---
title: "Six-Mile 1993 Porsche 911 Carrera RSR 3.8 Sells for $2.25 Million At Auction"
description: "Turns out you can put a price on an unused, air-cooled track monster."
date: "2017-05-29"
modified: "2017-05-30"
authors:
  - name: "Kyle Cheromcha"
    job_title: "Editor-in-Chief"
    link: "https://www.thedrive.com/authors/kyle-cheromcha"
url: "https://www.thedrive.com/news/10768/six-mile-1993-porsche-911-carrera-rsr-3-8-sells-for-2-25-million-at-auction"
categories:
  - "Culture"
  - "For Sale"
  - "News"
  - "News by Brand"
  - "Porsche News"
tags:
  - "9/11"
  - "Aircooled"
  - "Auction"
  - "Coupe"
  - "luxury"
  - "porsche"
  - "RM Sotheby's"
  - "sports car"
---

# Six-Mile 1993 Porsche 911 Carrera RSR 3.8 Sells for $2.25 Million At Auction

![](<https://www.thedrive.com/wp-content/uploads/images-by-url-td/content/2017/05/hero-porsche-4.jpg>)
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You don't need to be [Jerry Seinfeld](<https://www.thedrive.com/article/3430/the-10-most-influential-gearheads-who-happen-to-be-celebrities>) to know the air-cooled Porsche 911 market [has absolutely exploded](<https://www.thedrive.com/porsche/8299/the-amelia-island-porsche-auction-results-analysis>) over the last decade, especially when it comes to Stuttgart's assorted special editions and ultra-exclusive production runs. So it's hard to say what's more surprising—the microscopic mileage on this 1993 Porsche 911 Carrera RSR 3.8, or the fact that it just sold [for $2.25 million at RM Sotheby's Villa Erba event](<https://www.rmsothebys.com/ve17/villa-erba/lots/1993-porsche-911-carrera-rsr-38/1702736>) this weekend.

Yes, it would appear that the most patient person in the world bought one of just fifty-one 964 Carrera RSRs, a race-ready monster with a 350 horsepower 3.8-liter flat-six, giant disc brakes, and a built-in roll cage, and stashed the thing in their garage [for over two decades](<https://www.thedrive.com/news/9699/want-to-buy-a-brand-new-1993-porsche-911-carrera-rsr-3-8>) without so much as a second drive. Whether it was temporary amnesia or an iron-willed investment plan, the result is a literal time capsule. And a whole lot of cash.

![message-editor%2F1496084471554-porsche8.jpg](<https://www.thedrive.com/wp-content/uploads/message-editor/1496084471554-porsche8.jpg>)
*RM Sotheby's*

![message-editor%2F1496084479180-porsche1.jpg](<https://www.thedrive.com/wp-content/uploads/message-editor/1496084479180-porsche1.jpg>)
*RM Sotheby's*

![message-editor%2F1496084486930-porsche2.jpg](<https://www.thedrive.com/wp-content/uploads/message-editor/1496084486930-porsche2.jpg>)
*RM Sotheby's*

![message-editor%2F1496084493798-porsche3.jpg](<https://www.thedrive.com/wp-content/uploads/message-editor/1496084493798-porsche3.jpg>)
*RM Sotheby's*

The car is a study in contrasts. On the outside, underneath all that dust and a factory Cosmoline coating, the Polar Silver Metallic body is nicely subdued even with those amethyst wheels and that big old wing. It almost looks like a desaturated photo, until you open the door and step into what appears to be [HAL's central core.](<https://imgur.com/Skk8cyb>) The entire thing—floor, ceiling, racing seats, roll cage—is covered in a shade of red so vivid it would have been blacklisted from Hollywood in the fifties. It's interesting how that color can look so good in a Porsche and so bad in a Dodge Aries.

At $2.25 million, it sold for more than [this 1988 Porsche 959 Sport](<https://www.thedrive.com/porsche/7479/this-porsche-959-sport-just-sold-at-auction-for-over-2-million-dollars>) we featured earlier this year. Part of that is due to the 10-kilometer odometer, but it's also an indication the air-cooled 911 collector's market has yet to find a peak. Should the lucky buyer spend another boatload of cash on replacing all parts that have undoubtedly atrophied over time, they'll have themselves a brand new track toy with a glorious naturally-aspirated soundtrack that can beat a Ferrari F40 from 0-60 mph at 3.7 seconds. Unless it's headed for another [25 years in storage, of course.](<https://www.thedrive.com/news/9045/two-like-new-buick-grand-nationals-are-the-barn-finds-of-the-year>)

## Author
Overseeing an expert staff of writers and editors from his lair in Los Angeles, Kyle shapes The Drive’s singular approach to covering the automotive industry and car culture. He’s been with the site as a writer since 2017, taking over as editor in 2019. On a daily basis, Kyle is responsible for directing The Drive's editorial news and car review content strategies, setting special coverage priorities, managing complex reporting projects, and ensuring what you read on the page meets our high internal standards for quality and trustworthiness. He is also the executive producer of The Drive's YouTube channel, which was relaunched in February 2024 to great acclaim and has accumulated over 14M new views in its first year back on the scene. He hosts a biweekly series on the channel where he breaks down fascinating and complicated stories from the automotive world.

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