When they say that vehicle history matters when buying a used car, usually that’s just checking to see that it hasn’t been on fire or hit a giraffe or took a dip in the Chesapeake or whatever. However, sometimes when a car is associated with a star, it can command more than you’d expect for an otherwise ordinary example. We’re about to find out if more recent star power affects collector car value, as a Porsche 911 GT3 RS customized under the direction of Dua Lipa is set to go under the gavel.
If you aren’t familiar with Dua Lipa, it’s possible you just don’t listen to top 40 radio. Over the past decade or so, the British-born Kosovo-Albanian pop star has turned out several top-10 hits, including “New Rules” and “Levitating,” and her 2024 album Radical Optimism reached number two on the Billboard 200. In addition to music, fashion, and humanitarian causes, she also seems to be into sports cars, fine-tuning the spec of this 518-horsepower big-winged Porsche 911 GT3 RS.
The immediate impact of this particular GT3 RS is a green and red and orange and gold livery that’s full of whimsy. Is there something old-school about multi-color swooshes? Sure, but retro style over modern trackday-focused machinery is a fun juxtaposition when it isn’t a livery that’s already played out, and this technicolor palette blows the doors off of subdued grey. Bonus points for maintaining the Pyro Red finish of the Weissach pack’s magnesium wheels, since not altering them means not having to deal with magnesium’s fiddliness when powder coating it a different hue.
At the same time, the interior of this particular GT3 RS appears unchanged, meaning black bucket seats with regular option list red stitching, your standard mix of sueded textile, leather, and carbon fibre, factory-order red gauge faces, and that’s about it. I reckon this is a missed opportunity as Porsche’s Sonderwunsch division keeps some vibrant shades of leather on hand, but it’s not surprising the interior’s unaltered, given this is essentially a marketing project.
Ah yes, because this GT3 RS is part of a brand partnership deal, it has actually been driven. Between the Monaco Grand Prix, the Goodwood Festival of Speed, and other events and occasions on which it may have been driven, it now rocks 5,264 kilometers on the clock, or about 3,270 miles. It may go up a little bit from the start of the auction to its close, but hopefully it’s been run in properly.
So, where can you bid on this 911 GT3 RS with extra star power? It’s being auctioned off by RM Sotheby’s, with all proceeds going toward Dua Lipa’s own charity, the Sunny Hill Foundation. While it’s easy to look upon that a bit cynically, the foundation funds volunteer-led music and arts programs in Kosovo, an initiative benefiting a part of the world that’s seen substantial hardship in our lifetimes. If you’re interested in bidding, the auction closes on July 31, although given that this appears to be a European-spec car, it’s probably best kept on the continent.
Top graphic image: RM Sotheby’s; WowPowGamer/YouTube
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