Porsche will supply a North America-specific sports activities automobile mannequin with the “America” moniker.
The restricted version 2023 Porsche 911 Carrera GTS Cabriolet America will arrive at U.S. dealerships in late 2022. It can begin at US$186,370, together with delivery, in america. Pricing for the 15 models obtainable in Canada hasn’t been introduced.
Solely 115 automobiles will probably be constructed, with 100 despatched to america, making this one of many rarest Kind 992 fashions, based on the producer.
The enthusiast-focused, open-top sports activities automobile relies on the 911 Carrera GTS Cabriolet and options the identical high-performance chassis and powertrain as that mannequin.
The brand new mannequin, powered by a twin-turbocharged 3.0-litre boxer six-cylinder engine, pumps out 473 hp. It’s obtainable with a seven-speed handbook transmission and rear-wheel drive.
The particular version receives a red-white-and-blue styling remedy from Porsche Unique Manufaktur, the automaker’s automobile customization unit. Its Azure Blue 356 exterior coloration is impressed by the 1953 356 America Roadster.
The multicolored RS Spyder Design Wheels are completed with the inside portion of the spokes in white and the outermost flat surfaces in silver and a Guards Pink pinstripe alongside the sting of the rim.
Illuminated doorsill plates commemorate the seventieth anniversary of the 356 America Roadster. Alongside the doorways, decals with Guards Pink accents learn “America.”
The mannequin designation on the rear options “911 Carrera” in a shade of white, which Porsche refers to as Pebble Gray. And the “GTS” is in Guards Pink.
The windshield body is completed in Satin Black.
“We wished to have the looks of the basic roadsters the place the windscreen body seems to be very small, very slim,” Boris Apenbrink, director of Unique Manufaktur Automobiles, mentioned throughout a media roundtable final week. “We achieved this by foiling the windscreen body in black.”
Producing this impact was not with out challenges.
“Till now, no 992 existed with a black windscreen body,” Apenbrink mentioned. “So we would have liked to regulate a particular station contained in the manufacturing course of the place particular employees foiled the windscreen body in black.”
The centre console armrest options two-tone stitching in Guards Pink and Pebble Gray.
An non-obligatory prolonged inside bundle continues the theme with a 12 o’clock marking on the steering wheel in Guards Pink. The within fringe of the steering wheel options cross-stitching in Guards Pink.
A gear sample on the handbook lever can also be in that coloration.