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1982 Porsche 956 Group C Endurance Racing Coupe – Lot 261 Unsold at $2,000,000

Holy crap, this is awesome. The Porsche 956 and slightly altered 962 were some of the greatest racecars of all time. Some people will even tell you THE best. Endurance racers built as a follow-up to the hugely successful 935, Porsche went in with a clean slate and came away a multiple champion. These Porsches managed to rack up 120+ wons over their 13-year lifespan. The cars are still revered in the racing world, and this one is especially well regarded. It's the ex-factory car that finished second at Le Mans in 1982. And then it won outright in 1983. It has the 620hp, 2,649cc intercooled twin-turbo, dual overhead camshaft, four-valve per cylinder boxer six, with air cooled cylinders and water-cooled heads. Altogether 124 of these 956/962 series racers were built by Porsche and somewhere around 56 others were built by privateers. Only about 20 of them served on the official Porsche AG factory racing team over the years. It managed a high bid of $2,000,000 but didn't meet its reserve and went unsold. More thorough rundown of this car from the RM catalog after the jump.

[Source: RM Auctions]