Photo: ADR Motorsport via Classic Trader
Only 337 units were ever produced. Bill Gates happens to have one. Other than that, it is one of the most iconic supercars of all time. Ladies and gents, this is the Porsche 959. Except it isn’t.
This fellow is the only Porsche 959 Cabriolet in the world. And no, it wasn’t made by the German sports car maker, but by Auto Becker GmbH.
Even though Auto Becker kicked the bucket in 2002, the Porsche 959 Cabriolet lives on in the “For Sale” lot of an Italian dealership going by the name of ADR Motorsport. The car started life as a Porsche 959 in 1987. Eleven years later, the white-painted 959 got itself in a high-speed crash.
Despite the visual damage, the car was transformed by Auto Becker into what ADR Motorsport is trying to sell today. It looks great with a soft top roof, doesn’t it? So, how much does the Italian dealer want for this novelty from the past? I’m afraid that’ll be “trattative riservate,” which is the Italian for “give us a call and you’ll probably learn how much we want for it.”
If you consider that Auto Becker parted ways with it for three million Deutschmarks, also known as a bucketload of money in the late 1990s, it appears to me that the 1987 Porsche 959 Cabriolet is definitely not cheap. Other than its fascinating history and the 1980s bedroom poster material status of the 959, the odometer shows just 8,198 km (5,094 miles).
Interestingly enough, the lucky bastard who will buy this thing will also get a honking big box in which the original roof resides. The sale also includes the original toolkit, two windshields, and a set of door mirrors. Please don't ask.
The 2,847 cc twin-turbocharged flat-six engine is connected to a manual transmission and, like all other 959s, it produces 450 PS (444 horsepower) and a steady 500 Nm (369 lb-ft) of torque. With the original roof chopped off and a soft top in its place, however, I don’t think that the 197 mph (317 km/h) top speed is possible anymore. Nor does that little detail matter when you have millions over millions of miles of blue sky above your head.
Even though Auto Becker kicked the bucket in 2002, the Porsche 959 Cabriolet lives on in the “For Sale” lot of an Italian dealership going by the name of ADR Motorsport. The car started life as a Porsche 959 in 1987. Eleven years later, the white-painted 959 got itself in a high-speed crash.
Despite the visual damage, the car was transformed by Auto Becker into what ADR Motorsport is trying to sell today. It looks great with a soft top roof, doesn’t it? So, how much does the Italian dealer want for this novelty from the past? I’m afraid that’ll be “trattative riservate,” which is the Italian for “give us a call and you’ll probably learn how much we want for it.”
If you consider that Auto Becker parted ways with it for three million Deutschmarks, also known as a bucketload of money in the late 1990s, it appears to me that the 1987 Porsche 959 Cabriolet is definitely not cheap. Other than its fascinating history and the 1980s bedroom poster material status of the 959, the odometer shows just 8,198 km (5,094 miles).
Interestingly enough, the lucky bastard who will buy this thing will also get a honking big box in which the original roof resides. The sale also includes the original toolkit, two windshields, and a set of door mirrors. Please don't ask.
The 2,847 cc twin-turbocharged flat-six engine is connected to a manual transmission and, like all other 959s, it produces 450 PS (444 horsepower) and a steady 500 Nm (369 lb-ft) of torque. With the original roof chopped off and a soft top in its place, however, I don’t think that the 197 mph (317 km/h) top speed is possible anymore. Nor does that little detail matter when you have millions over millions of miles of blue sky above your head.
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