the unique stories of each car in detail.
Included in the lineup: 1994 911 Turbo S “Flachbau” A rare “Flatnose” 911, this Turbo S is one of only 76 ever built.
2018 911 GT2 RS MR (Manthey Racing) The ultimate roadgoing 911 GT2 RS, the 911 GT2 RS MR features extreme changes to both its dynamic performance and aerodynamics to create the most agile and focused iteration of the ‘991’ generation of the 911.
1953 356 Pre-A The 356 Pre-A is where the Porsche story began more than seven decades ago. One of the early U.S. imports through the famed Hoffman Motor Car Company, it exemplifies the core principles of beauty and engineering integrity that guide us today.
2023 RSR-19 “Rexy” Part of the beloved “Rexy” race car series, this T-Rex-inspired, Porsche RSR-19 raced with AO Racing in 2023. With its toothy grin meant to evoke a T-Rex, “Rexy” has become a firm fan favorite.
Lowenbrau 962-103 Known as the “Holbert Racing Löwenbräu Special,” this 962 was built in 1984 for the IMSA GT Championship and has become one of the most successful and recognizable race cars in Porsche history.
This collection will be on display until July, when new vehicles will join the exhibit which runs through 2025.
How to visit: “The Why?” at the Porsche Heritage Gallery inside Porsche Experience Center Atlanta is open to guests with existing reservations, whether they are here for a drive experience—on the track or in a simulator—dining at Restaurant 356, or attending a private event. For those without a prior booking, the exhibit can also be accessed by booking a tour or purchasing a general admission ticket at PorscheDriving.com/Atlanta.
About Porsche Cars North America, Inc. | One Porsche Drive, Atlanta, GA 30354 USA Established in 1984, Porsche Cars North America, Inc. (PCNA) is the exclusive U.S. importer of the Porsche 911, 718 Boxster, 718 Cayman, Macan, Cayenne, Panamera and Taycan. The Porsche Car Configurator can be used by anyone to customize and pre-order any vehicle in that lineup at any time. Headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia, since 1998, PCNA is home to the first Porsche Experience Center in North America, which features two module-based 1.6 mile driver development tracks, a business center and Restaurant 356. The campus is also home to the U.S. headquarters of Porsche Classic. The company operates a second Porsche Experience Center near Los Angeles. That complex features a driver development track with eight educational modules totaling 4.1 miles, a business center, Restaurant 917 and the headquarters of Porsche Motorsport North America. PCNA supports 203 independently owned and operated Porsche dealerships in the U.S., four Porsche studios and five satellite stores in the U.S., including supplying parts, service, marketing, and training. They, in turn, work to provide Porsche customers with a best-in-class experience that is in keeping with the Porsche brand’s 75-year history of leadership in the advancement of vehicle performance, safety, and efficiency. PCNA is an indirect wholly owned subsidiary of Porsche AG, which is headquartered in Stuttgart, Germany. *
At the core of this success is Porsche’s proud racing heritage that boasts some 30,000-plus motorsport wins to date.
The summer of 1995 saw Lanzante etched into the motorsport history books, securing victory at the 24 Hours of Le Mans with the #59 McLaren F1 GTR. Lanzante will honour this legacy with its most ambitious project to date.
‘Project 95-59’ – codenamed after the year and the race-winning Le Mans entry number – is a limited-run, bespoke-engineered model based on a McLaren platform, embodying the experiences and knowledge built up by the team across three decades. It has been designed with the driver at the centre of the action, with a focus on engineering, technical, ownership and useability. The result is a driver-focused three seat layout with luggage capacity, enhanced touring range and a target power-to-weight figure of 700hp per ton.
The driver-focused model has been penned by renowned automotive designer Paul Howse, whose impressive creative CV includes the aerodynamic shape of the iconic P1. This latest design has been exclusively previewed to a select group of VIP customers as the design and development programme accelerates towards a public debut at Goodwood Festival of Speed.
More details of this unique celebration will be announced in the coming weeks.
