The Porsche 911 is not exactly a model that is short of performance. In any case, it is already clear that the 911 range will be expanded with numerous new versions in the coming years. One of the new 911 flavors is a very special one. Porsche also seems to be preparing a special Sport Classic variant of the current 911 generation.
The current Porsche 911 of the 992 generation, presented in 2019, is already available in numerous versions. 911 customers can already marvel at the Carrera, Carrera 4, Carrera S, Turbo and Turbo S in Porsche showrooms and, more recently, the mighty 911 GT3. Within a few years, not only will a GT3 RS be added, Porsche will undoubtedly also have a GTS and a GT2 RS in the barrel. More 911 violence may come in the form of a 911 ‘Safari’, a variant that also gets an equally special 911 Sport Classic next to it.
Porsche 911 Sport Classic (997, 2010-2011)
At first glance, a Porsche 911 covered with camouflage work simply passes by, but it is a special one. After all, if you look closely, you will see that this test specimen has a ‘corrugated’ roof, a roof with a so-called double bubble. The rear wing of this Porsche 911 is also a striking one, because it is a copy that is one in Porsche circles duck tail is called. It would therefore seem that Porsche is testing the 911 Sport Classic here, a new 911 version laced with retro details and undoubtedly limited.
Porsche 911 Sport Classic (997, 2010-2011)
Porsche also made a Sport Classic version of the 997 generation of the 911, delivered between 2003 and 2013. The special edition, which was released in 2010 and limited to 250 units, was based on the then current Carrera S and was full of similar external references to the Carrera RS 2.7 from the 1970s. The 911 Sport Classic had a 3.8 hp boosted to 413 hp. six-cylinder boxer engine in the rear. In addition, the special 911 was closer to the asphalt and was fitted as standard with a mechanical limited slip differential, carbon-ceramic brakes and light alloy specially based on the famous Fuchs wheels. The fact that the Sport Classic of the 977 generation was just as powerful as the then current GTS version of the 911, suggests that the power of the new 911 Sport Classic also gives away what we in the motor field of the new to be unveiled. 911 GTS can expect.