1997 RUF BTR2

This 1997 RUF BTR2 is the first of approximately 10 examples of the 993-based evolution of the BTR manufactured by RUF Automobile GmbH of Pfaffenhausen, Germany. The car was delivered new in Japan, where it remained until being sold to a UK owner in 2015. It was subsequently purchased in 2017 by a California collector who commissioned a conversion to US-market specifications by RUF before importation to the US. After three additional changes of hand, it was purchased by its current owner in 2025. Finished in Speed Yellow, the car is powered by a turbocharged and intercooled 3.6-liter flat-six that drives the rear wheels via a six-speed manual transaxle with a limited-slip differential. Additional features include cross-drilled and ventilated disc brakes with body-color calipers, RUF-tuned suspension with Bilstein adjustable coilover shock absorbers, staggered-width 18” RUF alloy wheels, an auxiliary oil cooler, a RUF front valance, a rear spoiler, carbon-fiber bucket seats trimmed in black leather, air conditioning, and power windows. This RUF BTR2 is now offered on dealer consignment in Waltham, Massachusetts, by a BaT Local Partner with a RUF certificate, invoices dating back to new, a clean Carfax report, and a Virginia title. After being granted German manufacturing status in 1981, RUF introduced the Porsche 930-based BTR, or Gruppe B Turbo RUF, in 1983 as the first model to carry a RUF VIN. Shortly after Porsche’s shift to production of the 993 platform, RUF began offering a successor to the BTR based on 993 Carrera bodies-in-white supplied by Porsche. Introduced two years before Porsche’s 993 Turbo variant, the BTR2 model featured a RUF-tuned version of the Carrera’s 3.6-liter engine as part of a rear-wheel-drive powertrain.