What: 2024 Porsche 911 Turbo S Cabriolet Color: Porsche Paint to Sample Albert Blue (albertblau; 325 / 1818 / 387; Porsche) VIN: WP0CD2A99RS257847 Mileage: 1,747 Price at Time of this Writing: $334,898 CarFax:Link MonroneyLabels.com Window Sticker: Link Location: St. Louis, MO Dealer listing:Porsche St Louis
Why we love it:
We see a lot of blue Porsches, and we even see a lot of Paint to Sample Porsches, but we don’t see a lot of Albert Blue Porsches. We also don’t see a lot of non-metallic dark and almost navy blue colors, making it even more unique. Albert Blue is believed to have first dropped in 1970 on the F-type “long hood” 911s, and specifying it as was done here is a great nod to a lesser known hue from the Porsche history books.
This 911 Turbo S Cabriolet continues its throwback nod on the inside where the Heritage Design Interior pairs black/semi-aniline pepita (a.k.a. houndstooth) fabric with rich cognac leather. There’s a long list of adds on this car as you’ll see via the link or the Monroney label listed above. The car’s also a enrolled in Porsche’s Certified Pre-Owned program, meaning extra piece of mind.
A trend with some roots in history from Porsche’s Sonderwunsch department we’re really coming to appreciate is the paying of tribute to moments in Porsche Motorsport history. Porsche Singapore has gotten in on the action, with this special 911 GT3 Touring built to celebrate the brand’s participation in the legendary Mille Miglia.
Porsche Singapore shared on Facebook:
“A thousand miles, laser focus, foot to the floor: this was the formula to win at the legendary Mille Miglia road race that ran in Italy from the 1920s to the 1960s. Fun fact: cars were numbered according to their start times in the rally – so a 7:22 AM start meant one’s car would be numbered ‘722’!
This 9/11, we celebrate the romance of road racing with a special livery paying tribute the legendary Mille Miglia road race, on our ultimate road racer: the 911 GT3 with Touring Package.
Check out this specially-decorated car at Porsche Studio Singapore, on display until 22 November.
We reached out to Porsche Singapore to learn a bit more about the car. Namely, we can confirm the light blue paint is Gulf Blue (gulfblau; non-metallic / non-metallic UNI; 328; Porsche), and we admit we wouldn’t have guessed that straight away. Typically paired with Gulf Orange and perhaps dark blue as part of a Gulf Oil livery, the Gulf Blue here almost takes on a more green hue when paired with the Italian TriColore red, white and green.
Why we love it: Audi’s B9 generation RS 5 is pretty tough to beat- good power, great size, and featuring a modernized interpretation of box flares. This Tailored Driver is finished in Audi exclusive Nogaro Blue (LZ5M) over Black leather with Rock Grey stitching, alu-optic exterior trim, and was optioned with the dynamic package which raises the speed limiter and adds Carbon Ceramic brakes. For a quite reasonable $52,999, this West Coast two-owner example would be an impactful addition to your Tailored fleet.
One of our favorite manufacturer social media accounts is BMW M on Facebook. Not only have they created a BMW Individual configurator and post historical context on some of their most popular colors on their own corporate websites, they use this account to celebrate that work and highlight exquisite specifications of their cars using those colors.
This week the color is Brass Metallic (messing; metallic UNI; 621; BMW). Yes, brown hues tend to be a bit inside baseball, subtler than intense yellows or blues and less obvious. That may why many buyers of tailored automobiles prefer them.
Over the last few years, BMW has also been great at embracing these earth tones that are nods to interesting metals, with copper accents on some BMW i models, or colors like Brass Metallic. And, there’s no doubt this M8 in Brass Metallic looks great with other brown elements like its cognac style leather.
Heralding the Formula 1 Heineken Silver Las Vegas Grand Prix, Aston Martin assembles an $18 million collection, displayed throughout Fontainebleau Las Vegas for fans to discover now through November 25.
Illustrious lineup includes recently unveiled high-performance vehicles, current and heritage models, including the DB5, arguably the world’s most recognizable car.
The DB12 Goldfinger Edition, which celebrates 60 years of the James Bond film, Goldfinger, will make its North American debut on November 21, to kick-off the F1® race weekend.
[source: Aston Martin]
Las Vegas, NV – Ahead of the highly anticipated Formula 1® Heineken Silver Las Vegas Grand Prix, Aston Martin will celebrate the pedigree of performance and British ultra-luxury craftsmanship with an unforgettable collection of notable models – ranging from iconic on-screen stars to its most potent V12 flagship ever, the recently revealed Vanquish V12 flagship and the AMR24 Formula 1® challenger – publicly displayed throughout select locations at Fontainebleau Las Vegas now through November 25.
