Setting the Record Straight on Jerry Seinfeld's 1997 Porsche 911 Turbo S

Irony, you’ve gotta love it. In this post a few days ago I thought I was helping to “set the record straight” with regard to a Porsche 993 Turbo S previously owned by Jerry Seinfeld. As it turns out, despite my best efforts, I only helped to add to the confusion. To prepare for this article, I contacted Richard Sloan (previous owner/seller of the car) along with TruSpeed Motorcars (current owner/seller of the car). The information I printed in that article was taken directly from those conversations.

Much to my surprise and chagrin I recently received an email from none other than Sam Cabiglio himself (he left me his phone number in order to validate his identity) with some changes to the “facts” as I had posted them and as they had been told to me by the people involved. After a lengthy, enjoyable, and insightful conversation with Sam it seems I can now, truly, say I’ve spoken to all the sources. It would have been great to hear directly from Jerry too, but that might be asking for a bit too much. 🙂

Here is What I Originally Posted

The car was originally ordered for Jerry Seinfeld through Circle Porsche of Long Beach California
Seinfeld had the car as part of his collection until sometime in late 2005 early 2006
It was then offered for sale by Seinfeld’s fleet manager (Sam Cabiglio) through Richard Sloan of Sloan Cars in CT (Richard has sold other Seinfeld cars in the past)
Richard sold the car to a private collector
The car then returned to Sloan (via the unnamed private collector) and was subsequently sold to TruSpeed about six (6) months ago
The car is fully documented as to provenance, ownership and service history

Here are the Changes to those Statements Based on my Conversation with Sam

The car was not offered for sale by Sam through Richard Sloan. Instead, the car was sold by Sam to a private collector in April of 2005. Sam does not sell cars “through” Richard Sloan or anyone else for that matter.
The private buyer above then sold the car to Richard Sloan in February of 2006

All other points/facts remain the same. This has been an interesting learning experience for me. I made it a point to go out of my way and call the people involved to get the facts. It just goes to show there are at least three sides to every story.

I hope this “sets the record straight” for all. Special thanks to Sam for the extra information!