1989 Porsche 911 Speedster

• Built on the J-Series platform at Zuffenhausen for one year only (1989)
• Two body styles, 'Turbo Look' and standard. 2,104 built in total. Very few right-hand drive
• Finished in gleaming Grand Prix White with a Navy Blue leather interior, blue soft top and black-centred Fuchs alloys
• 231bhp, 3164cc flat-six from the Carrera. 0-60 in 5.4 seconds and 150mph
• Supplied new by Porsche Melbourne and first registered on 17/08/1989
• Full service history, 7 stamps in the original service book. Most recent at 6,704 km
• Original handbooks/wallet. Porsche Letter of Authenticity.
• Possibly the best original example available today.

Inspired by the iconic 1950s Porsche 356 Speedster's unique low line look, Porsche introduced the Carrera 2-based Speedster as a concept at the 1987 Frankfurt Motor Show. It was a two-seater based on the J-programme, ‘rubber bumper’ 911 and designed to relive the no-frills, top-down days of the original 356 Speedster. The new car was intended for “friends of open motoring,” as Porsche put it, and its roof was stored under a colour-coded polyurethane moulding on the rear deck, behind the driver and passenger’s heads. The seats were lower than normal, the aluminium-framed windscreen was raked back by five degrees and the side windows were frameless.

The Speedster made it into production for one year only, 1989, and was available in two body styles: Turbo Look and standard, with the 935-style 'Slant-Nose' treatment available on either. 2,104 were built in total, primarily for Porsche’s two core markets, the United States and Germany and only a handful of right-hand drive cars made it to the UK.

Performance from the 231bhp, 3164cc flat-six was well up to Porsche’s standards with a 0-60mph time of 5.4 seconds and a top speed of over 150mph. Porsche was confident it was now building a powerful, reliable engine for the 911 and, from 1986, was offering a five-year, or 50,000 miles warranty. The Speedster was the last 911 model built on the basic bodyshell of the original, 1963 911 and the final 911 produced at the old Zuffenhausen factory as the 964 that followed was built on an all-new production line.

This ‘as new’ example is a very rare right-hand drive car that has only covered 4,347 miles(6,947 km) and was supplied to Porsche Australia and delivered to its first owner Lindsay Fox by Hamiltons of Melbourne on 17-08-1989. Finished in Grand Prix White with Marine Blue Leatherette/Blue leather inserts and a Dark Blue Hood, the optional equipment included the Turbo Look (491), short gear lever, alarm and velour carpet to the luggage compartment. In 2005, the Speedster was purchased by New Zealander, Paul Halford, at the the Lindsay Fox Sale when it showed just 3,475 km. In 2015, it was exported to the UK and, at that point, the service book showed four stamps from ‘down under’ up to 5,570 km. Since then, it has had three UK services, first with the Porsche Centre Hatfield at 5,932 km in 2015, Porsche Swindon at 6,233 km in 2017 and Hexagon at 6,704 km in 2019. There are now seven stamps in the service records corroborating the incredibly low mileage. 

Make no mistake, this Speedster is as close as you will get to rolling off the production line in the Summer of 1989 and it's a credit to the four previous owners who have kept it in this remarkable condition. They do not come any better. We would welcome any enquiries from Australia and New Zealand and would help in its repatriation.