Porsche only released 1,000 units of the
special edition 911 R and you’d be hard-pressed to find one in the market
today. Fortunately, one of the original owners of the 911 R has decided to make
it even more special by turning it into a personal tribute to Steve McQueen and
sending it back to the German automaker to have it auctioned. Here it
is, the 911 R Steve McQueen Tribute, a one-off creation that pays homage to
arguably one of the most iconic Hollywood leading men and professional racer in
history.
The super exclusive 911 R comes with a host of
unique features, not the least of which are specific details attributed to
McQueen himself. It also gets a lot of love from Porsche Exclusive with the
myriad of options and accessories that were given to it. This
unique 911 R Steve McQueen Tribute was designed to be a legitimate one-off.
About the only downside, if you can even call it that, is that it doesn’t
receive any power enhancements. Would’ve been nice to have more power to play
with for a true and legitimate driver’s car.
Don’t expect the 911 R Steve McQueen Tribute
to come cheap. It’s unclear if it can fetch the same US$ 184,900 price tag of a
brand new 911 R since it already has a previous owner. But taking into account
its one-off exclusivity and the name attached to it, I expect this particular
911 R to breeze past the US$ 200,000 barrier when it’s auctioned off by RM
Sotheby’s on February 8, 2017. The good news is that 25 percent of the car’s
auction price above its € 25,000 (US$ 26,120) minimum reserve will be given towards
research for curing cancer in children.
