25 Years of Porsche Exclusive

In the 1920s and '30s, it wasn't so unusual to have a car built exactly to your tastes. If you were of successful means, you went to a premium chassis provider, such as Duesenberg, then selected a coachbuilder, like Boman & Schwartz or Murphy, met with a designer, discussed your needs and preferences, selected colors, wood trims, and fabrics, wrote huge checks, and the car was built specifically for you.

Porsche Exclusive Boxster

With certain premium manufacturers, you can still accomplish somewhat the same thing. Ferrari and Maserati have in-depth tailoring/customization programs that give the buyer a wide range of choices in terms of interior fabrics, colors, and upholstery stitching, brake caliper color choice, and more. Porsche offers the same thing. The program is called Porsche Exclusive, and it celebrates 25 years in business this year.

Porsche Exclusive Front End

Most body and powertrain configuration choices are fixed, of course; you can't just order up a new Cayman with a 911 Turbo engine. But Porsche Exclusive can do a lot to tailor any new model to your taste. Exclusive maintains its own special shop within the Porsche factory grounds in Stuttgart, and its band of skilled elves can install all manner of factory Porsche Techquipment performance components, plus a wide variety of customized interior bits. Let's say you want your console or door pulls covered in leather; or custom color gauge surrounds on your instrument panel. Or perhaps you want the bezels that surround your HVAC vents wrapped in leather - or the individual vent vanes. They can do that, too. They'll even paint the car to match your girlfriend's eyes if you wish, and can trim the interior in leather that matches her favorite purse or shoes. Contrasting stitching also comes in your choice of colors.

2011 Porsche Panamera more subtle by Schmidt Revolution

The Europe’s aftermarket tuners, Schmidt Revolution has proposal for the Porsche Panamera sports saloon is far more subtle than what we’re used to.

The German tuner starts with a standard Panamera 4S, which leaves Porsche’s factory with a 4.8-liter V8 engine churning out 400-horses and 500Nm of peak torque. The performance modifications, courtesy of Rennsport, include a software optimization (€990 or about US$1,443) that increase output to 425HP and 535Nm, along with a suspension module (€390 or around US$568) that lower’s the ride height by 40mm and sport exhaust system (€590 or about US$860).

Schmidt Revolution said that it is also working on an interior package with bespoke leathers and trim, details of Schmidt Revolution Porsche Panamera  sports saloon will be released at a later date.

2011 Porsche 911 GT3 RS 4.0

The ever-expanding Porsche 911 family tree has a new member, a wild child born of a tryst between the 911 GT3 RS road car and the GT3 RSR racer. The 2011 911 GT3 RS 4.0 is a halo performance machine, limited to just 600 units worldwide. It will likely be the last 997 series variant, as a new 911 is waiting in the wings.

Porsche set the stage for the RS 4.0 as nothing less than an all-out performance machine, noting that it packs the largest displacement engine ever to come in a factory-baked 911. As the name suggests, that engine is a 4.0-liter version of Porsche's flat-six, equipped with forged pistons, titanium connecting rods, and the same crankshaft as found in the GT3 RSR racer. The result is a solid 500 horsepower at 8250 rpm (and an eyebrow-raising 125 horses per liter), with 339 pound-feet of torque available at 5750 rpm and a power-to-weight ratio of 5.99 lbs/hp.

The car is, natürlich, fitted only with a six-speed manual transmission, which has gear ratios specifically designed for track work. Porsche says the car can hit 60 mph in 3.8 seconds and 124 mph in 12.0 seconds, with a maximum velocity of 193 mph. Of course, those are the exact same benchmarks as Porsche specifies for the standard GT3 RS, which offers 450 horsepower from its 3.8-liter flat-six. That means the 4.0's quoted times may be on the conservative side, but we'll have to wait until we're offered some track time with a RS 4.0 to know for certain.

2012 Porsche 911 GT3 RS 4.0

One of Porsche’s most preferred, coveted and effective track-inspired manufacturing autos, has become offered a ultimate, thrilling injection of thoroughbred motorsport technology resulting within theLimited to 600 automobiles globally, the  Porsche 911 GT3 RS 4.0 provides together inside a sports activities auto the attributes which have made the Porsche 911 GT3 a constant winner on the race track.

The motorsport-derived four.0-liter engine, currently the greatest displacement 911 engine ever, also capabilities the greatest per-liter output – 125 horsepower (hp) per liter – from a normally aspirated Porsche flat-six engine. The engine makes use of forged pistons, the connecting rods are fashioned from titanium, as well as the crankshaft continues to be lifted unchanged in the 911 GT3 RSR race vehicle. It achieves its greatest energy of 500 hp at eight,250 rpm. Optimum torque of 339 ft/lbs (460 Nm) is arrived at at 5provides genuinely extraordinary overall performance, lapping the famed Nürburgring-Nordschleife in seven minutes and 27 seconds. Out there solely with asixty mph in only 3.8 seconds (0-100 km/h in 3.nine s), and with its gearing developed to the race circuit it reaches the 124 mph (200 km/h) mark on the race track in below twelveexcellent driving dynamics arrive from quite a few, meticulously coordinated particulars.

Furthermore to making use of suspension components generally encountered in motor racing, weight reduction can also be of supreme significance. Equipped as regular with lightweight elements for instance light but powerful carbon fiber sport bucket seats, carbon fiber front fenders and baggage compartment lid, and weight-optimized carpets, the two-seater’s ready-for-action excess weight is just 2,998 lbs (one,360 kg) having a complete5.99 lbs/hp (368 hp/tonne).

This limited edition 911 is painted Carrara White as standard and emphasizes its proximity to motor racing by its dynamic look. Signature attributes will be the extensive track, the low vehicle placement, the huge rear wing with aspect plates, central twin tailpipe, as well as the aerodynamically optimized body. Air deflection vanes mounted on possibly aspect of the front bumper – referred to as ‘flics’ or dive planes – make their very first look on the manufacturing Porsche. They make increased downforce around the front axle, and together using the steeply inclined rear wing, offer aerodynamics on par with its overall performance abilities. Therefore, in the 193 mph (311 km/h) best track velocity, aerodynamic forces exert an further 426 lbs (190 kg) of downforce, thusstreet.

Having a manufacturer’s suggested retail cost starting at $185,000 (excluding destination), the brand newwithin the United states in late 2011.