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Gooding Christie’s appears to be going in surprisingly strong with the estimate for this 1993 Porsche 968 Turbo S being auctioned at the Amelia Island Conours 2026.

To give the auction house some credit, the Turbo S is an exceptionally rare car, with just 14 examples officially produced between 1993 and 1994. Originally conceived as a limited run of 100 cars, the project never reached that scale, leaving the surviving examples among the most elusive modern Porsches in existence.

With so few cars ever built — and most long settled in collections — opportunities to acquire one are exceptionally rare. That scarcity is clearly reflected in their estimate of $900,000–$1,200,000.

Whether the atmosphere surrounding the weekend event translates into bidders willing to chase the car toward the upper end of that range remains to be seen.

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London dealer Joe Macari has brought one of the most significant competition McLarens to market, listing McLaren F1 GTR chassis 16R — a car that competed at the 1996 24 Hours of Le Mans — with a rumoured $30 million price tag.

One of the rarest iterations of the F1 lineage, 16R represents the era when McLaren’s road-derived racer reshaped international GT competition. Unlike the road-going F1s that have long since cemented their place in the collector hierarchy, competition GTRs occupy a more nuanced position — revered for pedigree, yet often traded more selectively.

This is not simply another headline listing. It quietly tests whether race-bred F1s are entering a new valuation phase, or whether appetite at this level remains disciplined despite growing reverence for 1990s competition cars. As ever at the top end, rarity alone does not guarantee velocity.

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