This 964RS has fascinating history and an unusual specification which shows that it was clearly originally ordered by a very important Porsche customer. In addition to its Midnight blue metallic paintwork with color coded wheel centers, this car has many sonderwunsch (special wishes) features inside. Leather trim covers all sorts of unusual places, including the turn signal stalks, gauge rings, dashboard switches, fuel door release knob (!), HVAC panel, sun visors, dashboard, door caps, defroster outlets, HVAC outlets, and even the rheostat twist knob for gauge brightness. Leather also covers the entire center console including the oddments tray, the trim under the handbrake, switch panel surrounds, and even the spoiler switch itself.
For decades, the car was owned by the Chairman of Samsung and for its importation to Korea, the car received partial US homologation equipment including speedometer in miles, fog lamps with bumperettes, airbags, lower dash pad with glovebox, and warning labels in Korean for the airbags and right side convex mirror. During its years in Korea, the car was serviced annually by the owner’s staff mechanic. In 2021, the car was returned to Germany where the dealer Mechatronik commissioned a substantial service by the Porsche Center in Stuttgart before selling it to an American owner who air-freighted the car to California. The car comes with service records describing the Porsche Center Stuttgart work performed in January 2023 just prior to delivery to the current owner. Also included are books, tool roll with tools, jack, and car cover.
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