Porsche will offer a special, market-specific sports car with the ‘America’ moniker. The limited Porsche 911 Carrera GTS Cabriolet America will reach showrooms in late 2022 as part of the 2023 model year. Only 115 unites are planed and nearly all will go to US dealers – 100 to be specific – with the remaining cars going to Canada.
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Its arrival marks the continuance of a tradition that began in 1952: offering an open top, enthusiast-focused sports car made specifically for the North American market. The new model – revealed during the 2022 Porsche Parade in Poconos, Pennsylvania – is based on the 911 Carrera GTS Cabriolet, and features the same high-performance chassis and powertrain. Emphasising its focus on driving pleasure, it is exclusively available with a seven-speed manual transmission and rear-wheel drive.
As this is an appearance package, the powertrain is standard-issue 911 GTS. That’s not a bad thing, as it means 473 horsepower (353 kilowatts) going to the rear wheels through the manual transmission. It’s the only powertrain Porsche will offer for the America, sticking to the concept of an open-air, enthusiast-focused sports car. The automaker’s PASM Sport suspension is standard, as are the Sport exhaust and Sport Chrono Package.
Aesthetic changes applied by Porsche Exclusive Manufaktur make this a striking sports car both from a distance and up close. The colour Azureblue356 is inspired by the 1953 356 America Roadster and reserved for this special vehicle in the 2023 model year. Specially-finished RS Spyder Design Wheels are finished with the interior portion of the spokes in white, and the outermost flat surfaces in Silver with a Guards Red pinstripe along the edge of the rim. Along the doors, White decals with Guards Red accents read ‘America’ while the model designation on the rear features ‘911 Carrera’ in White and ‘GTS’ in Guards Red.
Spearheaded by Porsche Exclusive Manufaktur and brought to life over a two-year period, the America Edition is technically an option for the Carrera GTS Cabriolet but only 115 will be made for North America. Nearly all will go to US dealers – 100 to be specific – with the remaining cars going to Canada. The exceedingly rare car has a starting MSRP of $186,370, including a $1,450 destination fee. It will reach dealerships in late 2022.
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