Kuwait's future Prime Minister ordered this 1998 Porsche 911 Turbo S with a one-off mint green yellow paint job and it reappeared in 2021 having barely been driven

The man who went on to become Kuwait’s Prime Minister, Sheikh Nasser Al-Mohammed Al-Sabah, ordered this Porsche 911 Turbo S back in the 1990s.

The Kuwaiti royal and politician ordered the car with a one-off mint green-yellow paint job.

At some point in the 2000s, the car went back to Germany for a full restoration.

It would then resurface in 2021, when a Canadian dealer put it up for sale – and Supercar Blondie has since caught up with them for exclusive insight.

What happened to this Porsche 911 Turbo S between 1998 and 2021?

If you thought you’d seen your fair share of Porsche 911s, you hadn’t seen anything yet.

Let’s just say, this car will imprint on your brain like no other.

The exterior is decked out in a one-off Paint-to-Sample ‘Vanilla Yellow’, paired with a mint green metallic sheen.

That alone would be enough for you to sit up straight and pay attention; it’s pretty distinctive.

But when you open the doors, what greets you inside is so much…louder.

Louder is the fairest way we can describe the yellow and orange interior.

Some internet commenters were a lot harsher, branding it a ’90s McDonald’s playplace’ and a ‘Tellytubbies smoking area’.

Over on MotorBiscuit, the car was branded the ‘ugliest car on Earth’. Ouch.

But what’s the backstory behind this admittedly unusual car?

Way back in the 1990s, Sheikh Nasser Al-Mohammed Al-Sabah ordered this car.

Unless you’re acquainted with the politics of Kuwait, you probably won’t recognize that name.

He served as the country’s Prime Minister between 2006 and 2011.

The car never saw much action.

By the time it was sent back to Germany for restoration sometime in the 2000s, it only had 18 miles on the clock.

After the restoration, which took place between 2010 and 2014, 66 more miles would be added to the odometer, bringing it to a total of 84.

In 2021, the car re-emerged at a dealer in Canada – and that’s where a lot of the press attention started.

Put up for sale by a Canadian dealer

As you might have gleaned from MotorBiscuit’s take on this car, many publications didn’t know what to make of it.

It was branded ‘eye-scarring’ and the ‘weirdest car’ of the year.

But here’s one thing that no media outlet could deny – this car was unforgettable.

And lest we forget, this car is just a visual spectacle – it’s also a beast under the hood.

Capable of reaching 100km/h in a mere 3.7 seconds and reaching top speeds of 296.6km/h, these specs would be enough to silence the naysayers.

It was Pfaff Reserve in Ontario that put this car up for sale at an asking price of $697,340 (or $888,888 in Canada).

“We have since heard that the car ended up in a private collection in Florida, one that is open to the public for viewing,” a representative from Pfaff Reserve told Supercar Blondie.

“While it has remained a true collector’s piece, it also continued to serve as a fully documented example of just how far Porsche’s Exclusive department was willing to go when a client pushed the limits of customization.”

And what did the company make of all the press that surrounded the car at the time it went up for sale?

“Handling a car with that level of provenance and individuality was a privilege for us,” Pfaff Reserve said.

“We had fun with its uniqueness and the conversations it sparked. We are not here to tell people what they should think but we encouraged the fun banter and polarizing debates you read online.”

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