Porsche has built a dizzying array of incredible race cars and road cars over the decades but none of them are quite as remarkable as the 911 GT1 Strassenversion.
The German carmaker built the 911 GT1 to compete in the GT1 class at the 24 Hours of Le Mans and as part of the requirements for this, had to build a limited-run of street-legal examples. Κnown as the 911 GT1 Strassenversion, it was built in just 20 examples, making it not just extremely rare but it is also eye-wateringly expensive; an example sold at auction in 2017 for $5.6 million. It’s hard to say how much is it worth today but a figure exceeding the $10 million mark is entirely possible.
While some of the 911 GT1 Strassenversions out there reside in private collections, there is one that lives out its days at the Porsche Museum in Stuttgart. Fortunately, Porsche hasn’t resigned it to a life on display and recently took it into the high mountains of Germany, driving it the way it was designed to be driven.
It looks as though Porsche was able to close off a stunning ribbon of mountain road to film the clip. The car is shown in all its glory throughout the high-paced video and can be seen speeding through tunnels, speeding around sweeping bends, and getting thrown through some tight hairpins. Given how valuable the car is, one has to respect Porsche’s move to take it out of the museum and onto the open road.
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Found beneath the aerodynamic bodywork of the Strassenversion is a twin-turbocharged 3.2-liter water-cooled flat-six producing approximately 700 hp. This engine is coupled to a manual transmission driving the rear wheels, allowing the car to hit 62 mph (100 km/h) in 3.7 seconds while powering through to a 192 mph (310 km/h) top speed.
