{"id":15975,"date":"2025-12-11T15:24:09","date_gmt":"2025-12-11T22:24:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.westerndriver.com\/?p=15975"},"modified":"2025-12-11T15:25:09","modified_gmt":"2025-12-11T22:25:09","slug":"rare-refined-revered-911-gt3-90-f-a-porsche-honours-the-legendary-designer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.westerndriver.com\/?p=15975","title":{"rendered":"Rare, refined, revered: 911 GT3 90 F. A. Porsche honours the legendary designer"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Special edition 911 GT3 90 F. A. Porsche. Exterior and interior design is inspired by a 911 model (G body) which F. A. Porsche drove in the 1980s. Photo: courtesy Porsche Newsroom.<\/em><\/p><\/div>\n

Ferdinand Alexander Porsche was born on December 11, 1935. In celebration of what would have been his 90th birthday in 2025, Porsche has created a special car for the occasion: the 2027 911 GT3 90 F. A. Porsche, with an exterior and interior design inspired by a 911 model (G body), which F. A. Porsche drove in the 1980s.<\/p>\n

Sonderwunsch Manufaktur will produce 90 units globally, one of which will go to his son, Mark Porsche. Buyers of this special vehicle can look forward to a unique program as part of their personal product consultation, during which they can further customize their example.<\/p>\n

The collector car is based on the current 911 GT3 with the Touring Package, the more subtle version of the race-bred sports car, featuring an adaptive rear spoiler. A naturally aspirated boxer engine in the 2027 911 GT3 develops 502 hp and 331 lb.-ft. of torque.<\/p>\n

Each vehicle will include an exclusive edition of the Chronograph 1 and a special Weekender travel bag from Porsche Design. After each customer has specified the final configuration, production will commence in mid-2026.<\/p>\n

Paint to Sample Plus colour inspired by the green 911 of F. A. Porsche<\/strong>
\nThe exclusive paint of the special model is F. A. Green metallic, a colour created with input from the Porsche family, intended to reference F. A. Porsche\u2019s own 911 in Oak Green metallic. Sport Classic wheels painted in Satin Black\u2014which are otherwise not available for the 911 GT3 with Touring Package\u2014are another unique exterior design feature. Additional special details include a Porsche crest on the center-lock hubs from 1963 onward, and a rear decklid grille decorated with a gold plaque featuring a 90 F. A. Porsche logo.<\/p>\n

Inspired by a sport coat pattern: special fabric for the seat centers<\/strong>
\nLimestone stitching and seat centers in special F. A. grid-weave fabric complement the Truffle Brown Club Leather interior as a homage to F. A. Porsche. The same fabric is also used in the glove compartment and for the mat in the front trunk.<\/p>\n

The woven fabric pattern features five colours: black, green, truffle brown, cream, and Bordeaux red, F.A. Porsche\u2019s favourite sports coat pattern. \u201cLike his pencil, his pipe and his ashtray, this coat is part of my childhood memories and directly linked with his home office,\u201d said Mark Porsche.<\/p>\n

The Sport Chrono clock atop the instrument cluster is modelled after the original Chronograph 1, created as a one-off for F. A. Porsche. A shift lever with an open-pore walnut handle is another interior highlight\u2014a plaque engraved with F. A. Porsche\u2019s signature sits below the shift boot. The dashboard trim piece also features a gold plaque with the silhouette of the original 911, a \u201cone of 90\u201d designation and a recreation of F. A. Porsche\u2019s signature.<\/p>\n

Exclusive edition of the Porsche Design Chronograph 1<\/strong>
\nBuyers of the 911 GT3 90 F. A. Porsche will receive a special Weekender travel bag from Porsche Design and an exclusive edition Chronograph 1 watch, with F. A. Porsche\u2019s initials positioned above the day and time display at the three o\u2019clock position. Unlike the original version, \u201cChronograph 1\u20141972 Limited Edition,\u201d which Porsche Design introduced to celebrate its 50th anniversary in 2022, the housing is made of ultra-light, robust, and hypoallergenic titanium and finished in black, like the historic 1972 model it references.<\/p>\n

The 911 GT3 90 F. A. Porsche will carry an MSRP of $387,000 excluding other taxes, fees and optional equipment. A special customer consultation period dedicated to one-on-one personalization for each order will precede production, scheduled to begin mid-2026.<\/p>\n

Porsche History<\/strong><\/p>\n

From an early age, F.A. Porsche developed a passion for design. He studied briefly at the renowned University of Design in Ulm before starting an internship in the modelling department at Porsche in 1957.<\/p>\n

In March of 1961, the modelling department was separated from the bodywork construction division and integrated into the \u201cStudio\u201d F. A. Porsche, under the leadership of its young CEO, created the 901\/991, the 804 Formula One race car, and the Porsche 904 Carrera GTS. In 1972, F.A. Porsche founded Porsche Design in Stuttgart together with his brother Hans-Peter. Two years later, the design studio moved to Zell am See in Austria, close to the Sch\u00fcttgut.<\/p>\n

In the following decades, F. A. Porsche developed numerous men\u2019s accessories, such as mechanical watches, eyeglasses, lighters and pipes, as well as writing utensils, that rose to world fame under the \u201cPorsche Design\u201d marque. In parallel, he and his team engineered several industry products, household appliances and other valuable tools for internationally renowned companies under the label. \u201cDesign by F. A. Porsche.\u201d F. A. passed away on April 5, 2012, in Salzburg, Austria.<\/p>\n

The Design studio in Zell am See, which bears the name \u201cStudio F. A. Porsche\u201d in honour of its founder, is at the core of the Porsche Design marque to this day\u2014carrying on F. A. Porsche\u2019s vision: \u201call designs do not follow short-lived trends, but rather a timeless, functional design philosophy.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Ferdinand Alexander Porsche was born on December 11, 1935. In celebration of what would have been his 90th birthday in 2025, Porsche has created a special car for the occasion: the 2027 911 GT3 90 F. A. Porsche, with an exterior and interior design inspired by a 911 model (G body), which F. A. PorscheRead Full Story<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":15976,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[32],"class_list":["post-15975","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-porsche","tag-slider"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.westerndriver.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15975","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.westerndriver.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.westerndriver.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.westerndriver.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.westerndriver.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=15975"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.westerndriver.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15975\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15979,"href":"https:\/\/www.westerndriver.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15975\/revisions\/15979"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.westerndriver.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/15976"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.westerndriver.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=15975"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.westerndriver.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=15975"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.westerndriver.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=15975"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}