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He bought 6 Porsches for a childhood dream and now sells them in a package with a truck included

The case of the auction that RM Sotheby's is holding this coming April 28th is one of the most peculiar we've ever seen. Because there are many Porsche fans with money. Some of them, those who buy more for collecting than for driving, hoard very limited-edition units in their garages that they give up driving, and which they sell years later because the car has appreciated in value, because they've now become infatuated with other models, or both.

But the case of the collector who acquired these six 991-generation Porsche 911s, of whom we only know that he's German, is much more special because it fulfilled a childhood dream: he wanted to have a small collection of sports cars to play with, as well as a truck to load and transport them. And since he couldn't have all of that, when he grew up, he made up for it by buying these six Porsches and a truck to transport them around.

The models are among the most desirable of the 991 generation. The two simplest are two 911 GT3s, both with 510 hp. The first is red with a black interior, features the coveted Clubsport package, and features ceramic brakes, bucket seats, harnesses, a roll cage, and a 90-liter fuel tank, among other options that would increase the official price, which, at least in Spain, was €222,712. He bought this "beast," which reaches 320 km/h and goes from 0 to 100 in 3.9 s, in 2018. Although it has less than 50 kilometers on the clock, he took it in for an oil change in 2020, and in 2023 he had it changed again, along with the brake fluid and the installation of new spark plugs and a new battery. The most 'civilized'... The other GT3, this one with less than 20 kilometers, is a Touring version also purchased in 2018 for a similar price. This time it was black with ceramic brakes, an extended leather interior package, a large fuel tank...And at the same time as the previous model, it underwent the same maintenance operations.

A year later, in 2019, a GT3 RS was brought from the dealership in Racing Yellow with a black leather interior, a multitude of optional carbon fiber parts, and optional magnesium wheels. Its engine produced 525 hp and allowed it to go from 0 to 100 km/h in 3.2 seconds, in addition to reaching 296 km/h. The car, which cost €286,400 without options, was ordered with a large fuel tank, as well as a ClubSport package that includes a roll cage, fire extinguisher, and harnesses. Although he didn't use it (it currently has 27 kilometers on the clock), he requested a change of oil, brake fluid, spark plugs, and battery in March 2023, after which he took it home again, never to be touched again.

An exclusive 911 R...Even more exclusive than these, in 2016 he managed to get his hands on one of the 991 Porsche 911 Rs ever produced, a car with 500 hp (0 to 100 km/h in 3.8 s and 323 km/h) that cost 217,468 euros and which Porsche sold only to its best customers. The maintenance he has performed is the same as the other 911s, and this sports car currently has less than 50 kilometers on its dial. It was ordered in white with red stripes and features such interesting options as the single-mass flywheel, ceramic brakes, and carbon fiber seats.

But he also wanted to acquire (and did acquire) racing models. One of them is a 2018 911 GT3 Cup, which has never been serviced but has also never been driven, either on the track or on the road. In this case, the car includes the protective film on the body and the interior protectors that it comes with upon pre-delivery, and its price was probably close to €400,000.

A racing beast... And the last, the wildest of all, is a Porsche 911 GT3 Cup R with FIA homologation and specifications for racing in international GT3 championships. It probably cost him more than €600,000, and all just to sit inside it, because it's completely unused.

But if all these cars (we have no doubt he'll have many more) are a childhood dream, and he wants to say goodbye to that now-fulfilled dream, it's only natural that he's also put up for sale the MAN TGX truck and the Rolfo Auriga trailer, which he also bought new in 2019 for the sole purpose of transporting these cars. This behemoth was specified with a 4x2 wheel configuration, air suspension, and an XXL-sized cab, and its six-cylinder diesel engine delivers 640 hp. It's not that he's used it much, but the fact that it has 500 kilometers on the clock (nothing for a car, much less a truck) means he's at least paraded his collection of 'big toys' around somewhere.

But we insist: the condition of the sale is that the cars and truck be sold together and inseparably. All for a price that hasn't been disclosed but could exceed €1.5 million. This greatly limits the number of potential buyers, but perhaps the seller doesn't mind this detail at all.