Porsche 959 is planned to be sold for 2 million dollars (25 photos)

In mid-August, an unusual Porsche 959 will be auctioned at Bonhams. It has a rich biography, illustrating one of the pages of Porsche history directly related to the famous rally group B, and is considered to be a representative of a batch limited to only six copies. These circumstances determine the significant price that the auctioneers are counting on - up to 2 million dollars.





The appearance of the Porsche 959 is associated with the company's idea to build an advanced all-wheel drive supercar. In the early 1980s, the company's management decided that the most impressive way to demonstrate this technology would be to perform in rally group B, and the 959 was developed with an eye on the world rally championship. True, the supercar did not have time to shine in Group B, as it was cancelled in due time, but it made its mark at the Dakar.

The 959 debuted as a concept at the Frankfurt Motor Show in 1983. The lightweight body, advanced suspension, all-wheel drive and engine from a racing prototype provoked a wave of inquiries from potential buyers. Although the rally championship regulations required only 200 coupe units to be built for homologation, Porsche produced 292 cars in the road-going Komfort version and 29 slightly more extreme 959 Sport. The company hoped to offset the development costs by increasing the circulation. It was never possible to completely reduce the balance to zero, but financial problems largely predetermined the appearance of the model now on sale.

The 959 was officially produced in 1987 and 1988. However, in the early 1990s, one of the most important clients offered the company to resume production of supercars. Since Porsche still had some stock of components in its warehouses, the company agreed, but set the price for the unscheduled units twice as high as several years earlier. It is generally accepted that between six and eight of these 959s were built in 1992 and 1993, which are known among fans of the brand under the conditional name Komfort Series II.

The second-to-last supercar from this batch is up for auction. Series II was almost no different from the standard Porsche 959, with the exception of revised suspension settings, but this particular car at some point received a new supercharging system. As a result, the output of the 2.8-liter engine was increased from the standard 450 horsepower to about 540. The mileage of the rarity is 72 thousand kilometers.