Chassis No. WP0ZZZ99ZTS392166
Engine No. 61T03800
Transmission No. 2002121
The 993-generation 911 Turbo was an exceptional road car employing all manner of technology gleaned from the 959 supercar, especially its four-wheel drive system, from just a decade earlier. That very same system posed a significant challenge for any Turbo based competition effort. While the four-wheel drive Porsche 961 was a fruitful test bed, Audi’s rally dominance and Nissan’s road racing successes with the Skyline, meant that four-wheel drive race cars were being banned by most race series by the mid-1990s. This problem was laid bare for the Porsche Motorsport Department and like so many exceptional 20th century road cars, the GT2 was the solution for a racing program loathe to take time away from the track.
GT2 racing variants would enjoy substantial success with upgraded bodywork, suspension, brakes, and wheels to handle the significant increase in performance. The addition of lightweight parts like an aluminum hood and door skins, thinner glass, the removal of sound deadening, and front wheel drive componentry helped the GT2 shed approximately 300 kilograms. It was a recipe for success on track and when Porsche was required to build the homologation variant a sales success as well. Street legal examples boasted 430 horsepower from the twin-turbo flat-six “M64/60R” engine bringing them closer to their racing counterpart than the standard Turbo engine. Performance was exceptional, with zero to 60 mph in about four seconds, 100 mph in a hair over seven seconds on the way to 187 mph. Of course, the GT2 Strassenversion had the appropriate looks to match its prodigious performance with cutaway fenders, and bolt on flares (a by-product of the necessity to quickly index them during production) were also incorporated to fit a widened track and wide three-piece magnesium Speedline wheels. When complete, the 911 GT2 was crowned by the motoring press as the king of Porsche’s road-going line up and today is considered the peak of air-cooled turbocharged cars from Porsche.
According to Porsche 911 GT2 by Mäder/Koum, chassis number WP0ZZZ99ZTS392166 was constructed as a “C20” Netherlands-market “M002” Strasse road version completed on 18 April 1996. Finished in ever-popular Polar Silver Metallic (the final year offered before Arctic Silver appeared) it featured a Black leather interior with Dark Grey seat inlays, Anthracite Recaro seat backs, and Guards Red seat belts, door pulls, and GT stitching. Factory options included air conditioning, sport seats left and right, reduced radio preparation, a green graduated tint windshield, higher amperage (75) battery, and airbags. It is one of only 126 left hand drive examples built for 1996 and just one of six 993-generation GT2s delivered to The Netherlands.
Its original service book notes delivery on 4 June 1996 with a stamp indicating factory delivery at Porschestraße 42, no doubt full of pomp and circumstance, with 34 delivery kilometers on the odometer. On 3 September 1997 the car was imported to Japan with an early service noted in its maintenance book on 15 March 1998 at 5,621 kilometers. Further entries are noted while in Nerima City, Japan throughout the 2000s and 2010s with its Japanese maintenance paperwork confirming inspection dates and mileage while wearing Nerima license plate “343-7754.” In 2016, the car was acquired by Thomas Schmitz with just over 36,000 kilometers on its odometer, returning to Germany for the first time in 19 years. The car was quickly sent to and serviced by Porsche Zentrum Münster with 36,603 kilometers, now wearing appropriate “WAF NC993” Warendorf license plates. Records of PZ Münster’s work show a thorough inspection with both 20,000 and 40,000 km services completed at a cost of €3,787. Shortly after, Schmitz acquired an internal PPN report on the car, confirming that both the engine and transmission numbers match Porsche’s build records.
In June of 2016 the car was acquired by the consignor directly from Thomas Schmitz, and was imported to the United States. At the time it was likely one of the very few 993-generation GT2s located in the U.S. Service records from Orbit Racing of Riviera Beach, Florida indicate the car wasn’t overused and indicated 37,628 kilometers in 2019 during maintenance work that included an oil line check valve replacement and a new turbocharger oil line. The consignor notes that the well-seasoned crew at Orbit remarked about this car’s considerable level of originality and impressive overall level of presentation. Later in 2021, with 95 additional kilometers, the car returned to Orbit for new brake pads, a brake fluid flush, new aluminum lug nuts, and a complete nut and bolt overview of its suspension system.
Today this rare GT2, one of just 194 produced over a three-year period, is offered with 37,774 kilometers or approximately 23,471 miles at cataloging with its books, tools, and paperwork from its time in Japan, Germany, and the United States. Rarely do roadgoing GT2s become available for public sale. It should go without saying that the opportunity to purchase such an exceptional, road going sports car with matching numbers, impeccable presentation, and in classic colors should not be overlooked.
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