Check Out This 650 hp 1-of-13 RUF Rt12 Up for Auction on Bring a Trailer

If you know anything about Porsches, you’ll know that a RUF is nothing to be messed with. The Pfaffenhausen, Germany-based tuner takes the famed sports cars and turns them into the kind of machine you wouldn’t want to challenge at a stoplight. Owning a RUF creation is a unique privilege on its own, but this particular example offered on Bring a Trailer takes that to another level.

Rarer than rare

This 2005 RUF Rt12 is one of 13 examples ever made. Based on the 997-generation Porsche 911, the Rt12 debuted at the 2004 Essen Motor Show before entering production. This one was first delivered to Texas before being exported to Japan, relocated to British Columbia, Canada in 2023, and returning to the U.S. that same year. The body is finished in Blood Orange with RUF-specific wide-body kit that includes revised front and rear valances, air intakes, a power-retractable rear wing, fog lights, xenon headlights with washers, clear side marker lights, and carbon fiber side mirrors.

This Ruf Rt12 makes other Porsches cry

Power is provided by the screaming twin-turbocharged 3.8L flat-six featuring RUF-modified KKK turbochargers, gas-flowed cylinder heads, Mahle 102mm pistons, and a bespoke cast-aluminum intake manifold. A reported 650 horsepower is sent through a six-speed G96/50 manual transaxle linked to an all-wheel-drive system and a limited-slip rear differential. The best part? This Rt12 shows only 27,000 miles on the odometer.

The car sits on gray 19″ RUF modular wheels and rides on Öhlins coilovers with a hydraulically actuated Dual Ride Height System that can raise the car by up to 2″ at speeds below 19 mph. Behind those wheels are eight- and four-piston monoblock calipers over cross-drilled and ventilated four-wheel discs. In other words, you won’t have to worry about stopping on a dime.

The interior is color-coordinated to the Blood Orange paint, with heated and adjustable black leather bucket seats with orange stitching as well as matching door panels and dashboard. The transmission tunnel, shift knob, and instrument bezels share the same color scheme. It should be noted that this Rt12 is not equipped with rear seats, or a RUF Integrated Roll Cage.

Final thoughts

With only 13 examples ever produced, it goes without saying that the chance to own a RUF Rt12 doesn’t come everyday. The German tuner did a tremendous job of making the already-sexy 997-generation Porsche 911 into an even more alluring beast, with that bodykit and Blood Orange color clearly signalling its intentions: triple-digit speeds. The Bring a Trailer auction ends in just under 19 hours at the time of writing this, with a current bid of $420,000. Nice. Upon purchase, the new owner will receive a tool kit, a RUF Zertifikat, a clean Carfax report, and a clean Montana title. Hopefully that Montana title won’t get looked at too closely by the DMV.