The Porsche 911 has become a venerated design as recognisable as the Eiffel Tower and the Coke bottle, with a silhouette unchanged for 60 years.
The German carmaker’s Sonderwunsch customisation division has unveiled a special car to honour the 911’s designer, Ferdinand Alexander (FA) Porsche.
Inspired by a G-Series 911 that was driven by FA in the 1980s, the 911 GT3 90 F.A. Porsche is being made in a limited run of 90 units and will be available to order from April 2026 for €351,211 (R6.94m), a hefty premium over the standard version, which sells for R4.6m in South Africa.
FA, son of Ferry Porsche and grandson of company founder Ferdinand Porsche, in 1963 designed the 911 that became the firm’s most successful car and is now in its eighth generation. He and his brother Hans-Peter also founded Porsche Design in 1972.
FA Porsche died in 2012 and would have turned 90 on December 11 2025. To mark the occasion, Porsche Sonderwunsch teamed up with his youngest son, Mark Porsche, to design the special commemorative model. One example will go to Mark, with the other 89 to be available to customers worldwide.
The collector’s item is based on the 911 GT3 with Touring Package, the more discreet version of Porsche’s purist, naturally aspirated sports car that features an extendable rear spoiler. Mechanically the 90 FA is unchanged and retains the high-revving 4.0l flat-six engine with outputs of 375kW and 450Nm, powering the rear wheels via a six-speed manual or seven-speed PDK automatic transmission.
Cosmetically there has been a lot of work to dress up this special 911, however, both inside and out.
Most notable is the exclusive FA Greenmetallic paint finish, inspired by the Oakgreenmetallic of FA Porsche’s own 911. It rolls on special Sport Classic wheels in satin-gloss black, with a central wheel nut and the historic 1963 crest on the wheel hub covers. On the grille of the boot lid sits a galvanised gold-plated badge with the “90 FA Porsche” logo.
Inside, the brown leather seats have centre panels of a chalk beige, grid-weave fabric inspired by the pattern on FA’s favourite jackets. The same fabric is found in the glove box, board briefcase and on the reversible mat in the luggage compartment.
The Sport Chrono watch on the instrument panel is based on the original Chronograph I, which was created as a one-off piece for FA Porsche. Other special interior touches include an open-pore walnut plywood gear knob engraved with FA Porsche’s signature; and a gold-plated dashboard plaque with the signature, the original 911 vehicle silhouette and the words “One of 90″.
Buyers of the special-edition car will get an exclusive vintage-theme Chronograph 1 watch and a travel bag made of the same leather and patterned fabric found in the cabin.
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