Porsche describes the 982-generation 718 Cayman GT4 RS Clubsport as the final mid-engined racing car produced in Zuffenhausen. The final example was not sent directly into static storage. It was finished as an operational Porsche Museum tribute and prepared for a six-hour Nürburgring Endurance Series race.
Four stages, one final car
According to Porsche, the body shop prepared the shell for motorsport structures before specialists added the cage, reinforcements and air-jack mounting points. Assembly and paint followed in Osnabrück, including natural-fibre components made from flax. Manthey Racing then completed measurement, approval and initial testing at the Nürburgring.
The current customer racer remains homologated through 2027. Porsche says the 911 GT4 R will succeed it as the company’s first GT4 racing car based on the 911 platform.
Why it belongs here
The production sequence is the story: road-car origin, specialist motorsport conversion, track validation and a plan to keep the finished vehicle running. That is a more useful ending than treating the final chassis number as a collectible fact by itself.
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