Market Find: CPO PTS Porsche 718 Spyder RS at Porsche Jacksonville

What: 2024 Porsche 718 Cayman GT4 RS
Color: Porsche Paint to Sample Gulf Blue (golfblau; non-metallic UNI; 328; Porsche)
VIN:  WP0CE2A8XRK240463
Mileage: 302 mi
Price: $258,990
CarFax: Inquire
Window Sticker: N/A
Location: Porsche Jacksonville, Jacksonville, FL
Listing: Link

The 718 Spyder you see here is a fascinating thing. On one hand, it’s an always impressive GT4 RS. On the other, it features so many nods to Porsche heritage that we suspect viewers may find it polarizing. In as much, we’re going to also drop it into our “Acquired Taste” category.

From the outside, the car is clearly a Gulf Racing tribute. Gulf Blue is popular choice from the factory Paint to Sample catalogue because of a rich heritage of racing and of course that Le Mans movie livery placement. Paired with just a wisp of Gulf Orange at the front and rear, if measured on that alone it might qualify as one of the most tasteful Gulf tributes we’ve seen on modern Porsches.

And while that may be about where the Gulf tribute ends, the Porsche heritage tribute action is just ramping up. For starters, this is a Porsche Jacksonville car… a store formerly known as Brumos Porsche, and one that was iconic in its own right for its racing pedigree. Brumos cars typically had red and blue stripes, and often the #59. And though there’s no further Brumos colors present, this car does get the “meatball” number decal on the door complete with #59.

Gold wheels are another modern throwback that are offered as an option in the modern Porsche lineup with a subtle twist in this particular form. Rather than full-on gold, this muted take is known as Neodyme and completed with a satin finish.

More modern “gold” for Porsche are the yellow brake calipers that typically signals Porsche Carbon Ceramic Brakes. That yellow on the brake calipers is paired with familiar yellow GT4 RS accents like seatbelts and instrument accents.

While not colorful, the woven texture of carbon fiber is also great at catching the eye. For this car, exposed carbon fiber is part of the Weissach Package on the outside, and then used again in matte finish on interior trim elements.

There’s one last element that’s worth mentioning and that’s the Pasha seat fabric. Sort of a funkadelic embodiment of a checkered flag waving in the wind, Pasha arrived in the Porsche 928 era as a distinctive interior fabric pattern. While it initially fell out of fashion relatively quickly, the look today is so retro that fans and even Porsche themselves have gone back to readopt it as a styling element on occasion.

Porsche reissuing Pasha is rare, so we’re wondering if that particular element is as-delivered from the factory or perhaps installed by the owner after delivery. There are a number of companies that supply great replacement inserts for Porsche’s shell-style sport seat, so that’s entirely possible.

Why mention all these elements? Well, frankly, there’s a lot going on and it seems to cover multiple themes – Gulf Racing, Brumos Racing, retro 928 feel, and modern carbon fiber feel. To the right buyer, that’s all probably very attractive. To the wrong one, it may be a bit too much of a good thing. That’s the funny thing about polarization.