1997 Porsche Boxster Lux
** Please Note this auction is now ending on the 9th of July **
Highlights
- Striking example of launch spec Boxster Lux spec with plethora of options
- Savannah Beige and Flamenco Red two-tone leather interior
- Warranted 31,500 miles
- MOT valid until 21st February 2025
The Appeal
During the early 1990s, Porsche’s engineers set themselves the single most significant challenge they'd faced in years. The brief of 'Project 986' was to emulate the appeal of the classic 911 sports car in a package that could be sold for less than half the price: To create a ‘Baby 911’ for the mass sports car market.
It would become the car that saved Porsche and returned the brand to profitability. We know it better as the Boxster – an instant hit when new and very much a modern classic today, especially in the case of the first-generation cars, which now attract the nostalgia to go along with the driver appeal and accessibility they always had.
This one is a very early example – a 1997 first-generation car with the launch-spec 2.5-litre engine and with a host of special-order accessories. In this colour combination, it's not a car for shrinking violets, but as a piece of 1990s retro, it’s very cool indeed.
The History and Paperwork
- UK V5C
- MOT valid until 21st February 2025
- Five previous registered keepers
- Prior to June 2023 the previous owner kept the vehicle for 13 years
- Owner’s manual present
- Old MOT certificates and old V5C
- Selection of invoices documenting work carried out over 25 years
- Two keys
- Original option code list under bonnet documenting Lux specification and confirming it’s a genuine ‘Porsche Exclusiv-Program’ car, built to bespoke order, with SportTechnic package and a sports chassis
The Condition
- Classic Guards Red
- Colour-matched 17-inch ‘Twist-Spoke’ wheels from Porsche Exclusiv-Program
- Excellent roof, in perfect working order
- No notable dents or damage
- Appears very good underneath
- New Nexen tyres all round
- Colour-coded rollover hoops
- Special order ‘Exclusiv-Program’ Savannah Beige and Flamenco Red leather
- Leather facings (in Flamenco Red) to dash, transmission tunnel, and centre console
- Ultra-rare Flamenco Red steering wheel with wood trim
- Excellent seats, door trims and carpets with no notable damage
- Optional wind deflector
- Factory floor mats
- White-backed sports dials
- Stainless steel ‘Boxster’ door kickplates
- Spacesaver spare wheel
- Original tool roll and jack
- Trip computer
- Factory CD/Radio
- Wood/alloy gear knob and handbrake lever
The Mechanics
- 2.5-litre naturally aspirated flat-six
- 204bhp
- 0-60mph in 6.3 seconds
- Five-speed manual gearbox
- Well-maintained, low mileage and described by the vendor as in fantastic running order, with no known faults or issues
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Auction Details
- Year 1997
- Make Porsche
- Model Boxster
- Colour Red
- Mileage 31,760 Miles
- Engine size 2480
- Seller Type Private
- Town Aberdare
- County Wales
- Country United Kingdom
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Auction ends
21
bids
- beastlo•••• £6,500 08/07/24
- david-k•••• £6,350 06/07/24
- robert-•••• £6,250 06/07/24
- robert-•••• £6,000 06/07/24
- david-k•••• £5,700 06/07/24
- sean co•••• £5,600 05/07/24
- david-k•••• £5,500 05/07/24
- sean co•••• £5,050 05/07/24
- david-k•••• £4,800 05/07/24
- sean co•••• £4,700 05/07/24
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