PORSCHE is marking the 60th anniversary of its iconic 911 model with a new limited-edition cross-pollination of the current 911 GT3 and 911 GT3 RS.
Now available to order for the princely sum of £231,600 (don’t all rush at once, now), there will be just 1,963 911 S/Ts built to celebrate the 911 entering its seventh decade of production.
Equipped with the 518bhp naturally aspirated 4-litre engine from the track-orientated GT3 RS mated to a short-ratio six-speed manual gearbox, the road-legal 911 S/T can zip from 0-60mph in lively 3.5 seconds on its way to a truly bracing top speed of 185mph.
Something of an homage to a track-orientated version of the 911 S from 1969 – which was known in-house at Porsche as the 911 S/T and incorporated modifications to its chassis, wheels, engine and body for improved acceleration, braking, traction and cornering grip – the new limited road-orientated model is the lightest car of the current 911 range, weighing it at 1,380kg thanks to Porsche swapping out as much steel as possible in favour of carbon fibre-reinforced plastic (CFRP), then adding magnesium wheels, CRFP racing seats, lightened glass, a lightweight clutch and a lithium ion starter motor.
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There’s even a special Heritage Design Package available for those buyers who really want to revel in the car’s historical inspiration: an extra £11,500 (again, form an orderly queue) secures you a car with old-skool Porsche ‘crest’-style badging on the bonnet and elsewhere, plus a special half-leather interior in two-tone heritage shades of brown and black, and optional exterior race-style decals, including your choice of racing number between 00 and 99. It also unlocks the exclusive paint colour Shore Blue Metallic, and Ceramica-hued wheels.
The truly hardcore can also bag themselves a matching watch: the Porsche 911 S/T Chronograph 1 also costs £11,500 and features a titanium case – “uncoated and blasted for weight-saving reasons, faithful to the lightweight design principle of the latest 911 model” (it says here) – and a rotor which mimics the design of the 911 S/T’s magnesium wheels.
Configure your ideal 911 S/T now at configurator.porsche.com/en-GB/model/992880.
