What: 1997 Porsche 911 Turbo
Color: Porsche Teal Blue Metallic (blaugrün; metallic uni; 3A5; Porsche)
VIN: unknown
Mileage: 38,893 km
Price: €314,900
Location: Rock n Roll Classics, Brugge, Belgium
Listing: Link
This 1997 Porsche 993 Turbo stands out for its factory specification rather than its mileage alone. Ordered new through Porsche Exclusive, it was finished in 3A5 Teal Blue Metallic Paint to Sample over a Parchment Beige Leather to Sample interior, creating a highly individualized configuration that remains uncommon among 993 Turbos.
Delivered new in California, the car has covered just 38,900 miles and retains its original window sticker, which documents the special-order specification. Exterior paint is listed as L999 Paint to Sample, while the interior carries code 99 Leather Interior to Sample. The window sticker also shows an original MSRP of $120,374, reflecting the significant cost of the bespoke options when new.
Extensively Optioned Through Porsche Exclusive
The customization extended well beyond the exterior and interior colors. The factory option sticker and original service book document 13 Porsche Exclusive option codes, making this one of the more extensively personalized 993 Turbos produced.
Exclusive features include colored Porsche crest wheel caps, a dashboard with contrasting stitching, matching leather welting, leather-covered roof pillars, a leather-wrapped shifter and handbrake, leather sun visors, a steering wheel trimmed in a special leather color and carpeting specified from a previous model year. Additional Porsche Exclusive codes cover the special-order leather execution and other custom interior details. The car was also equipped with cruise control, an electric sunroof and a remote six-disc CD changer.
Taken together, the specification illustrates the level of personalization available through Porsche Exclusive during the 1990s, when buyers could tailor individual cars well beyond the standard option catalog.
Complete Ownership and Service History
The accompanying documentation is equally comprehensive. The Turbo has had just three owners from new and has been fully documented throughout its life. After being imported to Europe in 2011, it remained with the same owner in Germany until its current offering.
The history file includes the original order form, Customer Delivery Program paperwork, registration documents, Porsche Deutschland data sheet, stamped maintenance book, owner’s manuals, dealer literature, service invoices, paint thickness measurements, Porsche Club documentation and roadside assistance papers. The result is a well-documented ownership history that complements the car’s unusual factory specification.
For collectors, Paint to Sample cars have become increasingly desirable, particularly when paired with extensive Porsche Exclusive content and complete provenance. This 993 Turbo combines all three, making it a distinctive example of Porsche’s factory personalization program during the air-cooled era.
For American buyers, this car may be even more attractive in that it was originally delivered to California. We hear that status typically means you won’t have to pay import duties on a chassis that would have already been paid back in period.
