Rare Factory Spec Find
Market Find: Rare Shade 1983 Ferrari 308 GTS Quattrovalvole
Ferrari’s 308 GTS Quattrovalvole stands as a sublime blend of classic styling and technical advancement. Designed by Pininfarina, its timeless targa-top form recalls the golden era of Italian sports cars. Introduced in the early 1980s, the Quattrovalvole (or “four-valve”) engine marked a notable evolution from earlier models.
Euro Market Find: Green-on-Green 1979 Saab 99 Turbo a Rare Sedan
Green over green is a unique thing, even if the Pistachio Green paint of this Saab 99 Turbo was a standard color.
Market Find: E61 BMW 5 Series Touring Converted to M5
Straight out of the gate, it's not a BMW Individual color. So, is it a rare factory spec? Not exactly, but we're going to include it anyway. What we have here is an enthusiast built E61-era 5 Series Touring converted to M5 specification. Even better, the build looks primarily to factory specification.
Market Find: BMW Individual Imola Red II M4 Competition Heritage Edition
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One of just 750 BMW ‘Heritage Edition’ M4 cars produced during the F8X-generation (more details here), this Tailored Driver fits squarely into our rare factory-spec category with help from BMW Individual.
Market Find: BMW Individual Frozen Blue M3 Competition
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One of just 72 BMW "Frozen Edition" M3s produced and the second featured on our site, this rare factory spec find is just as cool as it is expensive. The $15k premium carried back in 2013 has now shrunk, believe it or not, as the E9X platform has gained quite a lot of appreciation post-COVID.
Euro Market Find: Goodwood Green B5 Audi RS 4 Avant in As-New Condition
With first registration in March 2001, the RS 4 Avant you see here is about a year away from eligibility for easy import into the United States. Even still, we’re guessing any serious RS 4 enthusiast seeking an exceptional specimen would want to get a head start. Certainly this under 50K mile impeccably kept example is worthy of such forewarning.
Market Find: 2004 Audi TT Roadster in “Legally Blonde 2” Candy Blue
Back in 2003, the Audi TT made an onscreen appearance in the movie Legally Blonde 2 where Reese Witherspoon's character Elle Woods drove the car from Boston to Washington, DC in order to take a job on Capitol Hill. Specially for the appearance, Audi created a color called "Candy Blue".
Euro Market Find: Porsche 968 in Oak Green Metallic
Transaxle Porsches like the 968 are an interesting niche of the Porsche collector market. They simply don't pull the prices that air-cooled cars do, yet they are excellent cars nonetheless.
Market Find: 2021 Range Rover Autobiography Fifty in Tuscan Blue on Cars and Bids
Range Rover built just 1970 Fifty Editions. That in and of itself makes this cars special, but it's the paint that is so undeniably cool.
Market Find: 35K Mile 1978 Porsche 928 Manual, White over Green and Pasha
While it's not "refrigerator white", Porsche Grand Prix white is still just white. That's not a bad thing, but it's hardly qualifies as "tailored". A Paint to Sample oddball this car is not, however... look inside.