Tom Cruise’s iconic Porsche 928 from his 1983 film Risky Business has been sold for a whopping $1.98 million at auction. The 1979 model Porsche was sold at the Barrett-Jackson 2021 auction in Houston, Texas. The $1.98M price tag for the car officially makes it the world record holder for any auction sale of a Porsche 928 - of any year - ever. The Risky Business Porsche was just one major headliner of this year’s Barrett-Jackson auction in Houston, which ended up having a 100% sell-through rate and a grand total of $37.5 million in sales - including 34 new world-record-setting sales.
The highlight of Barrett-Jackson’s Inaugural Houston Auction was undoubtedly the record-breaking sale of the 1979 Porsche 928 driven by Tom Cruise in the film “Risky Business.” Breaking world records for the sale of any Porsche 928 from any year, this piece of automotive and pop culture history sold for $1.98 million on Saturday afternoon in Houston.
The hero car from the film, this vehicle was most notably featured in the film’s signature chase scene that culminated in Cruise, looking straight into the camera, declaring the German carmaker’s slogan, “Porsche. There is no substitute.”
