PORSCHE Vehicles Australia (PCA) has introduced will probably be launching a brand new limited-edition sportscar Down Below subsequent yr to commemorate the 70th anniversary of the model arriving in Australia.
Simply 25 examples of the brand new thriller sportscar will make it to showrooms with the one element revealed up to now being that every one items will probably be completed in ‘Fish Silver Gray Metallic’ paint in a nod to the unique fish silver gray 356 Cabriolet – the primary Porsche to be provided domestically.
Whereas the commemorative automotive’s id is being stored carefully below wraps, there are actually solely two believable prospects; a 911 or 718.
Extra particularly although, we anticipate the mannequin in query to be some type of cabriolet or Targa – probably a 911 – given the hyperlink to the aforementioned fish silver gray 356 Cabriolet, nonetheless feedback made by Porsche executives in Germany additionally open the door for a doable Speedster.
“Porsche and Australia have an in depth bond and custom and Australians love our
sportscars, particularly the enduring Porsche 911,” Porsche AG govt board member for gross sales and advertising Detlev von Platen stated.
“Our Australian followers are eager on all the pieces Porsche’s DNA is about: sportiness, efficiency and an emotional design – this hasn’t modified in seven many years.”
In response to a model spokesperson, the mission has concerned nearly each side of the Porsche model, together with the Porsche Unique Manufaktur division, the Fashion Porsche design crew and PCA.
Fashion Porsche director of particular initiatives Grant Larson stated the mission had been an thrilling one “to work on for everybody right here in Stuttgart” and that the thriller mannequin can be “based mostly on an iconic, fashionable Porsche sportscar, however with a nod to the very first automotive” shipped to Australia in 1951.
Whereas the 718 is undoubtedly a reliable sportscar, it fails to check as an icon to the 911 which has been provided in Australia since 1965.
Additional conclusions could be drawn from the promotional photos shared by PCA displaying Mr Larson holding a silver moulding of what we suspect to be the automotive in query, the proportions (quick rear finish) of which resemble the rear-engined 911 far nearer than the mid-engined 718.
No matter which mannequin the thriller automotive seems to be, PCA CEO and managing director Sam Curtis was excited concerning the upcoming milestone and the launch of the commemorative mannequin.
“Australia holds a particular place within the historical past of Porsche,” he stated.
“2021 will probably be a particular yr for Porsche fans. It’s becoming that we’ll rejoice 70 years in Australia simply as we launch the Taycan, our first all-electric Porsche sportscar and a sign of the way forward for the model.”
PCA has offered 3850 new automobiles thus far this yr ending November, simply 47 items (1.2 per cent) down on the 3897 it shifted over the identical interval final yr.
