Market Find: Porsche Paint to Sample Maritime Blue 911 Carrera S

What: 2017 Porsche 911 Carrera S
Color: Porsche Paint to Sample Maritime Blue (maritimblau; non-metallic UNI; 5MB; Porsche)
VIN: WP0AB2A98HS124153
Mileage: 38,905 miles
Price: $134,900
CarFax: Link
Window Sticker: N/A
Location: Prospect, CT
Listing: M Sport Motorworx

Undoubtedly Tailored originally by a certified Porschephile, this Paint to Sample Maritime Blue 911 Carrera S is both a nod to the past while also being an acknowledgement of the future. The 991.2 generation was the start of the non-Turbo 911 models which did indeed have turbos, paired with a forward-thinking but much maligned 7 speed manual transmission. Still, this build is as impressive as it is thorough with a claimed $40k in options.

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Color Focus: Porsche Maritime Blue – 5MB

Near as we can tell, Maritime Blue (maritimblau; non-metallic UNI; 5MB; Porsche) as a color was introduced or at least popularized during the 964 era. Porsche Club’s Rennbow website lists it as mainly available from 1991 to about 1995 with a few exceptions since and potentially in 1979 on the Carrera SC. They also suggest it may have evolved from early Porsche Enamel Blue. Whatever the case, the idea is simple enough – a practically primary blue that harks early national racing colors of France, often referred to as French Blue and popularized in those early pre-war racing years by Bugatti.

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