Classic Car Chasers on Instagram: "Orange you glad Porsche made this Turbo? 🤔 . . . While the 996 Turbo isn’t exactly the rarest car, we can’t recall the last time we’ve seen one in this color. That’s probably because it was built to the personal spec of Schorndorf Porsche dealer Paul-Ernst Strähle, a former factory racing driver. And that’s really a shame as we think it looks great in Gelb Orange. This unique Turbo also has essentially every option box checked in addition to a number of items offered by Porsche Exclusive, including a roll cage, competition bucket seats, racing harnesses (which was never fitted) and had the rear seats deleted. The color was special commission to match Strähle’s well-known old 914/6 GT that he raced in period. Strähle put about 8,000 km on this Turbo in just two months prior to selling it. The car eventually passed through several other owners, but has been meticulously maintained from new. Having only traveled a total of 47,000 km since leaving Stut...
4,051 likes, 22 comments - classiccarchasers on April 9, 2018: "Orange you glad Porsche made this Turbo? 🤔 . . . While the 996 Turbo isn’t exactly the rarest car, we can’t recall the last time we’ve seen one in this color. That’s probably because it was built to the personal spec of Schorndorf Porsche dealer Paul-Ernst Strähle, a former factory racing driver. And that’s really a shame as we think it looks great in Gelb Orange. This unique Turbo also has essentially every option box checked in addition to a number of items offered by Porsche Exclusive, including a roll cage, competition bucket seats, racing harnesses (which was never fitted) and had the rear seats deleted. The color was special commission to match Strähle’s well-known old 914/6 GT that he raced in period. Strähle put about 8,000 km on this Turbo in just two months prior to selling it. The car eventually passed through several other owners, but has been meticulously maintained from new. Having only traveled a total of 47,000 km since leaving Stuttgart, does this Porsche help prove that orange is the new black? 😎 _____________________________________________ 🚘 2001 Porsche 911 Turbo 💯 Unique PTS Glen Orange color 📰 @RMSothebys Monaco Sale 📸 @RemiDargegenPhotographies 💵 Estimates TBA _______________________________________________ #design #automotive #vintage #drive #classic #classiccar #collect #icon #classiccarchasers #carphotography #forsale #drivetastefully #porsche #turbo #911 #996 #carrera #monaco #auction #rmsothebys".
