For its fiftieth birthday, the Porsche Membership of America labored with Porsche to create a particular mannequin commemorating the golden anniversary, the 2006 911 Carrera S Membership Coupe. The PCA and Porsche collaborated once more 10 years later for the membership’s sixtieth with the 2016 911 Carrera GTS Membership Coupe, and with the membership celebrating its seventieth birthday this weekend, it was excessive time for a brand new particular mannequin. That is the 2026 911 Carrera T Membership Coupe.
Porsche and the PCA unveiled the automobile Sunday evening on the membership’s annual Parade, this yr held in Oklahoma Metropolis. Because the title implies, it is based mostly on the Carrera T, the lightest and most purist-aimed model of the present 911, and the one Carrera mannequin with a guide transmission. Porsche will construct simply 70 examples—the primary will go in its museum, PCA will raffle off the second, whereas PCA members will have the ability to buy the remainder.
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Every of those Membership Coupes has been completed in a singular shade of blue, Azurro California Metallic for the 2006 mannequin and Membership Blau for the 2016 mannequin. This automobile is completed in a brand new shade referred to as Sholar Blue, a kind of metallic model of Membership Blau. There are all types of different visible tweaks, like a Sport Design entrance fascia with crimson accents, a singular end for the 20- and 21-inch RS Spyder Design wheels, a “Membership Coupe” decal on the doorways, and crimson striping and a commemorative badge on the engine lid.
Inside, it is much more exuberant, with distinctive red-white-and-blue trim for the seats and the inside of the glovebox, crimson and blue stitching, a commemorative badge embossed into the middle console, and a PCA brand simply behind the shifter. The Porsche Membership of America title can be printed on the door sills, and there are little LED puddle lamps on the underside of the doorways with the particular seventieth anniversary PCA brand. There will be no doubting you are in one thing particular from the cockpit.
Mechanically, it is all customary Carrera T fare, which consists of the 911’s base 388-horsepower 3.0-liter twin-turbo flat-six, a six-speed guide transmission, adaptive sport suspension, sports activities exhaust, and rear-wheel steering. House owners can even purchase a particular Porsche Design chronograph to match their automobile.
Photograph by: Porsche
Photograph by: Porsche
Photograph by: Porsche
Porsche hasn’t introduced pricing but, however you possibly can anticipate it to be no less than a bit costlier than the $140,950 for an everyday 2026 911 Carrera T. Plus, after all, the price of a $56 annual PCA membership.
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