Diego Maradona’s 1992 Porsche 911 goes to auction
A lucky buyer could score the soccer legends personal 1992 Porsche 911 964 Convertible
A rare Porsche 911 owned by Argentinian soccer great Deigo Maradona is being offered for sale for the first time since his passing.
Delivered new to Maradona when he moved to Spain to captain the Sevilla Football Club in 1992, the Porsche 911 Type 964 Carrera 2 Convertible Work Looks Turbo, was one of only 1200 produced over a two-year run.
Powered by a 3.6-litre Carrera 2 engine, the ‘supercar of its day’ pumped out 186kW with a top speed of 260km/h.
A fact not lost on ‘El Diego’ who regularly drove the Porsche to and from soccer training and was famously stopped by police in this very car for jumping a red light and speeding at 180km/h through the city centre, oh the stories the car could tell.
Renting a villa from Spain's most famous bullfighter, Maradona enjoyed a hero’s welcome to Spain with the team and fans hoping he would bring the ‘Maradona Magic’ to the side, but the sportsman made more headlines with his off-the-pitch party-antics and left Sevilla FC just one year later.
Selling the Porsche to a private owner in Majorca, the car was kept for 20 years before passing through a number of French collectors. The current owner has had a slice of Maradona history since 2016, with 120,000kms on the odometer, but auctioneers report the car is in “original yet well-preserved condition”.
A drawcard for diehard fans, the 964 comes with various paperwork showing Maradona as the first owner and a logbook signed in the soccer players full name and address during his year in Seville.
Paul Darvill, Bonhams European auctions manager, said: “We are delighted to present this quintessential '90s Porsche with its very colourful and unique provenance, which will appeal to many football enthusiast collectors worldwide.”
Lining up with more than 60 other collectors cars in Bonhams, ‘Les Grand Marques Du Monde à Paris’ online auction, the 911 is estimated to sell between €150,000 – 200,000 (AU$234,126 - 312,168), with the auction beginning on 3 March 2021.
Diego Maradona died on 25 November 2020, at the age of 60, after suffering a heart attack at his home in Dique Luján, Buenos Aires.