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Only 500 miles from new 1992 PORSCHE 964 CARRERA CUP USA Chassis No. WP0AB2962NS420579 Engine No. 62N81380 Grand Prix white with black leather interior Engine: six cylinder, air-cooled, 3600cc, 260bhp at 6,100rpm; Gearbox: five speed manual; Suspension: independent all-round with wishbones, coil springs, anti-roll bar to the front and semi-trailing arms with transverse torsion bars and anti-roll bar to the rear; Brakes: hydraulically ventilated disc all around. Left hand drive. Internally known as the 964, Porsche's engineers started production on the latest manifestation of the 911 in January 1989. The claim was made that the 964 was more than 80 all-new and subtle though it may have been, it is a worthy statement. The familiar 3.6 liter engine utilized a twin plug format and benefited from ceramic liners and hydraulic tensioners, and amazingly the engine was tuned to produce the same 250bhp in all markets regardless of the addition of catalytic converters. New front and rear bumpers gave an updated visual and the underside was also treated to an aerodynamic undertray. The 964 was also the model that introduced the innovative rear spoiler that rose (or lowered) depending upon the speed the car was traveling. The interior also received an updated instrument panel. Largely due to emission regulations the American market did not receive the bevy of models that Europe did, although the slimmed-down RS America (for the American and Canadian markets only) was produced over two years and nearly eight hundred examples were sold. The rarest road-legal derivative of the 964 was the Carrera Cup USA. It was basically a European specification RS base model which benefited from a lightened flywheel and produced an extra 10bhp. Additionally, the Carrera Cup USA had standard seats, central locking, electric windows, US-spec bumpers, air bags and door beams. A mere forty-five examples were built and the intention was for the cars to provide the basis for their own race series; all of the cars were finished in Grand Prix white except for one car which was Guards red. California-based marque race specialists Andial were charged with the job to convert the cars to race trim and had even converted approximately twenty-five before the series was cancelled largely due to a drop in the economy, forcing a lack of entries and thus the cars were converted back for street use. Most of the unconverted cars remained at the port in Charleston, South Carolina until they were all sold off through the dealer network. This example was one of only four cars that was neither left at the port nor converted to race trim. It was shipped to Andial's workshops and had the engine dyno-tested and sealed in addition to the installation of a racing clutch. Having covered just 500 miles, this 'as new' Carrera Cup USA provides a unique opportunity to acquire one of these limited production and well documented Porsche specials. The loosely fitting rear carpet (so uncharacteristically Porsche) is about the only sign that is not a regular production car. This has to be one of (if not the) lowest mileage examples in existence, condition is suitably excellent throughout and it is hard to think what this car may have otherwise endured if the series had actually gone ahead.