Porsche 911 Turbo S Land Down Under expected to fetch seven figures at auction

Porsche Australia's 911 Turbo S Land Down Under will go under the hammer early next year, with the one-off 75th anniversary creation expected to fetch a hefty sum on auction day.

"Our very special Land Down Under car will be… auctioned at the beginning of next year," Porsche Cars Australia CEO Daniel Schmollinger told local media in Sydney.

“I think we can safely say [it will sell for] seven digits," added a Porsche Cars Australia spokesperson.

A date and location for the auction will be announced 'in due course'.

Porsche has also revealed that it intends to part with its 'compass cars' – a quartet of commemorative models inspired by different corners of Australia’s “vast 7.6-million square kilometre landscape”.

However, it's unclear whether the four vehicles – based on the Panamera 4 E-Hybrid, Macan 4S, Taycan 4S Cross Turismo and Cayenne S – will be auctioned off alongside the Land Down Under.

“The compass cars will be sold at one point in time. We will keep them, of course, for our different events that we have across the country," confirmed Mr Schmollinger.

Revealed late last week, the Australia-themed Land Down Under is the product of a collaboration between Porsche's local arm, the German automaker's Sonderwunsch (special request) customisation team, the in-house Style Porsche design division, and globally renowned contemporary artist Werner Bronkhorst.

It presents in two new Chromaflair exterior paint finishes – Terra Australis Red and Southern Cross Blue – with the bodywork painted by hand over 300 hours to create a detailed gradient effect reminiscent of an outback sunset.

Other exterior highlights include Turbo Exclusive wheels painted Southern Cross Blue, a semi-hidden ‘75’ script on the roof, and a series of miniature artworks dotted across the exterior depicting iconic Australian fauna and human-inspired motifs.

Inside, Dark Night Blue and project-specific Coolibah Brown leather feature across the dash, doors and steering wheel, joined by Australian Silky Oak wood inlays.

The sports seats feature 14,417 perforations arranged to resemble paintbrush strokes, while a topographical map of the Blue Mountains spans the upper dash and doors.

Overhead, the headliner is embroidered with Southern Hemisphere constellations as they appeared above Uluru in 1951, marking the year Porsche arrived in Australia.

Mechanically, the Land Down Under is unchanged from the standard 911 Turbo S.

The Land Down Under isn’t Porsche’s first model created specifically to celebrate its Australian history.

In 2021, Porsche marked 70 years in Australia with the 911 GT3 70 Years Porsche Australia Edition, a locally inspired special edition based on the then-new 992-generation GT3 Touring.

Developed by Porsche Cars Australia, Porsche Exclusive Manufaktur, and Style Porsche, the 70 Years paid homage to one of the first 356 models imported to Australia in 1951.

Limited to 26 units, it commanded $494,300 before on-road costs at launch – a premium of $124,700 over the standard GT3 Touring, but still considerably less than the new Land Down Under's predicted sale price.

In 2023, a lightly used 70 Years Porsche Australia Edition sold for $670,500 via auction website Collecting Cars.

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