Icons of Porsche has almost effortlessly become the annual pilgrimage for Stuttgart loyalists. And for 2025, the festival is levelling up. RM Sotheby’s is rolling in with not one, but two absolute unicorns: a Porsche 911 (993) Carrera RS and a Porsche 918 Spyder with the Weissach package.
Both cars will later headline RM Sotheby’s newly announced Abu Dhabi Collectors’ Week auction on 5 December 2025, making Icons of Porsche the only chance to see them before they cross the block and disappear into the private vaults of very serious collectors.
The 993 Carrera RS: Peak Analogue, Peak Attitude
If Porsche fans went to Hogwarts, the 993 Carrera RS would be the wand (or broomstick) everyone fights over. Light, raw, air-cooled, and as pure as a double-espresso Nürburgring morning, the RS represents the final chapter before the 911 embraced water-cooling and civility.
The example RM Sotheby’s is bringing is the kind of thing that causes grown petrolheads to forget how sentences work. Purposeful stance, a chassis tuned for actual driving pleasure, and a soundtrack that predates turbochargers and particulate filters. It’s basically a museum piece you can redline. No wonder collectors lose the plot over these things. This particular car is one of 1,104 examples ever built and is in mint condition. It has clocked just 48,229 kilometres and still has the factory elements like the scissor jack, tool kit, user manual and more.
Porsche 918 Spyder Weissach: The Hypercar Still Ahead Of Its Time
On the other side of the RM Sotheby’s tent sits the 918 Spyder Weissach — a plug-in hybrid hypercar so far ahead of the curve you could drop it in 2035 and it would still feel futuristic. The Weissach package reduces weight, adds aero trickery, and includes an obsessions with setting the fastest lap times.
Nearly a decade after its debut, the 918 still produces the kind of acceleration that rearranges your internal organs. Seeing one is rare. Seeing one available at auction is practically a miracle. This is number 232 of 918 units ever built, and is equipped with a front-axle lift system, Burmester audio system, and more. This car was first delivered to Saudi Arabia and has clocked a total of 1,597 kilometres since.
A Festival That’s Become A Porsche Planet
Icons of Porsche has grown from a niche gathering in 2021 to a full-blown cultural event, pulling 78,000+ attendees to date and smashing records with 28,000 visitors last year alone. For 2025, it returns to The Slab at Dubai Design District on 22–23 November, mixing classic Porsches, new debuts, art, music, great food, and enough air-cooled idling to soundtrack the whole weekend.
This year also brings back Exhibit Your Icon, where Classic, GT, and Special Edition owners can apply to have their cars displayed alongside factory icons and international highlights. Translation: you can park your pride and joy next to a Carrera GT and pretend they’re equals for two days.