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What: 2021 Porsche 911 Turbo S Color: Paint to Sample Ocean Blue Metallic(ozeanblau; metallic uni; 6A6; Porsche) VIN: WP0AD2A96MS257126 Mileage: 7,303 miles Auction Price: $229,900 CarFax:Link Window Sticker: Pictured Below Location: Riviera Beach, FL Link:Florida Performance Cars
Having been most notably applied to late production 993 (1997) and early production 996 (up to 2000) models, Porsche’s Paint to Sample Ocean Blue Metallic is a stunner that flies incredibly far under the radar. Similar enough to Lapiz Blue that we’d not fault you for being mistaken, Ocean is deeper, darker and much less common. We’d love to see it again in the future, and are happy to document it here on Tailored Driver.
Sant’Agata Bolognese – The Lamborghini Polo Storico tenth anniversary celebrations began in St. Moritz on 21 and 22 February with two days dedicated to the company’s classic cars and heritage center. On the evening of 21 February the Balthazar Downtown restaurant hosted an exclusive dinner for a select group of Polo Storico customers and collectors. The following day, international journalists and customers were welcomed to the Lamborghini Polo Storico Lounge. An extraordinary Diablo SE 30(viola30; metallic uni; 210113; Lamborghini) captured the guests’ attention throughout the weekend. The car, painted in “Lambo Thirty”—a brilliant purple created especially for this version—was spectacularly positioned, “flying,” on the panoramic terrace of Balthazar Downtown. The terrace looks out over the frozen water of Lake St. Moritz, where two more historic Lamborghini vehicles were in the spotlight: the Countach “pace car”, which took part as support at the Monaco Formula 1 Grand Prix in 1981 and 1982, and a Miura SV were brought to St. Moritz by their owners to participate in the “The I.C.E. St. Moritz” concours d’elegance.
“In St. Moritz, we kicked off a year of celebrations that will take us to some of the world’s most exclusive locations, engaging our international community.” stated Alessandro Farmeschi, After Sales Director at Automobili Lamborghini. “It was really meaningful to meet up in the Alps with our customers. Together, in the last ten years we’ve worked on unique projects, certified exceptional cars and promoted the history of our brand around the world.”
Among the vehicles that drew the biggest crowds was the eye-catching, legendary Countach LP 400S, also known as the “Countach Pace Car” because it was used as the safety car at the Monaco Formula One Grand Prix in 1981 and was the official car of the Race Director the following year. One of the most iconic Lamborghinis ever employed in a sporting environment, the Countach in question is currently being analyzed as part of the Polo Storico certification process. It was accompanied on the parade around a frozen St. Moritz by a red Miura SV that was certified by Lamborghini Polo Storico in 2018. It was the last and most powerful version of the model, which was launched by Lamborghini in 1966 and was the world’s first super car.
The value and prestige of Lamborghini’s historic cars have also been confirmed by the public at the Concours d’Elegance. In fact, the Miura SV won the Hero Below Zero award, given based on public preferences.
The Lamborghini Polo Storico tenth anniversary celebrations will continue in Rome from 24 to 27 April at the Anantara Concours d’Elegance: a new international event exclusively for Italian classic cars. Some of the most iconic masterpieces from motoring history will parade through the heart of the Italian capital, watched by crowds of admiring fans from all over the world. Lamborghini Polo Storico will be present with its own stand.
The ice-themed genre of classic car demonstrations and concours makes for a compelling case. With a backdrop, typically a picturesque Alpine location that creates an unexpected visual and and even driving experience, the basic concept is hard to resist and entirely on season. Amongst this small yet highly exclusive niche within the automotive lifestyle event space is the I.C.E. at St. Moritz.
The Swiss town of St. Moritz, located on the southern slopes of the Abula Alps near Piz Nair, is known for both its idyllic views and also its ski resort bonafides as exemplified in its hosting both the 1928 and 1948 editions of the Winter Olympics. Nearby Lake St. Moritz is also home to the I.C.E., an event conceptualized as far back as 1985 when several adventurous British participants in the long-held Cresta Run skeleton race hatched a plan for an extracurricular activity involving driving a few of their vintage Bentleys on the frozen lake.
