Atlanta "” Porsche Club of America is excited to announce the new Porsche 911 GTS Club Coupe, the product of collaboration between PCA and Porsche to honor our club's 60th anniversary. It was unveiled today at Porsche Cars North America's new headquarters at One Porsche Drive in Atlanta. (To see pictures of the GTS Club Coupe with the press release, please visit the article on PCA.org.)
Handcrafted at Porsche Exclusive and based on the 911 Carrera GTS, it was developed with input from members of PCA's Executive Council to include features that can't be found on any other Porsche model. Only 60 GTS Club Coupes will be made, for PCA members only, ensuring that they stay in the PCA family and remain exotic like the last PCA Club Coupe from 2005.
The most visible bespoke feature is the non-metallic color, named Club Blau, but look closer and you'll notice the 20-inch Sport Classic wheels painted in semi-gloss black with polished centers and rims, exclusive to the GTS Club coupe; ducktail rear spoiler; doors marked with black "Club Coupe" model designations; personalized stainless steel door-sill guards that read "GTS Club Coupe"; center compartment lid embossed with "60"; interior and dashboard trim in carbon fiber with "GTS Club Coupe 60"”Years Porsche Club of America" above the glove compartment; and Alcantara-wrapped steering wheel with two-tone deviated stitching in Carmine Red and Blue and the 12 o'clock wheel marker in Carmine Red. A leather-wrapped book about the car is also included
Want to take the PCA 60th Anniversary theme a bit further? The Extended Club Coupe Package option adds a vehicle key painted in Club Blau, a leather key pouch, and leather-edged floor mats with two-tone stitching in Carmine Red and Blue. A personalized indoor car cover is also available as an option.
Of course, this special 911 also benefits from having all the features that are standard on the regular production Carrera GTS, including a 430-horsepower flat six with Sport Exhaust, SportDesign aero package, GTS communication package, and black GTS Alcantara interior package with Carmine Red accents. (Read about the Carrera GTS and its features here.)
"The idea for this Club Coupe came from a trip to Germany," PCA Past President Manny Alban says, when he was a guest of Porsche's for the unveiling of the rest-of-world Porsche 911 Club Coupe in 2012. He promptly asked the folks at Porsche: "What would it take for us to build a PCA 60th Anniversary car?" The seed was sewn, and a series of meetings with Porsche Cars North America ensued over the next few years to specify the design of the car.
"The color was key for the 50th. We knew we wanted blue for the new car," Alban relates. The older Club Coupes were all painted Azurro California Blue, a metallic hue inspired by a color available on 356s in 1955, Azure Blue. As chance would have it, inspiration for Club Blau was close by.
"We arrived at the color choice that would ultimately lead Porsche to make a custom paint just for this car "” it closely matches the blue of our logo," Alban says.
"We loved choosing a color that would represent PCA," confesses PCA President Caren Cooper, "though we weren't sure what choices we'd be allowed to make. Fortunately Porsche provided a broad range of options and we all independently arrived at the same color choice."
"Front and center is the collaboration between Porsche and PCA to make this car," Cooper explains. "This highlights how much Porsche values their relationship with PCA."
Porsche will give one GTS Club Coupe away to a lucky PCA member (details will be made available soon), and the other 59 will be available for purchase for $136,060 (not including $995 destination fee) by PCA members through a lottery. Applicants must fill out and submit a registration form to participate in this offer, which will be made available on PCA.org on February 1. The car will launch in June 2015. There will be no charge for the opportunity to register, and there is no obligation to purchase the vehicle.
Those fortunate enough to purchase the GTS Club Coupe can expect its value to hold steady or appreciate due to its uniqueness and rarity, says Manny Alban. He notes that 2006 911 Club Coupes, which had an MSRP of $99,911, are rarely put up for sale. But when they are, he says, they change hands at $100,000 or more.
Handcrafted at Porsche Exclusive and based on the 911 Carrera GTS, it was developed with input from members of PCA's Executive Council to include features that can't be found on any other Porsche model. Only 60 GTS Club Coupes will be made, for PCA members only, ensuring that they stay in the PCA family and remain exotic like the last PCA Club Coupe from 2005.
The most visible bespoke feature is the non-metallic color, named Club Blau, but look closer and you'll notice the 20-inch Sport Classic wheels painted in semi-gloss black with polished centers and rims, exclusive to the GTS Club coupe; ducktail rear spoiler; doors marked with black "Club Coupe" model designations; personalized stainless steel door-sill guards that read "GTS Club Coupe"; center compartment lid embossed with "60"; interior and dashboard trim in carbon fiber with "GTS Club Coupe 60"”Years Porsche Club of America" above the glove compartment; and Alcantara-wrapped steering wheel with two-tone deviated stitching in Carmine Red and Blue and the 12 o'clock wheel marker in Carmine Red. A leather-wrapped book about the car is also included
Want to take the PCA 60th Anniversary theme a bit further? The Extended Club Coupe Package option adds a vehicle key painted in Club Blau, a leather key pouch, and leather-edged floor mats with two-tone stitching in Carmine Red and Blue. A personalized indoor car cover is also available as an option.
Of course, this special 911 also benefits from having all the features that are standard on the regular production Carrera GTS, including a 430-horsepower flat six with Sport Exhaust, SportDesign aero package, GTS communication package, and black GTS Alcantara interior package with Carmine Red accents. (Read about the Carrera GTS and its features here.)
"The idea for this Club Coupe came from a trip to Germany," PCA Past President Manny Alban says, when he was a guest of Porsche's for the unveiling of the rest-of-world Porsche 911 Club Coupe in 2012. He promptly asked the folks at Porsche: "What would it take for us to build a PCA 60th Anniversary car?" The seed was sewn, and a series of meetings with Porsche Cars North America ensued over the next few years to specify the design of the car.
"The color was key for the 50th. We knew we wanted blue for the new car," Alban relates. The older Club Coupes were all painted Azurro California Blue, a metallic hue inspired by a color available on 356s in 1955, Azure Blue. As chance would have it, inspiration for Club Blau was close by.
"We arrived at the color choice that would ultimately lead Porsche to make a custom paint just for this car "” it closely matches the blue of our logo," Alban says.
"We loved choosing a color that would represent PCA," confesses PCA President Caren Cooper, "though we weren't sure what choices we'd be allowed to make. Fortunately Porsche provided a broad range of options and we all independently arrived at the same color choice."
"Front and center is the collaboration between Porsche and PCA to make this car," Cooper explains. "This highlights how much Porsche values their relationship with PCA."
Porsche will give one GTS Club Coupe away to a lucky PCA member (details will be made available soon), and the other 59 will be available for purchase for $136,060 (not including $995 destination fee) by PCA members through a lottery. Applicants must fill out and submit a registration form to participate in this offer, which will be made available on PCA.org on February 1. The car will launch in June 2015. There will be no charge for the opportunity to register, and there is no obligation to purchase the vehicle.
Those fortunate enough to purchase the GTS Club Coupe can expect its value to hold steady or appreciate due to its uniqueness and rarity, says Manny Alban. He notes that 2006 911 Club Coupes, which had an MSRP of $99,911, are rarely put up for sale. But when they are, he says, they change hands at $100,000 or more.
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