Last-ever 993 Porsche 911 Turbo for sale

Everyone knows Jerry Seinfeld owns the final 993, so what's the deal with this Turbo?

Comedy legend Jerry Seinfeld may have one of the greatest collections of Porsches on the planet. Anyone who’s ever watched the stand-up and sitcom star’s Netflix show ‘Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee’ would have seen many of his 356s and a one-of-34 718 RSK Spyder, and he’s been papped driving countless rarities such as a 911 Carrera RSR, 550 Spyder and an all-white 959. So close to Porsche is Seinfeld that he seems to get first dibs on its unicorn cars, like the 996 Classic Club Coupe and the Carrera GT prototype. Enough to start his own museum, then.

Seinfeld has never revealed if there’s a particular theme to the collection (other than the rarest cars Porsche will sell him) but he does seem to have a thing for build numbers. The 356 SC Cabriolet Dutch police car that appeared on the show is said to be the final 356 ever produced, and he supposedly has the keys to the first 911 imported to the US, which was originally built for Ferry Porsche. He also famously owns the last air-cooled 911 ever made: a 993 Carrera 4S Cabriolet in Mexico Blue. Only maybe not because the seller of this 911 Turbo claims their car is the last air-cooled 911. Hmm.

So who’s right here? Well, both of them. According to the vendor, Seinfeld’s 911 Cabrio is indeed the final car to roll off the 993 production line, but the example you see here is the last example to actually leave the factory. That’s because it’s a special order car, taken off the production line on 27th March 1998 - the day Ferry Porsche died - before spending the next six months with the then-Special Wishes team where it was kitted out with a host of personalised options and items (more on those in a bit). And if you’re still in doubt, there’s a letter from Porsche certifying that this 911 Turbo, while not the last car on the production line, is the final 993 to leave the factory. Wowzers. 

The ‘Special Wishes’ of the original owner were relatively subtle (nothing too personal or garish, thankfully), which included having the wheel spokes and brake callipers painted in the same stunning Ocean Blue colour as the bodywork. Additionally, the Midnight Blue leather was extended to cover pretty much every surface in sight and there’s a memorial plaque (written in German) to Ferry Porsche placed on the dash in front of the passenger. Finally, there’s ‘The Last Waltz’ inscribed on the door sills, which hammers home just how special this 993 is.

Although it’s a non-S Turbo, it was originally specced with the WLS 2 Performance kit, bumping power from the M64/60 twin-turbo flat-six from the stock 408hp to 450hp, bringing it up to the baseline performance of the range-topper. And because Porsche was still several years away from launching the PDK, it gets the standard six-speed manual to channel the power to all four wheels. If only the steering wheel were on the correct side, then we’d probably be looking at the closest thing to the perfect 993.

So magnificent is it that it’s collected silverware from numerous concours events for you to proudly display in the living room. It’s picked those up while travelling through Japan and the US, and although it’s currently registered in Belgium the seller insists that getting it set up for life in the UK should be a doddle. The asking price is £1,500,000, a fair old wad for a 993 Turbo but chump change for Mr Seinfeld. Phone up the seller as soon as possible if you’re interested, because once Jerry catches wind it’ll probably be gone in a heartbeat. 

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