It was on the 1974 Paris auto present the place Porsche formally launched the first 911 Turbo, a mannequin identified to followers by its inside code 930. Over the following many years, the 911 Turbo grew to become famend for its supercar ranges of efficiency together with on a regular basis usability. Earlier than the electrical period, there weren’t many vehicles with 4 seats and sane ranges of floor clearance that would sustain with the highest vehicles popping out of Maranello.
To have a good time the fiftieth anniversary, Porsche late on Thursday unveiled the 911 Turbo 50 Years version at 2024 Monterey Automotive Week. In true Turbo custom, the automobile combines high efficiency with unique luxurious particulars, a few of them serving as a nod to particulars on previous 911 Turbos.
These embody distinctive physique graphics and badges, using the Turbo-exclusive coloration Turbonite as an accent coloration (a primary for a 911), and a grey end for the rear wing, decrease rear fascia, aspect mirror base, consumption grilles. LEDs within the doorways mission the picture of a turbocharger icon on the bottom when the doorways are opened.
2025 Porsche 911 Turbo 50 Years
Particulars within the cabin embody seat facilities and inside door panels trimmed in Porsche’s traditional MacKenzie tartan sample, that are mixed with extra Turbonite-colored accents, illuminated “turbo 50” scripts on the door sill panels, and the identical script in different areas. The A-pillars, solar visors, and roof liner are lined in a perforated artificial suede known as Race-Tex.
A few of the 911 Turbo’s out there choices are included as commonplace right here. These embody a sport exhaust system with black suggestions, black brake calipers, suspension with lively dampers and a 0.4-inch decrease trip top, a front-axle raise system, and tinted matrix LED headlights.
2025 Porsche 911 Turbo 50 Years
2025 Porsche 911 Turbo 50 Years
2025 Porsche 911 Turbo 50 Years
Consumers wanting so as to add extra retro touches can go for a Heritage Design Bundle impressed by 911 Turbo fashions of the Nineteen Seventies. Right here the automobile is completed in a coloration known as Aventurine Inexperienced Metallic and fitted, ought to the client need, with a physique graphic set in white silk matte. Different particulars embody dials within the gauge cluster in addition to the Sport Chrono clock completed in inexperienced.
The 911 Turbo 50 Years relies on the 2025 911 Turbo S, which hasn’t been up to date like a few of the different fashions in the 2025 911 lineup. Its powertrain is a twin-turbocharged 3.7-liter flat-6 that delivers a peak of 640 hp to all 4 wheels by way of an 8-speed dual-clutch computerized transmission. With a curb weight of simply 3,649 kilos to hold, the engine will hustle the automobile from 0-60 mph in 2.6 seconds and onto a high velocity of round 205 mph.
Simply 1,974 examples are deliberate for worldwide consumption and the primary examples ought to attain U.S. dealerships in late 2024. Pricing for the U.S. begins at $263,095, together with a $1,995 vacation spot cost. The automaker hasn’t mentioned what number of examples are earmarked for this market.
Though the 911 Turbo debuted in 1974 and began manufacturing the next yr, an idea generally known as the 911 RSR Turbo was first proven in 1973 on the Frankfurt auto present. At the very least one individual took supply of a 911 Turbo in 1973 as nicely. A silver pre-production instance was delivered to Louise Piëch, a daughter of Porsche founder Ferdinand Porsche, on her seventieth birthday. That automobile right now sits within the Porsche Museum in Stuttgart, Germany.
