Delivery Fail: Multi-Million Ruf CTR Ends Up in a Bad Spot

Here’s another bit of news that falls under the "fail" category. As you know, vehicles sometimes get damaged during transport, including when they exit the platform they were secured to. This is what happened recently when an extremely valuable Ruf CTR a.k.a. Yellowbird was trying to reach its owner in San Francisco.

One of fewer than 30 units produced in the late 1980s and based on the Porsche 911, the renowned sports car from German tuner Ruf—which is worth several million dollars these days—had just been repainted in black in its original workshop and shipped back to California when disaster struck.

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In a post shared on Instagram, it’s said that the delivery guy for the transport company allegedly forgot to block the tires, causing the car to accidentally roll backward before the ramp was properly deployed.

It soon found itself in a rather awkward position, prancing more wildly than the horse on the Porsche emblem, with its tailpipes and rear bumper being the only point of contact with the ground. The tip of the ramp, meanwhile, lodged itself in the underbody components.

While we don’t know the extent of the damage, we can probably bet on two things: the Ruf CTR will have to return to Germany again for repairs, and someone just lost their job.

Earlier this year, another Ruf CTR sold for $6.06 million USD, the equivalent of $8.3 million CAD. Incidentally, the twin-turbocharged six-cylinder engine produces 463 horsepower, and the "Yellowbird" nickname comes from the colour of the press car used by Road & Track magazine for a test in 1987.