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A Cup-spec GT3 to a time-warp Defender cap off a scintillating month of auction action

By Cam Tait / Monday, 7 September 2026 / Loading comments

Porsche 911 (997.2) GT3 Clubsport, 2010, 23.9k miles - sold for £125,960*

Hard to imagine how anyone could improve upon the 997 GT3. As you’ll know, it’s the last 911 to have hydraulic steering, the last to be manual only, and one of the last powered by the legendary Mezger flat six. We could go on all day about how that all culminated in one of the best 911s of the modern era, and why there’s hardly any reason to mess about with it. So when you see a 997.2 like this GT3 Clubsport with aftermarket wheels and bucket seats with five-point harnesses, you’d be forgiven for feeling a little sceptical.

Yet, you need only skim the description to see that it’s been built to an incredibly high standard by Porsche experts JZM. Some £37,000 was poured into turning this GT3 into a Cup car for the road, including 3-way adjustable KW dampers, beefier suspension arms, a lightweight single-mass flywheel and a host of other upgrades. Best of all, the owner kept all the original parts, so you could switch it back to factory spec without much trouble. No wonder it was snapped up before going under the hammer, with the buyer making an offer the seller couldn’t refuse during the pre-bidding window. And with no 997.2 GT3s available on PH at the time of writing, those who missed out will surely be kicking themselves for not making an offer.

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Land Rover Defender 90, 2013, 83 miles - sold for £54,940*

Most of the coddled, ultra-low mile cars we see on PH are limited-run specials that owners hide away for years on end in the hope of a big payday once the market turns in the favour. What you rarely see, however, are cars that would normally serve as daily work horses popping up for auction having barely turned a wheel in their life, as was the case with this Land Rover Defender 90.

We’re not talking about a few thousand or even a few hundred miles here. Nope, this Defender has covered all but 83 miles over the last decade and a bit, which can probably be chalked up to delivery mileage alone. That obviously means it’s in as close to showroom condition as a 13-year-old Land Rover can be, having never lifted a finger in its life. And while an empty service book and no service history would normally send buyers running for the hills, it’s almost a badge of honour for this Defender. So how much is a museum-grade Defender 90 worth these days? Well, the hammer fell at £54,940 including the buyer’s fee, and that came after 134 bids had been placed. Question is, though, what does the buyer do now? Keep those 83 miles sacred, or use it for what Defenders were built for?

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Toyota Supra (A80), 1995, 112.4k miles - sold for £32,120

A few upgrades are to be expected when looking for an A80 Supra. They’re one of the most tuneable cars there’s ever been, where extracting gargantuan amounts of power can be done with just a few bolt-on mods. The Twin Turbo remains the version most sought after by tuners, which, along with a collector market hungry for clean examples, has driven prices up into the stratosphere. But there’s still plenty of potential in the more affordable, naturally aspirated model, as proven by the Supra we have here.

This example started life with the atmospheric 3.0-litre straight-six, before being handed over to renowned Supra specialist SRD Tuning for its ‘NA-T’ conversion. That’s right, this once naturally aspirated A80 now has a Borg Warner T4 turbo strapped to its 2JZ, as well as various other mods like an uprated intercooler, injectors and an oil cooler. It’s developing around 450hp at the moment, though you could easily get more out of it with a few more parts. Well, the new owner can, anyway, after landing the winning bid for a car that can either be enjoyed as it is or have even more mods thrown at it.

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Top 10 PistonHeads auction results in August*