Present on that day was Marco Makaus, a significant business man and car enthusiast in his own right who took in the spectacle of these incredible vehicles with their vibrant liveries contrasting with the white expanse of the frozen lake and snow-covered mountains beyond them. These growling and sliding automobiles offered an interesting bridge between icy winter weather of a winter in St. Moritz versus the summer attitude that goes along with more typical use of cars such as these were. The idea was quite literally laid out in front of him, and Makaus began to plot out his own course, imagining a controlled replication of the event that could grow to a larger scale while involving many more cars than those Bentleys or adventuresome skeleton race attendees seeking extracurricular activities.
Given the complexities of coordinating with venues and jurisdictions and corralling just the right sort of participants took decades to turn into reality, finalized when the town of St. Moritz and Badrutt’s Palace came aboard as partners.
Technically, the first abbreviated demonstration version of The I.C.E. St. Moritz took place in 2019. Subsequently delayed due to the pandemic, the first full full edition of The I.C.E. took place in 2022. Now, an annual fixture on the February calendar, The I.C.E. continues to grow with a record-breaking 2025. No less than 52 highly-exclusive classic and sports cars took to Lake St. Moritz as part of the event, while 20,000 visitors attended from all over the world.
The I.C.E. formula has been perfected to a multi-day event that goes something like this.
Day 1 (Friday, February 21) On the first morning, The I.C.E. Village opens around the frozen event’s parc fermé, a display of these incredible cars on ice. The gathering gives attendees the opportunity to meet and examine the cars while a jury of experts selects cars across five concours categories. Winners are judged on elegance, rarity and history of each model and included: Ferrari 500 TRC Scaglietti from 1957 (Barchettas on the Lake); Bugatti 59 from 1934 (Open Wheels); Alfa Romeo 6C 1750 GS Aprile from 1931 (Concept Cars & One-Offs); Ferrari 275 GTB/4 from 1966 (Icons on Wheels); and Porsche 908/03 from 1971 (Racing Legends).
Throughout the day, dynamic sessions on the lake take part including debuts by new car manufacturers. This year’s event included reveals from Maserati and Pagani.
Day 2 (Saturday, February 22) On the second day of the event, demonstration laps are performed on the lake by participants while onlookers enjoy the spectacle of these incredible automobiles circling the snowy surface. Later in the afternoon, a Best in Show award is presented to the ultimate event winner.
That Best in Show trophy, like the event itself and the cars that take part, is highly unique, a design by architect Lord Norman Foster. Foster joined Tilly Harrison of key event sponsor Richard Mille to award to a 1934 Bugatti Type 59.
Other awards included a 1961 Ferrari 250 GT SWB “Sefac” winning Spirit of St. Moritz and a 1972 Lamborghini Miura SV winning the Hero Below Zero award that is chosen by the public in attendance.
Like other successful automotive events gaining traction as “must-see” participants on the world stage, The I.C.E. St. Moritz intentionally cultivates a schedule that includes additional automotive and cultural events in order to expand and diversify the draw for participants traveling in for The I.C.E. St. Moritz.
This year, this included Classic Driver Talks held on Thursday afternoon ahead of the main event on a stage located in downtown St. Moritz. Another event dedicated to contemporary sculpture with an automotive theme by Jörg Heiser for PARTICOLARE was also held for the first time. Other elements held on the lake or within St. Moritz proper included activations by Riva Classiche, Bugatti Rimac, Ruf, Meyers Manx, Totem Automobili and Lamborghini.
The growing atmosphere attracts even more luxury brands seeking to be part of the celebration. In addition to car brands, this includes Title Sponsor Richard Mille, RM Sotheby’s, VistaJet, Loro Piana, UBS and Vincenzo Dascanio, Bang&Olufsen, Blasto, Blunotte Eventi, Les Crêtes and Campari Group. From the automotive field, prestigious brands of the standing of Maserati and Pagani Automobili renew their attendance.
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