1993 Porsche 968 Turbo RS - Sports Car Market

Chassis Number: WP0ZZZ96ZPS896062

Built by Porsche’s Motorsport Department during a period when necessity sharpened intent at Weissach, this is the final example of just three 968 Turbo RS cars created, the only one finished in black, and the only front-engine Porsche RS model of any kind. Retaining its charming original period livery, competition specification and a well-documented history, it is widely regarded as the most original surviving Turbo RS, preserved closely to how it last raced in 1994.

Offered from just its third owner and accompanied by a Jürgen Barth inspection report and its lightweight BPR bodywork, the car has received an inspection and initial operational service in February 2026 from the experts at Porsche Motorsport North America (PMNA).

PMNA’s inspection reveals the needs for fresh fuel-cell foam and provides a list of recommended services should the owner wish to use the Turbo RS to its fullest extent. It should be noted that following the reinstallation of its “Essen” hood, PMNA believes that the intercooler performance is restricted and that the fiberglass BPR hood should be reinstalled for maximum performance.

Fittingly, this car serves as a bookend to the 924 Turbo rally cars of the late 1970s — early transaxle projects guided by Barth — each shaped by inventiveness, clarity of purpose and Porsche’s belief in competition as the clearest path forward.

(Introductory description courtesy of Broad Arrow Auctions.)

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Vehicle:	1993 Porsche 968 Turbo RS
Years Produced:	1992–93
Number Produced:	4
Chassis Number Location:	Stamping on vertical sheet metal in front of battery, passenger’s side firewall
Engine Number Location:	Stamped in boss on rear of engine block
Club Info:	Porsche Club of America
Website:	pca.org
Alternatives:	1993 BMW M3 GTR, 1993 Honda NSX-GT, 1993 Porsche 911 Carrera RSR 3.8

This car, Lot 157, sold for $775,000, including buyer’s premium, at Broad Arrow Auctions’ Amelia Island, FL, sale, on March 6, 2026.

Porsche’s financial situation fluctuated from weak to terrible during the late 1980s and early 1990s. Thus, Porsche’s special models with higher margins became necessities. The Engineering and Exclusive Departments leaned into the task and even Motorsport got involved.

Porsche offered the 1992 911 Carrera RS, with 2,279 built across three models. Next came the 1993 911 Carrera RS 3.8-liter, with 55 built — a street car to homologate the RSR so Porsche could build 51 of them. Then we got the 1993 911 Turbo S Leichtbau, with 86 cars built to commemorate an IMSA championship. It was followed by the Exclusive Department’s 1994 911 Turbo S Flachbau, with 93 cars in four models. Lastly, we had the 1994 911 Turbo 3.6, with 1,437 built. These special 964-series 911s raised a lot of money for Porsche.

Next, there was the 928 in its final GTS variant, plus the rare 959 Sport.

So, what about the 968, the 3-liter successor to the 944?

Road-car specials

The 1993 968 Club Sport came first. About 20%–25% were sold with the M030-option sport suspension and M220-option LSD. Lots of minor changes cut out 220 pounds, down to 2,910 with just under 240 horsepower. The M030 package included bigger brakes from the Carrera RS with special front spindles and cross-drilled rotors, Koni shocks with threaded collars in front, coil-overs added to the rear and larger adjustable sway bars.

British magazine Performance Car awarded the Club Sport “Performance Car of the Year.” Racer and factory development driver Walter Röhrl deemed it the best-handling Porsche he had ever driven. Porsche priced the cars at about $46k and was pleased with the 1,923 cars it sold, without the North American market being offered any.

The 968 Turbo RS arrived next, but we’ll skip forward to its derivative road car, the 968 Turbo S. Porsche thought the public would jump on a car with 50:50 weight distribution, superior handling and real horsepower, so it planned to build 100 Turbo Ss. Based on the Club Sport, the Turbo S had a big rear wing, bigger front spoiler, NACA ducts on the hood and modular Speedline wheels. The engine developed 305 hp and 369 lb-ft of torque, delivering 0–60-mph times of 4.7 seconds with a top speed of 175 mph, geared long. But just 14 of them were sold. Cost, politics and the upcoming Boxster all intervened to doom the project.

