Monterey Car Week is almost upon us and Southern California is once again crawling with some automotive heavyweights and exotics. But an Instagram post by Comedian, Spike Feresten, sent me down a rabbit hole of mystery. Spotted on a transport trailer at the Los Angeles International Airport was a shape that undeniably screams: " 911 GT1 Strassenversion,” (street-version in German) that ultra-rare, race-bred unicorn from the 1990s. Born as a homologation special for the famed GT1 class, Porsche famously took on the McLaren F1 and Mercedes CLK GTR.

However, just like the Strassenversion, this car doesn’t quite match RML’s known project. While the flat silver color does appear similar to what we saw in the teaser, RML’s P39 as it’s known internally, boasts a full-blown Le Mans-style wing, not the subtle ducktail seen here on this mystery car. On the teaser car, the front fascia and headlights are different, with LED daytime running lights housed in a more aggressive front bumper. Also, crucially, the P39 has wing mirrors and did not feature orange paint in the roof scoop as seen on the mystery car.

RML is also rumored to be developing a track-only version, the P40. Track cars don’t always need mirrors, do they? And wouldn’t they have a different aero package than a street-legal version? Maybe those teaser images of the P39 aren’t the final design. Perhaps, the mirrors get added later. Maybe there’s some clever camouflage hiding other details about this car. Whatever the case, the timing of this mystery car’s appearance in L.A. just days before Monterey is no coincidence. I’m placing my bets on a major reveal next week, and will be glued to my social media feeds to see what emerges from the shadows.

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