Porsche 911 R owner set for $800K payday

An opportunistic Australian Porsche 911 R owner could be in line for a cool $800,000 payday after deciding to sell his prized model after one month of ownership.

Listed on Carsales.com with only 68km on the odometer, the white coupe is being offloaded via Scuderia Graziani in Woolloomooloo, Sydney. The $1.2 million asking price is three times the new car sale price of $404,700 (plus on-road costs).

The advertisement identifies the 911R as an October 2016 build, and says it was registered locally in January 2017. It features retro green stripes, a black interior and is described as “the latest and most acclaimed Porsche”.

The ad even lifts lines from Carsales.com scribe Michael Taylor’s 2016 piece: “Porsche's Motorsport division had to cajole and convince its board for months before they agreed to build the lightweight, free-breathing 911 R. It has taken just minutes for the collector community to tell Porsche they priced it at a million-dollar discount”.

The 911R has been described as a star of its generation, bucking the trend of turbocharged engines and automatic transmissions in favour of a 4.0-litre naturally-aspirated flat-six and six-speed manual. The rear seat and infotainment system are also deleted in order to achieve the car’s 1370kg kerb weight.

The special model even boasts the honour of the highest ever motoring.com.au review score – a near-perfect 96/100.

Only 991 versions of the 911R were produced, in a nod to the car’s 991-series model code. Of those, only 25 were secured for Australia, most of which haven’t seen the light of day since. Understandably.

Porsche 911 R prices have since skyrocketed as a result.

The 911 R harks back to Porsche’s motorsport history, the R (for racing) paying homage to the original road-homologated racing car built from 1967 and sharing the same name.

Porsche strictly forbids owners from quickly turning over limited-edition models at a profit. In this case, the 911 R owner could be blacklisted from purchasing future limited-edition Porsche models.

If not, his $800,000 windfall may come in handy in the near future, with Porsche soon set to release a 485kW GT2 RS, along with a Cayman GT4 RS complete with a 4.0-litre engine boasting power in the vicinity of 320kW.