Because of their scarcity, the Turbo S is highly collectible now. At least two have sold over a million dollars, plus several in the high six-digits. There have been two public sales: The orange example at Gooding & Company’s online sale in May 2021 sold for $792k (SCM# 6946112) and the seller was very disappointed. The silver one, reportedly the best of them all, was at Gooding Christie’s Amelia Island sale this year, where it stalled at $775k (SCM# 6971710), going unsold with almost no bidding.

The racy RS

The most interesting 968 variant of all was the 1992–93 Turbo RS racer with either 337 or 355 hp, depending on the turbocharger chosen (one for German ADAC GT Series, another for FIA/IMSA racing) and 370 lb-ft of torque. Short-gearing gave a top speed of 158 mph and 0–60 mph in 4.4 seconds. Factory personnel were quoted saying the car would beat a 964-series 911 RSR in a road race. Nonetheless, it never caught on; only four were sold out of Jürgen Barth’s Customer Racing department. Three of these Turbo RSs were sequentially numbered WP0ZZZ96ZPS896061 through -063, painted yellow, black and white, respectively. The fourth car was a red 968 CS-derived prototype of the previous model year (WP0ZZZ96ZNS820065).

Owners and many journalists dismiss the prototype and say three examples were built, but the prototype arguably had the most interesting race record. First leased to Joest Racing for ADAC Cup races while the team awaited construction of RS 063, Manfred Reuter raced it twice in ADAC GT before it was sold to Seikel Motorsport for 1994. Seikel raced it at Dijon, Montlhéry, Spa, Vallelunga and the 24 Hours of Le Mans, where it had an accident in the fourth hour and retired. In 1995, this RS went to Lloyd Hawkins, who drove the car with David Murry at the Daytona 3 Hours and the 12 Hours of Sebring, among other IMSA races. It is now in a premier American collection featuring all Porsche RS models ever built.

The yellow RS, no. 061, went to South Africa and was reportedly modified by TechArt. Joest raced the white no. 063 once in 1993 at ADAC Nürburgring, then sold the car to Roock Racing, who campaigned it for the 1994 ADAC Cup series. It was said to have been severely wrecked at the 1994 ADAC Nürburgring race.

A future for front-engine?

Car no. 062 was shown at the December 1993 Essen Auto Show in the “Bubbles” paint scheme that you see here. In February, Porsche sold it to Norwegian Erik Henriksen, who raced it with American Justin Bell. Interestingly, the car had several road-car options. Henriksen modified the car for longer races with a large fuel cell, air jacks, a lightweight Kevlar hood, doors and front fenders, plus wider center-lock BBS wheels.

The car’s first ADAC race at Paul Ricard scored a DNF, with engine failure. Porsche gave the team a fresh motor. At Jarama, the car finished 4th in GT class and 8th overall. A 3rd-in-class and 6th overall followed at Dijon. At both Montlhéry and the Vallelunga 1000 Km, it finished well down the standings. Henriksen then parked the car, saying that he thought it was going to be collectible. Smart man. In retirement for the next 30 years, the car was kept as it last raced.

For Broad Arrow’s Amelia auction appearance, the car had its original body panels reinstalled, with the extra Kevlar panels included. Broad Arrow thought the car’s street options were cool and they loved the race history. Me? Not so much. With a pre-auction estimate “in excess of $1,000,000,” it hammered sold at $700k, or $775k after buyer’s premium. The gentleman who bought it arrived at the auction with his extended family, determined to take the car home — and he did.

Initially, I thought the sale was a bargain. Then I considered that this new market, dominated by post-Millennials, may not be infatuated with front-engine Porsches. This result and Gooding Christie’s Turbo S sale across town indicate that possibility.

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