This past weekend, Porsche Platica returned to Knoxville, Tennessee, for its third running year. Where the Carrera GT was the show-stopper last year, this year it was the 911R as the event's focus this year, as the model celebrates 10 years. Five early model 911Rs from 1967 were also present. We brought along a very special car: a Gunther Werks 400R finished in Greenwich Green over a terracotta interior, on gold Fuchs wheels, and it will soon be available on duPont REGISTRY Live.
This is not just any 400R. Professional racing driver Randy Pobst piloted this exact car to a Laguna Seca lap record for air-cooled Porsches, posting a time of 1:30.99, which is just two-tenths of a second off the McLaren P1. The car comes with a second spoiler and a signed front trunk lid, complete with a scratch from the record run itself.
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Handbuilt in Huntington Beach in Orange County, California, the 400R is built on a stripped 993-generation 911 chassis, the widebody with extensive use of carbon fiber, tips the scales at just over 2,650 pounds. Power comes from a naturally aspirated 4.0-liter air-cooled flat-six producing 435 horsepower, sent through a six-speed manual transmission. It is, by every measure, an analog exercise in obsession: no driver aids, hydraulic steering, and KW Clubsport coilovers tuned for feel over forgiveness.
With only 25 examples ever produced, each built to individual customer specification, the 400R occupies rarefied territory. This Greenwich example is one of the most visually arresting color combinations in the run, and it will be offered on the platform for the first time. It will also be the second Gunther Werks to cross the dR Live block, following the seven-figure result achieved by a GW Speedster earlier this year.
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