Rare Porsche at Amelia Island auctions

Host of modern classics will look to improve on shaky 2018 start

All eyes were on the various auction houses at Amelia Island Concours d’elegance as Total 911 went to print as modern-classic Porsche look to recover from a shaky start to 2018 thus far.

Gooding & Co looks to have the pick of the lots from a Porsche perspective, with a 964 Turbo S Leichtbau featuring with just 100 kilometres from new, plus a 993 GT2 and one-of-500 997

GT2 RS.

Piquing interest of serious collectors is Porsche’s 1974 2.1-litre Turbo RSR, this R13 example the most successful Turbo RSR of all time, placing second at the 1974 Le Mans 24 Hours. The car has an estimate of $6-8million.