More than 20 vehicles showcasing Aston Martin’s high-performance products and notable heritage worth more than $18 million will be on exhibit across Levels 1 and 2 of Fontainebleau Las Vegas. The lavish display will also culminate with the North American debut of the DB12 Goldfinger Edition, a strictly limited-production vehicle crafted by the ultra-luxury marque’s bespoke personalization service, Q by Aston Martin, in celebration of 60 years of the iconic association between Aston Martin and the James Bond film franchise.
The British Bloodline exhibit is unmatched and represents the largest automotive display to-date at Fontainebleau Las Vegas. The display, curated by Aston Martin and Hagerty, whose renowned classic-car experts have assisted with procuring the heritage lineup, will reflect the timeless appeal of Aston Martin alongside today’s most coveted vehicles, which include:
2025 Vanquish. This new V12 flagship features a brand new front mid-mounted 5.2-liter twin-turbo V12 engine that delivers unmatched performance within its category.
2025 Vantage. With a nameplate ravished in racing royalty and 30% more power than its predecessor, this two-seater stands as a symbol to thrill seekers.
2025 DB12. The latest evolution in the DB lineage redefines what it means to be a tourer, reaching new heights of driver connection, performance and driver supremacy.
2025 DB12 Goldfinger Edition. Q by Aston Martin lavishes the Super Tourer with the ‘007 treatment’ in the form of subtle touches from the Goldfinger film to commemorate 60 years since the legendary partnership in cinematic history began. The exterior features Silver Birch paint, bespoke gold side strakes, and a bright chrome ‘Q’ fender badge, while the interior includes an intricate perforation pattern as a nod to James Bond’s classic suiting, and an ‘eight of hearts’ embroidered into the drivers’ sun visor, a nod to the playing card seen in the last draw during the famous Miami pool scene in Goldfinger.
2025 DBX707. The supercar of SUVs has a new technically advanced interior to match its uncompromising performance.
2024 Valkyrie AMR Pro. The ultimate hypercar with a radical design, inspiring the Valkyrie Le Mans racer with a V12 powertrain and power output of 1000HP
1964 Aston Martin DB5 Stunt Car Replica. One of eight exclusively built and engineered by Aston Martin for No Time To Die, with each car uniquely modified for its individual role on screen.
AMR24 Formula 1® challenger. This is the first vehicle to be designed and built at the state-of-the-art Technology Campus. It has been designed to provide the perfect platform for in-season development as Aston Martin continues its relentless pursuit of progress.
1952 DB2. The beauty, performance, handling and quality of the DB2 established the Aston Martin character for the post-war generation, realizing then-owner, David Brown’s vision for the company. With an all-new design, the DB2 made its debut at the 1950 New York Auto Show, demonstrating the importance to Aston Martin of the American market.
1957 DB2/4 MkIII. Offered in three body styles – a coupe, convertible and a hatchback style – this particular MkIII was fitted with the standard, and incredibly elegant ‘Saloon’ body. Like the previous DB2/4 models, the MkIII had an opening rear hatchback, a first for the industry when the model line first appeared in 1953.
1960 DB4. More svelte than its predecessor, the DB4 was an all-new design first seen in 1958, featuring an elegant aluminum body styled by Touring and hand built at the Newport Pagnell site that the company still occupies to this day.
1963 DB4 SS Convertible. Only 33 of the 70 DB4 convertibles Aston Martin produced came with the ‘special series’ (SS) designation, which indicated a more powerful engine, featured triple SU carburetors and a higher compression ratio.
1963 DB4 GT. Shorter and more powerful than the standard model, externally the DB4 GT had distinctive Perspex covered headlamps that were similar in style to the lights seen on the later DB5 model. This particular car was delivered new to Switzerland before eventually coming to settle in the US. The car has a long and distinguished race history.
1965 DB5. This iconic, coveted model was introduced to James Bond in Goldfinger 60 years ago. A star in its own right, the gadget-laden version of the DB5 has since appeared in Thunderball, GoldenEye, TomorrowNeverDies, Skyfall, Spectre and NoTimetoDie.
1968 DBS. The new DBS was a significant departure from its curvy DB predecessors with a more contemporary, muscular style. It was intended to run in production alongside the sleek DB6, with which it shared its 6-cylinder engine. It was joined by a new V8 powered version in 1970. This unit was delivered new to Pennsylvania in 1968, finished in Persian Blue with grey leather
1970 DB6 MkII. Distinguished by its ‘flared’ wheel arches and wider wheels and tires, the DB6 MkII is highly sought after. This example is one of just 245 ‘Saloon’ versions and one of around 70 built to ultra desirable Vantage specification and delivered new to Scotland with right-hand drive.
