An exclusive Porsche 911 inspired by the Iberian Peninsula: only forty units at 300,000 euros each

Can you imagine having one of the 40 exclusive editions of the only model of the iconic Porsche “nine eleven” (911) Designed exclusively for the Iberian Peninsula? Dreaming is free so everything is a matter of putting on, right? We help you build the dream as realistic and faithful to the truth as possible showing you what the 911 forty edition is in detail, which is the name by which the German brand has baptized this special edition of its most famous model, at least in Spain. A car to celebrate the forty years of Porsche Iberia that costs about 300,000 euros.

Porsche wanted to honor his subsidiary’s forty birthday in the Iberian Peninsula (Spain and Portugal) – in 1984, Porsche ceased to be represented in Spain by an importer, then starting the subsidiary, which was initially called Porsche Spain, SA— creating A unique jewel in the world: The 911 forty edition, a model of which only forty units have been manufactured, all of them allocated to our country and our Portuguese neighbors, “companions” of Peninsula.

Mount a new hybrid system

The Porsche 911 forty a New T-Hybrid propulsion system of the German brand.

This system combines, Porsche explains, “an electric motor integrated into the turbocharger and a high voltage battery and an electric motor coupled to the PDK gearbox of eight speeds.”

This new motorization gives the exclusive Porsche design for the Iberian Peninsula, a 3.6 -liter displacement and a power of 541 hp (398 kW). In terms of acceleration, it goes from 0 to 100 km/h in 3.0 seconds and has a tip speed of 312 km/h.

But it is not its mechanical characteristics that really make the “Nineance 40”, but its design, interior and exterior, in which it is incomparable until its most striking detail, the color.

A timeless car: elegant and with a lot of personality

The aesthetics of this “nine eleven” special edition is really special. This is what Porsche wanted to think of shaping the forty edition, A car «like the one asked for a Spanish or Portuguese client 40 years ago and that it was still fashionable and was desirable today, ”explains Alexander Fabig, vice president of individualization and Porsche classics.

The creative part was more important if it fits in the development of the 911 special edition for the Iberian Peninsula because the brand’s team, with its Germanic germonic culture, had to deepen the Iberian culture. “We learned a lot about the culture and tradition of these countries, as well as anecdotes of the first period of Porsche Iberian in the 80s,” says Fabig.

The result of this research mixed with the creativity of Porsche’s designers is a car that takes the base version of the GTS Coupé race, to which a marked timeless air, very elegant and with a unique personality thanks to details, for details, for details, for details, for Start, as the exterior color made to measure. It is a green called Quercusverde that, says Porsche, is inspired by the color of the leaves off. «This hue is characteristic of the typical landscape of Spain and Portugal, with its Encinas, Robles and cork oak fields», Explains the brand. The anniversary logo that looks the car, painted by hand and visible on the back of the rear gate, also uses this unique color.

The strong personality of the 911 forty edition is also appreciated in the innumerable details in the exterior design of this beautiful 911. They highlight, for example, the rear strip of the pilots in an intense red color and the stanned fins with a stone protective film in black satin. «This protective film of the fins is a functional and stylistic wink to the popular 911 option in the 80s», Porsche points out.

In addition, the car wears the exclusive logo of 911 forty (“911 40”) in white cream, and those of Porsche and 911 in the rear, these in silver. Finally, there is a special mention of the spyder design tires, painted in satin black, with the ring in bright silver and with the shield of the house in a spectacular monochromatic design. Porsche says that this aesthetics is a tribute to the 911 tires in the 80s.

A decoration in two colors for its interior

It is no less special than the exterior design of the forty edition its inner aesthetic, where unlike its “facade”, yes, the brown Take prominence in a bicolor image.

Specifically, it is two tones of browns that Porsche has chosen for the interior of the first and only special edition to date created for the Iberian Peninsula: the so -called brown Trufa and Brown Cohiba, both present in the leather, material that stands out in The interior of 911 forty.

The darkest tone is present in the dashboard and the lower surfaces, and the clearest color is reserved for moldings. This bitono selection for the interior of “Nineance 40” also has its literature: “Brown tones refer to the artisanal work of garrison who work leather, considered almost an art in the Iberian Peninsula,” says Porsche.

The use of a classic and timeless print, The paintings, in the central part of the 911 forty seats. In this print, the two brown cited are combined as another earth tone (crayon), and with the Quercusverde created ad hoc for this unique model in the world of Porsche.

The seats of 911 forty, by the way, have up to 18 different positions, and include the engraving “forty”, the main reason for the creation of this Porsche special edition, in the headrest. A logo that is also engraved on the dashboard of the car and on the doors of dark silver brushing aluminum – in this case it makes it illuminated.

These are some of the unique details in the design of the Porsche 91 forty edition, of which Only the units that are called, 40 are going to be manufactured. All of them are delivered – the first ones began at the end of last year – with a custom canvy already play with the colors of the car to be able to cover it and treat it with the care that this special edition deserves that has a price 284,439 euros.

If it is not reached, that it would be the logical, at least, now that you know in detail this “nine out The brand itself presumes, “a piece of the history of Porsche.”