I pulled the trigger.

2011 Carrara White GTS w/SPASM, heated seats, & XM. All the stuff that is supposedly removed according to the brochure on the Porsche site is *not* removed for the US. The brochure on the PCNA site is a Euro brochure and incorrect according to their configurator. Hennessy (top 2-3 in the nation on volume, and here next to PCNA HQ) gets 4 allocations - 2 coupes, 2 convertibles.

There are 3 left.

 

Congrats, it sounds like it will be a sweet car. When do you get it?

 

GM said official delivery dates are "spring", but the order he put in today should be a Dec/Jan build. Considering it was only $5k more than my C2S spec, I'll trade the painted parts for X51, C4 hips, RS wheels, and lots of alcantara interior pieces.

 

Congratulations. Is there a list of all the sweet bits that make the GTS unique compared to the C2S?

 

Congrats That was very fortunate that they announced this car before yours arrived.

 

Congrats!!!!! What color Interior did you go with. Is this a limited build car?

Now the wait begins

 

Congrats, sounds like a sweet ride. Gotta post pics when she gets here!

 

Hmm. The only unique bits I can think of are:

• Rear body is 44 mm wider, and rear track is 32 mm wider. Essentially the C4 body and rear axle on the C2 chassis.
• RS Spyder wheels with central locking (a la GT3RS)

I think the rest are available as options:

• badging
• power increase to 408 hp (X51 power kit)
• PSE
• front bumper (someone had a name for this - it may be Tequipment)
• lots of interior alcantara (including seat inserts which I LOVE)
• black sideskirts to match lip on new front spoiler
• 3-sport Sport Design steering wheel (i.e. PDK wheel without paddles)
• Sport seats / adaptive sport seats / sport bucket seats only

EDIT: I almost forgot - the rear valence is painted black and the exhaust pipe are nanocoated black to match.

No kidding. Funny story - when I went for my C2S order, they had an October allocation open, but I said I wanted to think overnight. The dealer called me on the way home to say someone walked in right after me and took it. The next avail. was Dec. Perhaps karma's way of guiding me to the GTS?

I was building a Guards Red C2S, but I REALLY like the looks of the black wheels on a clean white 911, so I went with Carrara White (just like the press photos). As noted in the first post, my dealer gets 4 allocations and they are in the top 2-3 of the US. With ~200 US dealers x ~4 cars, I'm expecting 1000 or less to reach the US. I told my dealer I want #1 of xxxx.

 

Some sample pictures - actually, it should look exactly like this (thumbnails clickable):

 

Congrats! That will be a sweet car. If I was in the position to buy a new 997 that is the car I would go for.

 

Your dealer does get the cars. My dealer just got my wife's Cayenne S umber on umber from them.

The more I read about the car the more I like

 

Congrats..that one would be a keeper in my books.

 

Wow, that is quick. Congrats!

Does anyone know if the GTS is a regular production, or is a limited model like the Sport Classis?

Thanks,

 

Doug, that is great...seriously congrats...happy for ya! That is going to be 1 nice Porsche...a true sports car like it should be....simply awesome!

 

As several folks noted, this is just a "last hurrah" for the outgoing model, using up spare parts so they can make room for the 991. I don't think demand nor supply would support a large run. I'd love see a worldwide run of 1000 or less.

Thanks, I'm super excited. I *really* like my cars to be different from the normal/average. I can't afford the exclusivity of Ferrari or Lambo yet (well, I could buy it, park it, and never drive it ), and I absolutely adored my 997.1, so this is the absolute best of both worlds. Best of all would be if the other 3 GTS's at Hennessy get sold out of state.