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  • Market Find: Paint to Sample Albert Blue Porsche 911 GT3 RS in San Luis Obispo

    Market Find: Paint to Sample Albert Blue Porsche 911 GT3 RS in San Luis Obispo

    What: 2024 Porsche 911 GT3 RS
    Color: Porsche Paint to Sample Albert Blue (albertblau; 325 / 1818 / 387; Porsche)
    VIN:  WP0AF2A99RS272818
    Mileage: 1,420 Miles
    Price: $441,888
    CarFax: Link
    Window Sticker: N/A
    Location: San Luis Obispo, CA
    Listing: Porsche San Luis Obispo

    Paint to Sample Albert Blue is an interesting color choice for a 911 GT3 RS – a color from Porsche’s rich heritage that’s somewhat subdued for such an in-your-face car as a GT3 RS. Pair it with red graphics though (not to mention carbon fiber laden Weissach Package) and the overall look becomes decidedly more bold.

    One hard-to-miss element of this build is the matching blue and red tartan fabric on the seats. We’ve not seen this pattern before offered by Porsche, and the listing makes no mention of Sonderwunsch touches, fabric, tartan or plaid. That said, there are plenty of companies out there specializing in making replacement seat centers for Porsche’s carbon buckets where their modularity in construction allow for additional special touches that can take on a factory installed appearance. This may be that – handsome, but perhaps not factory and something you may want to verify if that is important to you.

  • Market Find: 2024 Porsche 911 GT3 RS in Ice Grey Metallic

    Market Find: 2024 Porsche 911 GT3 RS in Ice Grey Metallic

    What: 2024 Porsche 911 GT3 RS
    Color: Ice Grey Metallic (eisgraumetallic; metallic UNI; M7N / G7; Porsche)
    VIN: WP0AF2A91RS272263
    Mileage: 1,433 miles
    Price: $389,888
    CarFax: Link
    Window Sticker: N/A
    Location: Porsche San Luis Obispo, San Luis Obispo, CA
    Marketplace listing: Link

    When it comes to the Porsche 911 GT3 RS, Ice Grey Metallic was a launch color that’s deemed a Special Color in the order books and one for which you’d pay a premium. Does that make it tailored? Well, we’d say that’s borderline but we’ll let it pass on a car as rare as the GT3 RS and in such a well-executed factory specification. That’s particularly the case when this cool shade of grey is paired with the same Satin Indigo Blue wheel finish first launched on the 718 GT4 RS models.

    Other options for this car include Weissach Package, Porsche Ceramic Composite Brakes (PCCB) with calipers in yellow, front axle lift, deviated stitching package, surround sound, LED-Matrix Design headlights in black and more.

  • Market Find: Porsche Paint to Sample Viola Metallic 718 Cayman GT4 with CXX Hounds Tooth Inserts

    Market Find: Porsche Paint to Sample Viola Metallic 718 Cayman GT4 with CXX Hounds Tooth Inserts

    What: 2021 Porsche 718 Cayman GT4
    Color: Paint to Sample Viola Metallic (viola; metallic UNI; 39G / 3AE / 54; Porsche)
    VIN: WP0AC2A88MS289456
    Mileage: 4,597 miles
    Price: $159,888
    CarFax: Link
    Window Sticker: N/A
    Location: San Luis Obispo, CA
    Link: Porsche San Luis Obispo

    The 718 Cayman GT4 (and Boxster Spyder for that matter) are Tailored Driver favorites for a number of reasons, most of them fairly obvious- size, shape, power, etc. Further tugging on our heartstrings, this particular example is finished in the dark and moody Viola Metallic, paired with Carbon Fiber bucket seats that happen to feature CXX-tailored Hounds Tooth inserts. Someone really lucky is going to get this, shame it won’t be us.

  • Market Find: 2011 Porsche Paint to Sample Mexico Blue 911 Turbo S

    Market Find: 2011 Porsche Paint to Sample Mexico Blue 911 Turbo S

    What: 2011 Porsche 911 Turbo S
    Color: Paint to Sample Mexico Blue (mexicoblau; non-metallic UNI; 336; Porsche)
    VIN: WP0AD2A96BS766484
    Mileage: 14,855 miles
    Price at Time of this Writing: $197,888
    CarFax: Link
    Window Sticker: N/A
    Location: Porsche San Luis Obispo, CA
    Dealer listing: Link

    Why we love it:

    The 997.2 Turbo S is, in most cases, a Porsche model which wears the ‘good value’ for money badge proudly. Enthusiasts have overlooked the shocking performance due to a lack of engagement from the PDK-only transmission, and as such the 997 Turbo S can often be had for a song- even more so should it’s roof be made of fabric rather than metal. This Tailored Driver is not one of those ‘value’ examples, but when it comes to spec, this is incredibly enticing. Paint to Sample Mexico Blue was a bold choice in 2011, but it works, especially when juxtaposed with Yellow brake calipers and silver center lock wheels. All of this is to say there’s plenty of ‘value’ in this blue chip Turbo S even if the price is a bit high compared to others in market. We think when appreciation for this variant hits, it’ll hit incredibly hard.

  • Market Find: 2024 Porsche 911 Turbo S in Paint to Sample Brewster Green

    Market Find: 2024 Porsche 911 Turbo S in Paint to Sample Brewster Green

    There are a lot of things we wonder when we see a car like this 2024 Porsche 911 Turbo S (Vin: WPOAD2A93RS253171) come onto the market. First and foremost, how could you order such a car with thoughtful Paint to Sample color choice of Brewster Green (brewstergrün; nonmetallic UNI; 22B; Porsche) and only log 300 miles. It seems like a travesty to have a car like this and not drive it, but maybe that indicates a flip. Whatever the case, it’s a good problem to have.

    Here’s what we know about the color. Brewster Green is a non-metallic dark green, well darker than a British Racing Green. According to sites like Color.RS, Brewster Green may be one of the oldest car paint colors on record having been apparently offered as far back as 1909 on the Ford Model T.

    In the Porsche world, Brewster Green also has long-held significance. Ferry Porsche himself had a practice of specifying his company cars painted in one of a select number of green paint colors including Oak Green Metallic, Olive Green, Emerald Green Metallic, and of course Brewster Green. This tradition has been continued by Dr Wolfgang Porsche to this day, with numerous examples in his private collection painted in the same colors his father favored in those very early days of the brand.

    Here’s what we know about this car for sale. It’s basically new and currently in inventory at Porsche San Luis Obispo, asking price $329,888. We’re going to give the dealer credit for making sure the Paint to Sample color is listed and searchable both on their site and AutoTrader where we first found it, but are less enthusiastic about the photos – direct sun and looking high in the front. Given we’re looking to show off unique colors and specifications on this site, we just wish dealers of luxury and exotic cars in general spent more time making them look incredible in photography.

    Off our rant and back to the car, you can find a full specification for it HERE. Interestingly, given it’s a Turbo S and not a GT3 or the like, this Brewster Green coupe has sport cloth interior that embraces the more sporting side of its S designation. That’s a bold choice for whomever ordered the car given the quickness of the turnover, but hey… so was Brewster Green. We hope a total enthusiast sees the value and snaps it up.