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Finished in a company’s eye-catching Lava Orange paint, this singular 911 Carrera S stands out interjection to a large fingerprint on a front hood.

The copy conduct can request paint to three-dimensional surfaces though overspray, enabling Porsche to describe formidable shapes on any partial of a body. Porsche says it will offer this copy choice on a prolongation models starting late 2020.

The Lava Orange paint itself was comparison since it’s identical to a clothing of Racing Team Holland, for that Van Lennep raced behind in a day. The 911 Carrera S is also propitious with a carbon-fiber roof, Exclusive taillights with a darker tint, and a Turbo SportDesign Package with high-gloss black trim. It also comes with an Aerokit behind spoiler for a sportier look. The reduce doors underline black “Porsche” lettering and stripes, a reverence to a first-gen 911s that Van Lennep gathering on European competition track.

The interior is also packaged with singular and disdainful extras, starting with Van Lennep’s signature on a bright doorway sills and adaptive Sport Seats Plus wrapped in Sport-Tex fabric. The steering circle and roof backing are lonesome in Porsche’s Race-Tex material, a high-quality microfiber done from recycled polyester. There’s also a GT competition steering circle with CO inlay, Lava Orange stitching, and carbon-fiber elements via a cabin.

The 911 Carrera S stays batch underneath a hood, though that’s frequency an emanate given that a coupe facilities a twin-turbo, 3.0-liter flat-six engine rated during 444 horsepower and 391 pound-feet of torque. That’s adequate to pull a coupe from 0 to 62 mph in as low as 3.7 seconds (this indication is versed with a PDK) and toward a tip speed of 191 mph.

How most does this singular 911 cost? Well, Porsche didn’t say, though it’s protected to assume that a identical ascent will supplement a reward of during slightest $5,000 to a 911 Carrera S, that retails from $115,100.

Who is Gijs outpost Lennep?

Born in 1942 in a Netherlands, Gijs outpost Lennep started his career in 1967 for Porsche. The Dutchman gathering many of a company’s iconic competition cars behind in a day, including a classical 911, a Carrera 6, ad a Carrera RSR Turbo. But Van Lennep also gathering some-more radical competition cars like a 908/02, a 936, and even a 917. Actually, outpost Lennep gathering a 917 in some-more races than any other racing motorist out there, winning a 24 Hours of Le Mans in a process.

Van Lennep raced for 7 uninterrupted years during Le Mans, from 1970 to 1976. After he unsuccessful to finish in a 917K in 1970, he won a competition undisguised with a same automobile in 1971, when he also set a stretch record that wasn’t surpassed until 2010. Van Lennep returned in 1972 with a Lola T280 though switched behind to Porsches, this time around a Carrera RSR, in 1973, 1974, and 1975. Following a second altogether finish in 1974 and a category win in 1975, Van Lennep won Le Mans for a second time in 1976 while pushing a 936.

The Dutch motorist also won a exhausting Targa Florio competition in 1973 behind a circle of a Porsche 911 Carrera RSR. A year before, Van Lennep had turn European Formula 5000 champion in a Surtees TS11. Van Lennep also gathering in Formula One from 1971 to 1975 with medium results. In 1999, Van Lennep was announced a best Dutch racing motorist of a 20th century.

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