Pedro Mota, President of Aston Martin The Americas said: “The Las Vegas Grand Prix has become a jewel within our global F1® platform activations. Exposing Aston Martin’s DNA, from the earlier years through to our current lineup of next generation sports cars, gives established and new audiences an up-close perspective on our ultra-luxury brand’s longstanding passion for unmistakable style and immense performance.”
“Aston Martin and Fontainebleau Las Vegas are coming together at the intersection of elegance and exhilaration during Race Week 2024. This exclusive exhibition gives guests the opportunity to see for themselves some of the world’s most exclusive and rare luxury vehicles in the world,” says Fontainebleau Las Vegas President, Maurice Wooden. “We are grateful for our collaboration with Aston Martin and look forward to creating an unparalleled experience together.”
In addition to the expansive Aston Martin display across the Fontainebleau Las Vegas resort, the Aston Martin Aramco Formula 1® Team will be returning to the Las Vegas Strip Circuit on Saturday, November 23, for the Formula 1® Heineken Silver Las Vegas Grand Prix 2024.
SUMMARY: Near as we can tell, Maritime Blue (maritimblau; non-metallic UNI; 5MB; Porsche) as a color was introduced or at least popularized during the 964 era. Porsche Club’s Rennbow website lists it as mainly available from 1991 to about 1995 with a few exceptions since and potentially in 1979 on the Carrera SC. They also suggest it may have evolved from early Porsche Enamel Blue. Whatever the case, the idea is simple enough – a practically primary blue that harks early national racing colors of France, often referred to as French Blue and popularized in those early pre-war racing years by Bugatti.
By the 964 era, the boring tones and colors (or ubiquity of Guards Red) of the 1980s were about to give way to a return to more avant-garde hues. While just colorful and envelope-pushing as were the 1960s and 1970s, the 1990s had their own unique feel. Its in this timeframe that Maritime Blue drops, alongside other colors like Rubystar and Mint Green, and quickly made even more sought after thanks to an association with the just-launched 911 Carrera Cup.
Some will mistake Maritime Blue for Audi’s Nogaro Blue. That’s not surprising given they are both very close to each other in tone, and Nogaro Blue traces its own roots to the Porsche-developed Audi RS2 Avant that came to market during the 964 era. Even still, they’re not the same and that becomes evident on the rare occasions each of these colors find themselves parked next to each other. Worth noting, Nogaro Blue is also a pearlescent paint whereas Maritime Blue is not.
Given its history with the Porsche brand and the much-loved 964 era in particular, Maritime Blue remains a popular Paint to Sample color to this day.
Fans of air-cooled Porsche 911s will want to take note. A 964 Speedster is already a rare bird, but one built to an extremely choice specification such as this Maritime Blue (maritimblau; non-metallic UNI; 5MB; Porsche) example going available on the market is a truly special thing. We’ve just run across it available in the south of France (because of course) and wanted to make you aware.
While the Porsche Speedster became an icon during the early 356A portion of Porsche’s history, the idea of the low-slung windshield and lightweight take on Porsche’s mainstay sportscar didn’t return until the G-body 911 Speedster of the late 80s. And while those G-body cars were very cool with their wider Turbo fender flares, the Speedster would go back even more to its roots in the guise of the 964 when it went narrow body and took even further measures to emphasize light weighting.
According to the ad over on the website for the dealer Alsphalt Classics, only 936 examples of the Porsche 911 (type 964) Speedster were ever produced. That makes them rare, although not altogether unseen as they were federalized and sold in America as well. Even still, many of the ones you tend to see are a standard color such as Black or Guards Red, and when Paint to Sample was used they always seem to be some form of yellow.
Also popularized during the 964 era was a Porsche Carrera Cup color called Maritime Blue. One of many Porsche takes on classic French Blue, non-metallic Maritime Blue became a popular standard color on the 964 generation Carrera RS, often paired with blue interior accent such as color-matched Recaro Pole Position seats with Maritime Blue painted shells and gradients of blue leather on the seat centers.
No doubt whomever specced this 911 Speedster was influenced by the Carrera RS. The car makes use of the same gradient and color-matched Recaros, going several steps further with color-matched leather on the dashboard and one-piece shift knob with boot, plus webbing on the lightweight door pulls. It even gets the optional color-matched wheels also in Maritime Blue.
