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7 Porsches You Rarely Get to See

Porsche has a long history of producing specialty cars and iterations of those models. Obviously, not all ideas work out, and this has resulted in a collection of super rare models and vehicle types which, as the years have passed, gained a certain allure that has attracted collectors the world over. The following are seven of the rarest and super sought after Porsche models.

By Jeffrey Bausch - February 6, 2017
Porsche 935 Street
Porsche 924 Carrera GT
Porsche 911 S/T
Porsche 914-8
Porsche 911R
Porsche 356B Abarth Carrera GTL
Porsche 356 Carrera Speedster

7. Porsche 935 Street

This is the only road-legal version of the 935 race car ever built. It was built after a request by Mansour Ojjeh, owner of the TAG group, who asked Porsche to build a street version of the 935 in the early 80s. It has the bodywork of the 935 and uses a 3.3-liter turbocharged flat-six engine to produce an incredibly exhilarating 375 horsepower. 

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6. Porsche 924 Carrera GT

This might look like a normal 944, but it’s nothing like that model. The 924 is a road-ready version of the turbocharged 924 that Porsche ran at La Mans in the early 80s. Only 426 of these variants were ever built. 

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5. Porsche 911 S/T

This model served as the source of inspiration for Singer’s “reimagines 911s. It’s a precursor to the 1973 Carrera RS, and was built in 1970 and 1971. It’s equipped with some awesome-looking fender flares, and a twin-plug 2.5-liter, flat-six engine. 

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4. Porsche 914-8

While the 928 is widely considered the first 8-piston road vehicle, the first time Porsche engines got eight pistons into a car was with the 914-8. Only two were ever built, and they’re equipped with a 3.0-liter, flat-eight engine drawn from the 908 race car. These two cars were intended as development cars, and by all accounts, are noted as very unrefined vehicles. 

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3. Porsche 911R

Back in the late 1960s, Porsche designed a 911 with a fiberglass body meant to be homologated for competition. It was rejected by FIA, and instead of building the 500 necessary for homologation, the company built 23 examples of the 911R, all of which were 350 pounds lighter than the standard 911S, and had 50HP more power.

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2. Porsche 356B Abarth Carrera GTL

While Abarth is pretty well known in Fiat circles, the tuning firm worked with multiple companies in the 1950s and 60s. During this time, Porsche approached the company about building a lightweight body for the 356B. This resulted in the 356B and a class victory at the 1960 24 hours of Le Mans. 

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1. Porsche 356 Carrera Speedster

Another variant of the 356 model, the Speedster combines the lithe bodywork of a Carrera with a quad-cam, flat-four engine from a Speedster vehicle. Only 151 were ever built, and they average about $2 million each. 

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