Johnny Mayday

Wow, talk about a cool piece of history. I'm actually really surprised that this is being auctioned off at all... I'd figure the factory might want to hang on to it. Check out all the details here.

pp000830

I would rather have a '97 where all the bugs are worked out and the guys in R&D didn't potentially beat the car to death before sending it off to a subsequent owner. I wonder if the writer is getting a commission on its sale? The condition described as "Cherry", a vulgar reference to being of virgin pedigree, a bit of a stretch for an engineering test mule.
Andy

Endoman

Worth checking the provenance before making a bid, not that I'm likely. RS CS front splitter? I would have expected more 964 internals for a prototype, but then 993 were already in production.

Johnny Mayday

I can't imagine that this will see any road time at all, really. It'll just go to a collector as part of the history of the program, because it's an interesting piece of the model history. I'm just surprised it actually is going up for sale, I figured it would have been cannibalized at the factory, or crushed, even.

Mark in Baltimore

Johnny, thanks for taking the time to respond; nice to have you interact with the members. I agree that, if authentic, this is a special and historic car that simply can't be compared to any ordinary 993 turbo.

PRSWILL

destined to land in some rich guy's collection and never be seen again. sad.

chsu74

The Carrera GT prototype previously owned by Seinfeld is on show at the Petersen Museum together with the Panamera prototype sporting 996 headlights. Prototypes are neat in their significance in history as a museum piece only..

Johnny Mayday

For sure man! I love it! It would probably be a blast for a proper gearhead to take a look at this car, as there are probably little Easter egg type things all over it, that you'd need a truly technical eye to see.