Interestingly, the background on the Alsphalt Classics website reveals this car to be a pre-production model with pre-series engine and gearbox. Given it’s a 1993, that’s more intriguing than it might be concerning as the 964 had been in production since late 1989 and with few changes. We’re guessing what would have made this pre-series was simply early production of the Speedster body style.
The dealer reports this car has spent its time in Spain and the South of France, while the clear side markers on the fender also confirm it’s not German market specification, as that would have no side repeaters just like North American models.
It’s logged 99,500 km, meaning about 60,000 miles. Looking at the excellent photos from the dealership, it appears to be in relatively original condition with some wear on things like door pulls. Priced at 244,900 Euros, it’s about what we’d expect for a rare and incredibly tasteful specification of the 964 Speedster. Also, being older than 25 years makes it a relatively easy import for any of our North American readers. Check out further details HERE.
The photos you see here are from just a casual daily social media post made by Audi Thailand, but they represent such a great spec that we simply had to share. The car in question is a new Audi RS 7 performance painted Audi exclusive Goodwood Green (goodwoodgrün; pearl effect UNI; Z6X; Audi).
Though not currently offered as a standard color on the RS 7 or most of the Audi range, at least in North America, Goodwood as a long appreciated Audi color makes it a popular choice in the world of Audi exclusive tailored builds.
In a way, it’s probably Audi’s closest take on traditional British Racing Green, so is it any wonder that it looks great with gold wheels, which came back into the fore in recent years at brands such as Porsche. Over at Audi, they’ve got a gold finish of their own for wheels “Neodym Gold Matt” that’s a satin muted take which seems to harken early ur quattro era gold wheels without being gaudy.
And as cool as Neodym wheels are at Audi, Audi of America hasn’t really made much use of them. The finish was offered briefly on RS 5 models, and its use on the C8 RS 6 and RS 7 was only on a limited production special edition. If you want them, you likely need to source them from Europe in some creative fashion as they are still offered as a stand alone specification like we see here on this RS 7 performance.
So back to this car posted by Audi Thailand. Borderline British Racing Green with gold wheels is an iconic and always stylish look, so there was no question this combination would look stunning on a car like the RS 7 performance. Thanks to Audi Thailand for sharing it. We did try to embed the post here, but it appears permissions are prohibiting that. If you’d like to check it out and like it yourself, you can find it HERE.
Beige the world. There is an interesting theory that as the world’s economy goes up and down, consumers will change their color preference to either be more flashy (things are great!) or more subtle (things aren’t great!) when it comes to their new car. The post-COVID economy is proving complex as it is either great or awful depending on your perspective, and our color choices are reflective of that. Such is the case with this Tailored Driver.
Finished in Creme White (cremeweiß, code: 51A) you’d be correct to categorize this 2024 Porsche 911 GT3 RS (VIN: WP0AF2A91RS272490) as being on the more tame side of the spectrum, especially with so many others on the secondary market in much brighter, bolder colors. Chalk it up to one person’s understanding of the current economic climate, this 3RS could very easily be seen as the bearish RS.
Moving past the Paint to Sample finish, this Tailored Driver is downright tame on the inside as well, with a mix of Black Leather upholstery and Race-Tex fabric covering nearly all surfaces. Of note, the CarFax does mention this car was an export from Canada, which may complicate things for a prospective buyer.
Sadly though, this could also be categorized as the introvert’s RS based on mileage- just 447 since new. In other words, it’s not had its engine break-in procedure completed. Be the one to right this wrong, by calling Kearns Motor Car in Johnson Creek, Wisconsin and writing a $434,989 check.
Get all the details on this Tailored Driver, here.
It’s not a controversial statement to say that when it comes to Lamborghini, buyers generally go for attention-getting hues that are only overshadowed by their exhaust note more often than not. But in more recent times, it seems this has shifted somewhat from exterior colors like Orange, Green and Purple to a focus on Whites, Greys, and the more understated. The same can not be said for interiors.
Taking a bit of inspiration from their rivals in Woking, Lamborghini owners are now prioritizing the cabin as their place to be aggressive. To us it simply makes sense, blend in a bit better but still stand out. We’d make a comment about interiors being where you spend most of your time, but in this category of car it’s often not the case. Still, it provides an effective way of creating a one-of-one to buyers with equal parts cash and creativity.
This particular 2022 Lamborghini Huracan EVO is finished in Bianco Monocerus with Ad Personam Celeste Phoebe Blue leather (VIN: ZHWUT5ZF6NLA20993) appointed throughout. Found on offer at Lamborghini Newport Beach, the car has covered a fairly impressive 6,558 miles since new, with the CarFax stating all of it happened in just one year. Kudos to you, former owner.
Get all the details of this Tailored Driver, here.
