- RM Sotheby's will offer a 2018 RUF CTR3 Clubsport at its Monterey Auction 2026.
- The Oak Green car is one of seven Clubsport examples from about 30 CTR3s.
- Its rear-mid-mounted 3.8-litre twin-turbo flat-six is listed at up to 571kW.
Porsche never made a mid-engined 911 for the road, but RUF came close enough to make collectors stare twice.
More than a tuned 911
RM Sotheby's has listed a 2018 RUF CTR3 Clubsport for its Monterey Auction 2026, with an estimate of US$1.7 million to US$1.9 million (NZ$3 million to NZ$3.3 million).
The car is chassis W09BM0388JPR06022, finished in Oak Green Metallic over black leather and green tartan fabric, and located in Monterey, California.
The CTR3 is not simply a tuned 911.
RM Sotheby's describes it as the first fully RUF-designed vehicle, built around an alloy spaceframe chassis with Kevlar-carbon bodywork developed with Multimatic. Its proportions borrow some Porsche visual language, but the rear-mid-mounted engine and long-wheelbase stance push it into stranger, rarer territory.
Power comes from a 3.8-litre flat-six with twin KKK turbochargers. The listing says it produces up to 766hp, or about 571kW, with 0-60mph claimed in three seconds and a top speed of 236mph, roughly 380km/h.
Rarity does the heavy lifting
The auction car also has provenance beyond its production number.
RM Sotheby's says it was displayed by RUF at the 2018 Geneva Motor Show, and that chassis 6022 is accompanied by a RUF certificate of origin, service records and an original CTR3 introductory brochure.
Rarity is the real hook. RM Sotheby's says RUF built around 30 CTR3s, only seven of them Clubsport examples. This car has covered 1013 miles, or about 1630km, at cataloguing, which keeps it firmly in collector territory rather than ordinary used-supercar territory.
It is an auction story, but it has more than price theatre going for it: a tiny production run, a proper engineering backstory and the enduring appeal of a car that looks familiar until the details start getting wonderfully odd.
