{"id":852138,"date":"2026-08-12T03:08:20","date_gmt":"2026-08-12T03:08:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/852138\/"},"modified":"2026-08-12T03:08:20","modified_gmt":"2026-08-12T03:08:20","slug":"porsche-911-turbo-s-land-down-under-expected-to-fetch-seven-figures-at-auction","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/852138\/","title":{"rendered":"Porsche 911 Turbo S Land Down Under expected to fetch seven figures at auction"},"content":{"rendered":"

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.<\/p>\n

“Our very special Land Down Under car will be\u2026 auctioned at the beginning of next year,” Porsche Cars Australia CEO Daniel Schmollinger told local media in Sydney.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think we can safely say [it will sell for] seven digits,” added a Porsche Cars Australia spokesperson.<\/p>\n

A date and location for the auction will be announced ‘in due course’.<\/p>\n

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Porsche has also revealed that it intends to part with its ‘compass cars’ \u2013 a quartet of commemorative models inspired by different corners of Australia\u2019s \u201cvast 7.6-million square kilometre landscape\u201d.<\/p>\n

However, it’s unclear whether the four vehicles \u2013 based on the\u00a0Panamera 4 E-Hybrid<\/a>,\u00a0Macan 4S<\/a>,\u00a0Taycan 4S Cross Turismo<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0Cayenne S<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 will be auctioned off alongside the Land Down Under.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe 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.<\/p>\n

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.<\/p>\n

It presents in two new Chromaflair exterior paint finishes \u2013 Terra Australis Red and Southern Cross Blue \u2013 with the bodywork painted by hand over 300 hours to create a detailed gradient effect reminiscent of an outback sunset.<\/p>\n

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Other exterior highlights include Turbo Exclusive wheels painted Southern Cross Blue, a semi-hidden \u201875\u2019 script on the roof, and a series of miniature artworks dotted across the exterior depicting iconic Australian fauna and human-inspired motifs.<\/p>\n

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.<\/p>\n

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.<\/p>\n

Overhead, the headliner is embroidered with Southern Hemisphere constellations as they appeared above Uluru in 1951, marking the year Porsche arrived in Australia.<\/p>\n

Mechanically, the Land Down Under is unchanged from the standard 911 Turbo S.<\/p>\n

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The Land Down Under isn\u2019t Porsche\u2019s first model created specifically to celebrate its Australian history.<\/p>\n

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

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.<\/p>\n

Limited to 26 units, it commanded $494,300 before on-road costs at launch \u2013 a premium of $124,700 over the standard GT3 Touring, but still considerably less than the new Land Down Under’s predicted sale price.<\/p>\n

In 2023, a lightly used 70 Years Porsche Australia Edition sold for $670,500 via auction website Collecting Cars<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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