The world's most expensive Porsche 928 GTS is coming back home to the United States after spending some time in France. The returning Porsche holds a special value as this was the final 928 GTS to roll off the company's production line sold to the public.
Also known as the Perlglanz car, this one-of-a-kind vehicle is the most heavily-optioned 928 GTS ever built by Porsche. The car was initially built for the United States market and sold in Florida by Champion Porsche.
The Porsche 928 GTS was sold for $184,938, around $340,000 in today's valuation. What made this 928 GTS model immediately stand out was the Perlglanz paint that Porsche applied to it, which was a $2,664 option at that time.
Interestingly, this Porsche 928 GTS was sold with an additional 20 liters of the Perlglanz paint just in case the luxury car ever needed touching up with its exterior. The unique set of options in this 928 GTS was not exclusive to the car's exterior, as they can also be found inside this luxurious Porsche model.
Bright green leather seats were installed inside this Porsche 928 GTS, an option that cost the original buyer $24,817. The car's other interior components are draped in violet-colored leather, including the 928 GTS' door handles, steering wheel stalks, seat adjustment switches, instrument shroud, air vent surrounds, ashtray covers, and speaker trims.
The carpets found inside this car are also plum-colored for consistency. Like the Perlglanz paint, the original owner was given an extra supply of plum carpet, with 20 more meters of that material sold with the vehicle.
To help this Porsche 928 GTS capture even more attention, the car also features purple seatbelts. This option proved costly, with the original buyer paying $9,095 to have the Porsche 928 GTS have this particular feature. Porsche's seatbelt supplier needed to be creative to achieve this specific color design, dyeing an entire roll of webbing to create the purple seatbelts.
Due to its unique features and the car being the last 928 GTS to roll off Porsche's production line, the Perlglanz car became the stuff of legends and was a dream acquisition for some collectors. Alexander VanDamme and his brother Sigmund VanDamme shared that dream, working tirelessly to bring this vehicle back to the U.S.
The long wait is finally over for both of them, with the VanDamme brothers sealing the transaction in France after months of negotiations with the previous owner. In a Facebook post of Flussig magazine, Alexander VanDamme thanked Roland and Regis Perrin for facilitating the Porsche 928 GTS sale in France, as well as Andrew McCulley, who told the brothers of the car's whereabouts.
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