Highest bid for a new Porsche car
There was talk that Porsche would make a modern version of the character Sally Carrera, modeled after the Porsche 911 (996 type) in the movie Cars, with a 992 type Porsche 911 and auction it for charity purposes.
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The modern version of Sally Carrera, "Porsche 911 Sally Special", was sold at RM Sotheby's Monterey auction on Saturday, August 20, 2022.
According to RM Sotheby's, the winning bid is the highest for a "new car" from Porsche, with a winning bid of $3.6 million (approximately 490 million yen).
The auction house at this time was full and it was held in a very tense atmosphere, but the person who finally made a successful bid was the bidder on the phone.
Bid on Porsche for about 500 million yen with one phone call!
A 2002 Sally Carrera Porsche 911 was also reunited at the auction, along with the original team members involved in the making of the movie Cars.
The members who gathered were actress Bonnie Hunt, who voiced Sally Carrera, Pixar Animation Studio franchise creative director Jay Ward, and the first Cars production designer to draw a sketch of Sally Carrera 20 years ago. Mr. Bob Pauley and others.
If you win the latest Sally Carrera this time, you will receive not only the 911 body but also a watch specially designed by Porsche Design for this Sally Carrera.
The highlight of the watch is also the Sally Blue Metallic (same color as the car) color.
In addition, another set of wheels in a bespoke rack also painted in Surrey Blue Metallic, a special body cover for Surrey Special, and the end-to-end production process and sketches leading up to the creation of this 911. A book that summarizes etc.
According to RM Sotheby's, they received a lot of inquiries about the Sally Carrera auction in the week before the auction. It seems that it was found that interest in this auction accelerated at a stretch during that period due to the fact that it became a hot topic.
As the original concept, the project started with "Can Sally, who helps people in the movie Cars, help people in the real world?" Disney won't get a dime, all of it will be donated.
The successful bid amount will be donated to "Girls Inc.", and the other will support Ukrainian refugees through the United States' "UNHCR".
Sally jumped out of the world of movies into the real world (of course, production costs were incurred), and collected about 500 million yen as donations to help people in need. Awesome ^^
Everyone involved in this project has completely fulfilled the "role as Sally" that they envisioned, and I think the team members were happy with this ^^
Exhibitor:(Official) Porsche 911 Sally Special sells for record $3.6 million at RM Sotheby's Monterey Auction
I'm Rika, the author of this article. Ever since Porsche 911 became my favorite car, I've become totally addicted to Porsche, and I can't stop loving Porsche, so I started this blog. My favorite cars are 911 Carrera (991.2), 911 Carrera Cabriolet (992.1), and 911 Carrera T (992.1).
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