Porsche 911 Turbo M505 Flatnose 1989 Super Rare With Low Tempuh Distance Auction

Porsche 911 Turbo M505 Flatnose 1989. (Doc. RM Sotheby's)

JAKARTA - Classic car lovers with thick pockets can dock. A rare opportunity to have a dream car is now present. Porsche 911 Turbo M505 Flatnose 1989, the legendary sports sedan with a super low distance, will soon be offered by the RM Sothebys auction hall on June 1, 2024.

Mundur ke belakang, Porsche 911 Turbo generasi pertama, yang dikenal secara internal sebagai type 930, langsung menjadi ikon performa dunia sejak diluncurkan pada tahun 1975. Dengan desain finer melebar dan spoiler belakang berstyle "whaletail", mobil ini tak hanya tampil gahar, namun juga langsung dikenal sebagai keluarga Porschemen

Born from a special request

Meanwhile, reported by the RM Sotheby's page, Friday, April 26, the car that was auctioned started in 1982, when the Porsche racing sponsor asked for the Exclusive Manufacturing program (sometimes called "Sonderwwas" or "Special Wishes") to create a unique street car that resembles a Porsche 935 race car that dominates the track.

The result is a bodywork that is very similar to 935 aerodynamics. The car has a porous steel front line that is flat with the engine hood and is equipped with an open-closed front light. The panel rocket is made boxy and elongated to fill a wide quarter-back panel, which contains ventilation cooling brakes with side straps and electric fans to cool additional oils. And wider rims and tires are mounted on both ends.

Mahal and exclusive

It didn't take long, demand from consumers for the inspired Porsche 935 "Flat-Nose" flooded Porsche. Not surprisingly, this car is generally only ordered by the richest customers, and is often equipped with many plant improvements.

In 1987, Porsche finally entered the North American Flat-Nose package, known as M505, into the factory catalog. A total of 142 units of coup were produced for the United States market in the year of the model.

One of the rarest

According to the book "Porsche 911 Turbo: Air-Cooled Years 19751988", the car to be auctioned is one of 62 Turbo Coupe units equipped with an M505 Flat-Nose package or a "Flachbau" with a type 930.68 engine, which was sent in a new state to North America for the 1989 model.

The car has an exterior color of the White Grand Prix with a Velvet Red and Black partial skin interior, equipped with an electric sunset, a differential limited-slip, a Blupunkt Reno stereo with an additional amplifier, and a shorter gear displacement lever.

With a distance of only 895 miles (about 1,440 km) at the time the catalog was made, this car was very well maintained and is likely to be one of the Flat-Nose with the lowest travel distances available.

Porsche lovers are expected to compete fiercely for this special car, no wonder RM Sotheby's estimates that the auction price will range from 250 thousand-300 thousand US dollars or equivalent to IDR 4 billion to IDR 4.8 billion.