Porsche has reminded us that it is not solely new fashions that may be personalized by its Sonderwunsch personalization program, but in addition classics.
The automaker used the backdrop of 2024 Monterey Automotive Week at the moment underway in California to current a 993-generation Porsche 911 Speedster constructed for Luca Trazzi, an Italian industrial designer with a group of Porsche speedsters.
The 993-generation 911 Speedster has all the time eluded him, as Porsche initially constructed simply two examples, one for Jerry Seinfeld and the opposite for Ferdinand “Butzi” Porsche, the designer of the 911.
These earlier automobiles have been constructed by an authentic incarnation of the Sonderwunsch program, however now such intensive personalization initiatives are attainable once more, through the brand new Manufacturing unit One-Off possibility of the newest Sonderwunsch program. That is probably the most unique format of the Sonderwunsch program and caters to all road-going Porsches from any mannequin 12 months.
993-generation Porsche 911 Speedster by Porsche Manufacturing unit One-Off program
The client comes up with the thought, and if it is decided to be possible by Porsche, she or he is then invited to a gathering with Porsche designers to attract up ultimate specs for the construct. Bespoke parts are then developed earlier than the construct can lastly begin.
For Trazzi’s 911 Speedster, Porsche began with a 1994 911 Cabriolet. As an industrial designer, Trazzi already had a really clear picture of what he wished, in addition to just a few design sketches of his personal. Even the yellow paint used for the automotive has a private contact. It is referred to as Otto Yellow, and is called after Trazzi’s canine.
993-generation Porsche 911 Speedster by Porsche Manufacturing unit One-Off program
Like all 911 Speedsters, Trazzi’s automotive options two seats, a extra raked windshield, a decrease roofline (when the highest is up), and a double-bubble rear deck. He additionally added some trendy touches, just like the four-point daytime operating lights discovered on present 911s, an infotainment system with Apple CarPlay, and carbon-fiber accents on the sprint and middle console. Carbon fiber can be used for the seat backs.
So meticulous is the eye to element that even the switches for the ability home windows have been redesigned in order that they present the silhouette of a 911 Speedster.
Energy comes from the three.8-liter flat-6 used within the 993-generation 911 Carrera RS. It generates round 300 hp.
