Ten highlights from Silverstone's 2015 Porsche auction

If you've a few quid rattling around and empty garage space to fill, there's really only one place to be this month.

The last weekend of October sees Silverstone Auctions host its Porsche Sale 2015, and the clue really is in the name: lots of Porsche memorabilia and sports cars go under the hammer in front of jammy blighters aiming to out-nod each other.

We've scoured the catalogue and picked out our highlights, the cars that we would buy if there was enough loose change down the back of the TG sofa. Ducktail spoiler alert: there's not.

This, for many people, is peak 911. Which ought to explain the rather plump price estimate.

But the 911 GT3 RS and Cayman GT4 of today can trace their roots directly back to this, the original Porsche to come with a RennSport badge and the winning combo of pared-back spec and bored-out engine. It was also the first to wear that lovely ducktail spoiler.

This one is in Touring specification, has a wealth of lovely options and even comes with a host of contemporary magazines and brochures. Rich car nerds, form an orderly queue.

Car nerd who isn’t so rich? Here’s the RS look for a third of the price…

We jest of course, as this is a bona fide RennSport – and therefore Porsche classic – in its own right. When the GT3 badge first appeared on a 911 in the late 1990s, the world collectively lost its marbles at how brilliantly incisive a driver’s car it was.

That was until the RS version turned up, with less weight and even more focused suspension. And a colour scheme that unashamedly harked back 30 years to its forebear, of course.

It’s another GT3 RS. Sorry. But it’s here for two reasons: as evidence that these things are rocketing in value regardless of age and generation, and because, err, it’s orange. Like all the best supercars.

There have now been rather a few RS variants, but this first-gen 997 iteration – with its 409bhp 3.6-litre engine – is viewed by some critics as the sweetest and most flattering of the lot.

Think 130 large ones is a lot, when the latest, 493bhp GT3 RS costs the same? Well that’s sold out and already commanding huge premiums. This one is nearly as new and shiny, with a smidge over 5,000 miles, while ownership is just a nod or wink away.

There haven’t been a lot of GT2s in 911 history, but that hasn’t stopped the name from carrying a large reputation.

A reputation for being fast and scary, that is, given that GT2s are typically the most powerful 911 of their era. Mating the power of a Turbo with the unruliness of rear-wheel drive ensure they’re never for the faint of heart or yobbish of throttle application.

Just 129 of these 475bhp 996-generation cars sold in the UK, this one having covered just 20,000 miles and looking as fresh as it did new. Just try and keep it that way…

Want to spend a ton of cash on a 911 that isn’t all fearsome and hardcore? This is the puppy.

It still has 190bhp, though, with little weight to shift. And given the knife-edge reputation of old 911s, caution should still be exercised, especially when it’s wet.

With sweet little spotlights and those iconic Fuchs wheels, it’s a treat to look at. And its original, Beverly Hills-based owner was thorough with the spec, too, so lots of lovely things like Recaro seats, a diff and even an electric sunroof are fitted.

Alright, it’s not as exciting as the 911s we’ve listed before it. But it’s a tiny, weeny fraction of the price. And we reckon you’re more likely to enjoy this.

Think we’re mad? Well consider how much more likely you are to take out a 911 with 300bhp, and one which is worth as much as a Suzuki Swift. Less scary to drive, less heartbreaking when some berk opens their door straight onto it outside the supermarket.

Another thing: as 911 Carreras go turbo-only and the paddleshift onslaught continues, a clean, low-mileage naturally aspirated manual won’t be quite this attainable for long. Buy it so that we can’t.

Some people rubbish the 924 for its front-engine layout and Audi-derived engine.

We think those people are wrong. A well-maintained 924 is a fine thing to look at, and they’re way more fun to drive than they’re given credit for.

Circa six grand may make for an accessible Porsche, but it remains a good wodge of cash for a 924. Good job it’s the more powerful, 165bhp S version, then, with a through paint’n’wheels refurb ensuring its 115,000 miles are worn very well indeed.

Believe it or not, there was a time when Porsche didn’t make a 911, never mind 25 variants of it.

And this is it. The 356 is sensationally pretty, despite it being the car where those infamous VW Beetle roots are most prevalent.

It won’t entertain quite as much as more modern Porsches, but if the ad is to be believed, “the lovely Signal Red paintwork would outshine the Sun on a Spring morning on a snow covered Alpine Pass,” and who are we to argue. It’s yours for the price of a basic Boxster.

The 911 Turbo has had many of iterations, but for some this may just be the coolest.

That’s because it’s running Porsche’s ‘Flachbau’ conversion. Nicknamed ‘Flatnose’, it’s a styling transformation that ditches the 911’s traditional round headlights for pop-up equivalents, bringing the Turbo in line aesthetically with its successful motorsport relations.

Late 911s with the Flatnose treatment typically came with 330bhp. This one, though, passed through the tuning hands of Ruf, and is reckoned to pack around 450bhp. Yikes.

Porsche made its own 50^th anniversary 911: a wonderfully specced 991-generation car with plenty of modern luxury, including the option of an automatic gearbox.

Here’s another, rather different take on the 911’s half-century, designed to show off the restoration capability of Porsche’s UK dealers. It involved taking a slightly tired 1977 car and turning it into a drool worthy 2.7 RS replica.

Cue an upgrade from 167 to 300bhp and one of the most luridly green, driver-focused cabins to ever grace a 911. In an age of superficially personalised superminis, this car is a genuine 1 of 1.

It won’t comfort or cosset, but Lord do we want a go.