Porsche builds a Speedster roughly once per generation and never many of them. For the 997 the number was exactly 356 cars worldwide, a deliberate nod to the 356 Speedster that started it all. Built by Porsche Exclusive in Zuffenhausen as a halo car for the end of the 997 era, it came with the best the catalog had to offer: wide Carrera 4 bodywork, ceramic composite brakes, PASM active suspension, the 408 horsepower Powerkit flat-six, and Sport Chrono as standard. At 356 units it is the rarest Speedster Porsche has ever produced — fewer than the 964, fewer than the 1989 run, and fewer than the 991 Speedster that followed. Rarer than nearly any GT car, and unlike a GT car, it was never meant to be common.

This example is finished in Pure Blue, the color Porsche Exclusive created for this model and the one collectors specifically look for. The interior pairs black smooth leather with Pure Blue side bolsters, checkered flag seat centers, and blue contrast stitching throughout — a combination that exists nowhere else in the Porsche world. With the chopped windshield, double bubble tonneau cover, and wide body, this is a car that turns heads before the engine is even running. It has 1,121 miles from new, is in new condition throughout, and represents exactly the kind of irreplaceable object that serious Porsche collections are built around. Pure Blue, four digit miles, 356 built. The case makes itself.