PORSCHE MARKS SIXTY YEARS OF 911 WITH NEW S/T SPECIAL EDITION
To mark the sixtieth anniversary of the 911, members of the Porsche engineering team at the manufacturer's Weissach research and development centre have designed a new 992 variant described as “a highly purist sports car dedicated to sheer driving enjoyment”. Presented as the new 911 S/T, this exclusive anniversary model unites the strengths of the 992 GT3 Touring and the 992 GT3 RS, delivering a unique combination of agility and driving dynamics.
Equipped with the GT3 RS's 518bhp normally aspirated four-litre flat-six and a short-ratio manual transmission, the new S/T makes use of resolutely lightweight construction and running gear optimised for agility. Consequently, the S/T weighs just 1,380 kilograms, making it the lightest 992 to date.
The original 911 S/T was descended from the 1967 911 R factory motorsport machine. The intention was to run the R in sportscar racing, but homologation rules pitched it in with prototypes. Consequently, in 1968, Porsche created the 911 T/R, a 911 T chassis making use of a 911 S engine and homologated as a Group 3 GT car, still relatively modified, but less so than the R. Somewhere in the region of thirty-six T/Rs were built and campaigned by professional and amateur race and rally teams.
