2024 Porsche 911 S/T Heritage Edition
The Porsche 911 S/T limited ‘heritage’ edition is to go on sale in September 2023, exactly 60 years after the 911 was launched.
If anyone was going to embrace the retro aesthetic that seems to have gone beyond just being a nostalgic trend these days, then it should surely be Porsche; the company that even features in Dominic Bradbury’s iconic tome, Mid Century Modern Complete.
Porsche 911 S/T On The Road in 2024
Indeed, Porsche has recently been regaling us with some very classy, limited editions that hint at the Porsche past – and here is another fine example.
Porsche 911’s Sixtieth Anniversary
This time Porsche has produced a special edition Porsche 911 for purists to mark the 60th anniversary of the brand’s 911 – and of course, there will only be 1,963 models built.
This anniversary Heritage Edition will be a sort of mash-up of the GT3 911 with the Touring pack and the GT3 RS along with a manual gearbox.
The car will be called the Porsche 911 S/T and takes its moniker from the similarly named 1969 model.
The S/T essentially takes its bodywork from the GT3 Touring with plenty of carbon-fibre, and the doors give the S/T back its handles thanks to doors from the GT3 RS – nothing flush here.
The 911 S/T rear is wingless, and really does give the car that retro sixties look.
This pack also adds a mesh for the rear lid which is a sort of homage to the original chrome grille of the 356.
Wheels come courtesy of the GT3 RS too, with 20-inch magnesium wheels up front and 21-inch at the rear that would originally have been part of the Weissach Package.
Retro Power
The Porsche 911 S/T will offer up 517bhp thanks to its flat-6 4-litre engine, with revs available up to 9000rpm.
The S/T should reach from 0-62mph in just 3.7 seconds with a top speed of 186mph. Some of these figures are crucial to the weight saving that the S/T undergoes, with the use of lightweight glass and a reduction in heavyweight sound deadening along with all that carbon-fibre.
The restyled S/T bonnet retains an iconic 911 look, in spirit at least.
In fact, this Porsche really is a lightweight coming in at 1,380kg and sitting at around 40kg lighter than the regular GT3 with the Touring pack.
With the design being aimed more for road use and comfort rather than track, the Porsche 911 S/T will feature GT-style double wishbone suspension up front.
There will be no rear-steer addition to the S/T allowing the engineers the space to recalibrate the car’s suspension, allowing the feel of the S/T to focus wholly on the road.
Porsche 911 S/T Heritage Design
Being a Porsche Heritage Edition, the S/T gets some classy additions too.
Inside, the car gets of plenty of high-quality leather, and the seats feature Classic Cognac inserts with black pinstripes. Leather trim is available in a combo of Classic Cognac and black.
Easy on the eye, the dashboard perfectly compliments the interior.
If you want to push the boat out fully, Porsche is also offering a smart equally retro 911 S/T Chronograph 1 watch with a titanium case and COSC certification.
The beautiful exterior colour that we see here is called Shoreblue Metallic and is a colour exclusive to the S/T.
The option to have your car delivered with custom decals – like the ‘63’ door numbers (the 911 was launched in 1963) – is also available, as is the option to utilise the Porsche Paint to Sample programme.
The Porsche 911 S/T will sell at around £231,610 depending on options and deliveries are set to be for the end of 2023, so just a few months to wait.
Images: newsroom.porsche.com
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