Overview

Ask a small child or a visiting alien to draw a picture of a Porsche and they won’t conjure up anything that looks like a Cayenne, or a Boxster, or a 928 or a Macan. They’ll draw something that is recognisably a 911, with its tea-tray spoiler, squat, aggressive stance and ‘what are you looking at?’ attitude. Almost any internal combustion enthusiast of a certain age will have grown up with an image of a 911 on their wall, and possibly sandwiched between posters of a Lamborghini Countach, a Ferrari 308 and that lady tennis player who’s having a cheeky scratch. For real G-body 911 lovers, rarity and exclusivity don’t come in a much more coveted package than this example.

In 1988, Porsche unveiled the ‘Commemorative Edition’ (‘CE’) Carrera to celebrate the 250,000th 911 to roll off the Zuffenhausen production line since the model’s inception in 1963. Only 875 of these (very) limited edition ‘CE’ cars were built, with just 120 coupé iterations making the journey to North American shores. And, uniquely among 911s, Dr. Ferdinand Porsche’s signature is embroidered on the seat headrests. 

Produced for the 1988 model year, these superb cars came with the bulletproof G50 5-speed manual gearbox, with a short-shift lever, electric seats, electric sunroof and sports suspension. This particular example wears the requisite Diamond Blue with matching Fuchs wheels over black leather and has just 58,000 miles on the odometer. In stunning time-warp condition – dynamically, mechanically and aesthetically - this one is for the discerning collector.