One-off 996 Porsche 911 Membership Coupe heads to public sale

In 2022, Porsche unveiled the 911 Traditional Membership Coupe, a one-off creation in-built collaboration with the Porsche Membership of America (PCA) and primarily based on a humble 996-generation 911 Carrera. That automotive is now up for public sale by means of Broad Arrow Auctions.

The mission, which Porsche stated took two and a half years to finish, adopted the same method to the 997-generation 911 Sport Traditional launched in 2009 by making use of styling components from older fashions onto a more moderen era 911.

Porsche 911 Traditional Membership Coupe

The 911 Traditional Membership Coupe began out as a 1998 Porsche 911 Carrera, which was situated by PCA member Vu Nguyen at a Virginia dealership. It was despatched to Porsche’s headquarters in Stuttgart, Germany, the place the Porsche Traditional group stripped it down and rebuilt it with a mixture of new unique parts and modifications, such because the double-dome roof and ducktail spoiler just like the Sport Traditional.

Mechanical parts, together with the brakes, engine, and transmission are refurbished used objects—however not essentially inventory ones. The Traditional Membership Coupe boasts the 375-hp 3.6-liter flat-6 from a 996 GT3, for instance. The inventory wheels have been additionally changed by a customized 18-inch cast set with a Fuchs sample.

To make sure the modifications have been carried out as anticipated, a take a look at automotive was constructed and put by means of intensive trials at Porsche’s primary testing facility in Weissach, Germany, and the high-speed Nardo take a look at monitor in Italy. The aerodynamic components have been additionally honed in a wind tunnel.

Porsche 911 Traditional Membership Coupe

The modified bodywork was painted Sport Grey Metallic, which ought to draw some comparisons with the grey shade featured on the 997 Sport Traditional. The automotive additionally options blue accents in PCA’s signature Membership Blue. For the inside, Porsche chosen a houndstooth sample for the seats fashioned by woven leather-based strands, and an Alcantara roof liner and pillars. A dashboard badge reads “911 Traditional Membership Coupe No. 001/001.”

The 911 Traditional Membership Coupe was constructed to commemorate the PCA, the oldest and largest Porsche membership, in addition to showcase the capabilities of the Porsche Sonderwunsch personalization program. This program has produced some spectacular one-off builds, together with a 992 911 GT3 honoring a Le Mans-winning 956, however this is an opportunity to personal one with out having to fee a construct and await it to be accomplished.