Jan Koum, the co-founder and ex-CEO of WhatsApp is letting go of 10 Porsches from his vast and wonderful collection. The ten cars will be auctioned off at the Gooding & Company Annual Amelia Island Auction on the 8th of March.

Koum is selling the cars for a somewhat noble reason: he has said that if time and garage space allowed he would have kept them all, unfortunately that isn't the case, so he will be happy to see them go to a good home to be enjoyed by a new owner.

All 10 cars are quite special and represent a large part of modern Porsche history, from an early 90's air-cooled Carreras to modern 918 Spyder Weissach.

Air cool triple threat of Carreras

The collection starts on the right with the 1992 Porsche 964 Carrera RS, just one of 1910 ever made, the car has been originally bought in Italy and is finished in Blossom Yellow.

Next up on the very left is the 1993 964 Carrera RS 3.8, a more hardcore version of the previous car, sporting the 964 Turbo body but with a Carrera RS engine bored out to 3.8 litres and 300bhp, only 55 were ever made. This example is one of just 12 painted in Speed Yellow. It was originally sold in Japan, and recently has been featured in an 'authoritative book on the model — Porsche 964 Carrera RS 3.8'.

Lastly, (in the middle on the top photo) is the 993 Carrera RS 3.8, the last of the air cooled Carreras, also finished in Speed Yellow and originally sold in Germany, this model is said to sport numerous rare Porsche Exclusive department features. This little trio is a real treat for any air-cooled Porsche fan for sure but it's just part of Jan's vast collection...

Evolution of the 997 GT3 RS

If the classic Porsches somehow don't get your blood pumping, the trio of these 997 GT3 RSs will. The three cars span the entire RS line up of the 997 generation starting with the early 2008 GT3 RS 3.6 model in RS Green ( one of just 53 in North American Market).

Then we have the 2010 997.2 GT3 RS 3.8, and evolution from the previous car with the bigger 3.8 litre engine, this one eve comes with the optional Carbon Ceramic brakes and is finished in the grey and red livery, which Porsche used to launch the car.

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Ultimate evolution of the 997 GT3 and a cherry on top of this little trio, is a 2011 GT3 RS 4.0. At the time it was the largest engine ever fitted to Porsche 911, pushing out 500ps at 8250rpm. Only 600 ever were made, this one is one of just 148 sold in North America and the only one optioned with Carbon Ceramic brakes. Oh, and it has covered less than a 150 miles from new.

Two more special 911s

If somehow you find the regular RS models too tame, the next two cars should be right up your alley: the 2011 997 GT2 RS and a 2016 911R are some of the maddest and baddest 911s ever built.

With a twin-turbocharged 3.8 litre engine developing 620ps and a top speed of 205mph, released the GT2 RS was the most powerful and fasted 911 when it was launched in 2011. Only 500 examples were made – this one shows just 500 miles on the odometer and benefits from the rare carbon fibre fender option.

The 2016 911R, is a 991 GT3 RS on a diet: it has lost its roll cage, rear wing and other bits to shave of 50kgs of weight. It only ever came with 6-speed manual transmission and is the ultimate hurrah for the analogue Porsche. It's quite rare too as only 991 models were built.

This one was ordered by Jan Koum himself, who opted for the radio delete option, lightweight bucket seats, and single-mass flywheel for the ultimate experience. Sadly it seems as though he didn't get to enjoy it much, as the car still has its original window sticker and delivery packaging on.

The ultimate fun Porsche

The Cayman GT4 might look a bit modest by comparison, but its one of the most driver and fun focused cars of this decade. This one is fairly special too, finished in paint-to-sample Signal Yellow and "optioned with a purposeful lightweight build that included carbon ceramic brakes, carbon fibre bucket seats, radio delete option". It would look quite fitting next to the air-cooled trio.

Cherry on top

The crème de la crème, the hypercar Porsche to rule all Porsches, the 918 Spider Weissach. With just one owner, 20 miles on the odometer and the rarity factor of being just one of seven 918 Spyder Weissachs painted in the Liquid Metal Chrome Blue, this would be the crown jewel in any Porsche collection.

This beast sports a petrol-electric hybrid with 875bhp, it's able to sprint to 60mph in 2.2 seconds and cover the 1/4 mile in 9.8. A true world class hyper-car.

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