
Porsche 911 996 GT3 #08 Promo Cup Car 2008 AUTOart 1:18

Specifications
- Brand
- Porsche
- Manufacturer
- AUTOart
- Scale
- 1:18
- Material
- Diecast
- Model Condition
- Used Model
- SKU
- 80881
- Year
- 2006
- Era
- 2000s
- Body Type
- GT Models
- Vehicle Class
- One-Make Cup Series
- Openable Parts
- Yes
- Packaging Condition
- Traces of Storage
- Model Type
- Race Models
- EAN / GTIN
- 674110808810
About the Porsche 911 996 GT3 #08 Promo Cup Car 2008 AUTOart 1:18
TL;DR: AUTOart's 1:18 diecast Porsche 911 996 GT3 Cup #08 promo car reproduces the purpose-built racer Porsche fields in its one-make Cup series. Detail-focused diecast construction captures the roll cage, wing, and livery of a car built for racing, not the street.
A Cup car is never a road car with stickers on it, it's a purpose-built racer, and this promo-liveried 996 GT3 Cup replica treats that distinction seriously.
A Purpose-Built Racer From Porsche's One-Make Series
Porsche's Cup program strips a 911 GT3 down to essentials, adding a full roll cage, fixed racing seat, and an aggressive rear wing, then sends the result out to compete in tightly controlled one-make fields like the Porsche Supercup, where every car runs to near-identical specification and results come down to driver skill rather than budget. The 996 generation underpinning this particular Cup car represented Porsche's first water-cooled 911, a shift that changed the platform's engineering fundamentals while the Cup program kept its racing formula consistent. Promotional liveries like the #08 scheme this model wears were common across the series, used to mark sponsor cars, demonstration runs, or team promotional activity rather than a single specific championship result.
AUTOart's Racing Detail on a Stripped-Down Subject
AUTOart's diecast build captures the Cup car's racing-specific details clearly: the roll cage structure, the deleted rear seats, and the fixed racing bucket, none of which appear on a standard road-going 911 GT3. The wing and wide racing livery give the model strong shelf presence even without an opening door revealing the stripped interior, since the exterior alone signals its competition purpose. For a collector building a Porsche motorsport shelf rather than a street-car collection, a Cup car like this fills a category few road-focused replicas can cover.















