Porsche's "Sally Carrera" One-Off Sold for $3.6 Million

A week ago, Porsche finally revealed what may be the strangest project in the history of its Sonderwunsch one-off team: a 911 GTS inspired by Sally Carrera, the character from Pixar's Cars franchise. Now, we know exactly how much an open market values a car from Cars. The Sally Carrera GTS sold for $3.6 million at last night's RM Sotheby's auction in Monterey.

For those keeping score at home, that is more than 24 times the cost of a base 992-generation 911 GTS. Of course, this is not a basic 911 GTS. A collaboration between Sunderwunsch and the original designers of the Sally Carrera character, the car features a wide variety of completely unique design pieces. The most notable are the modern take on the 996-generation Turbo Twist wheels the original Sally Carrera boasts. The color is also original, as are both the pinstripe "tattoo" decal from the original character and the blue exterior-colored trim throughout. Even the wheel-mounted drive select button has been replaced by one branded as "Kachow! mode."

Porsche says that the sale benefits two charities, the educational organization Girls Inc. and USA for UNHCR, the UN Refugees Agency. Thanks to substantial interest in both one-off Porsches and the movie Cars, both should be receiving a significant influx of funding.

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