** Please Note this auction is now ending on the 9th of July **
Highlights
Striking example of launch spec Boxster Lux spec with plethora of options
Savannah Beige and Flamenco Red two-tone leather interior
Warranted 31,500 miles
MOT valid until 21st February 2025
The Appeal
During the early 1990s, Porsche’s engineers set themselves the single most significant challenge they'd faced in years. The brief of 'Project 986' was to emulate the appeal of the classic 911 sports car in a package that could be sold for less than half the price: To create a ‘Baby 911’ for the mass sports car market.
It would become the car that saved Porsche and returned the brand to profitability. We know it better as the Boxster – an instant hit when new and very much a modern classic today, especially in the case of the first-generation cars, which now attract the nostalgia to go along with the driver appeal and accessibility they always had.
This one is a very early example – a 1997 first-generation car with the launch-spec 2.5-litre engine and with a host of special-order accessories. In this colour combination, it's not a car for shrinking violets, but as a piece of 1990s retro, it’s very cool indeed.
The History and Paperwork
UK V5C
MOT valid until 21st February 2025
Five previous registered keepers
Prior to June 2023 the previous owner kept the vehicle for 13 years
Owner’s manual present
Old MOT certificates and old V5C
Selection of invoices documenting work carried out over 25 years
Two keys
Original option code list under bonnet documenting Lux specification and confirming it’s a genuine ‘Porsche Exclusiv-Program’ car, built to bespoke order, with SportTechnic package and a sports chassis
The Condition
Classic Guards Red
Colour-matched 17-inch ‘Twist-Spoke’ wheels from Porsche Exclusiv-Program
Excellent roof, in perfect working order
No notable dents or damage
Appears very good underneath
New Nexen tyres all round
Colour-coded rollover hoops
Special order ‘Exclusiv-Program’ Savannah Beige and Flamenco Red leather
Leather facings (in Flamenco Red) to dash, transmission tunnel, and centre console
Ultra-rare Flamenco Red steering wheel with wood trim
Excellent seats, door trims and carpets with no notable damage
Optional wind deflector
Factory floor mats
White-backed sports dials
Stainless steel ‘Boxster’ door kickplates
Spacesaver spare wheel
Original tool roll and jack
Trip computer
Factory CD/Radio
Wood/alloy gear knob and handbrake lever
The Mechanics
2.5-litre naturally aspirated flat-six
204bhp
0-60mph in 6.3 seconds
Five-speed manual gearbox
Well-maintained, low mileage and described by the vendor as in fantastic running order, with no known faults or issues
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