Porsche 911 Carrera GTS Cabriolet America edition
Porsche announces the 911 Carrera GTS Cabriolet named "America".
As a 2023 model, it is a limited model that will start delivery from the latter half of 2022.
The reason why this limited edition American model was released this time is to celebrate the memorable Porsche 911 Cabriolet ... ^ ^
1952 Porsche 356 American Roadster
A tradition that began in 1952, yes, that is the Porsche convertible that Porsche provided for North America.
Porsche began selling 356 models to the United States in 1950.
At that time, Max Hoffman was the first person to import and sell Porsche to the United States.
It is the Porsche 356 American Roadster made in 1952 that he requested from Porsche to make it specially.
This 356 American Roadster has a 1,480cc horizontally opposed 4-cylinder engine and a horsepower of 70PS. It seems that the model before that was 40PS, so it was a model that increased horsepower at once.
Only 16 units were produced.
1992 Porsche 964 American Roadster
About 40 years after the first 356 "American Roadster" model, the Porsche 964 generation American Roadster was announced in 1992.
This is also a special model basically made only for the American market, and the number of production is 250.
The 964 American Roadster was equipped with a modern Porsche 911 Turbo wide body, brakes, suspension, and 17-inch Porsche cup wheels.
2022 Porsche 911 Carrera GTS Cabriolet America Roadster
About 30 years after the second 964 American Roadster, the third special model for the American market, the Porsche 911 Carrera GTS Cabriolet America Roadster, has been announced. flow.
The limited edition model of this American edition is a model based on the Porsche 911 Carrera GTS Cabriolet, which is a rear-wheel drive 7-speed manual transmission.
Kjell Gruner, CEO of Porsche in North America, also said, "It's the best for America to have an open car and a manual 911!" (Free translation (laughs)).
This third American roadster model is a 3-liter horizontally opposed 6-cylinder (twin-turbo) engine with a maximum output of 480 horsepower (PS) and 570 Nm torque.
Porsche Active Suspension Management (PASM) is standard equipment, so the vehicle height is also reduced by 10 mm.
In addition, a sports exhaust and a sports chrono package are also standard equipment. PCCB is available as an option. In the case of standard specifications, the front brake rotor is 408 mm with 6-piston aluminum specifications, and the rear is 380 mm with 4-piston aluminum specifications. The color is black.
In addition, a black leather interior, a guards red seat belt, and a white instrument dial and tachometer are standard specifications.
The body color of this limited edition Porsche is called "Azureblue356", and the color is inspired by the 1953 Porsche 356 Roadster.
The specially designed RS Spyder design wheel has white spokes on the inside, silver on the flat outside, and a guards red line along the rim.
There is a decal called "America" in Guards Red, the letters "911 Carrera" in the rear are white, but the "GTS" part is also Guards Red.
Anyway, the American flag color is expressed by putting "white" and "red" in the place where the body of the car is "blue".
Stitch is rare because the guards red color is crossed.
The center is also embossed with "America".
The door sill is engraved with the memorable year "1952, 1992, 2022" to commemorate this American model.
Porsche 911 Carrera GTS Cabriolet American Edition Price
This is an American limited model Porsche, but delivery is scheduled to start in the latter half of 2022 (model year is 2023), and its main body vehicle price in the United States (the first inevitable expenses of $ 1,450 in the US) (Excluding) is 184,920 dollars (about 24.9 million yen).
Although it is based on chic blue, white and red are added to make it the American flag color, it is like an American limited model ^ ^
yeah? By the way, it seems that the number of this limited model was not written. Even though it is a special edition, is there any particular limit on the number of units this time?
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I'm Rika, the author of this article. Ever since Porsche 911 became my favorite car, I've become totally addicted to Porsche, and I can't stop loving Porsche, so I started this blog. My favorite cars are 911 Carrera (991.2), 911 Carrera Cabriolet (992.1), and 911 Carrera T (992.1).
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