Unannounced Porsche 911 GT3 Ducktail shows up in Martini livery
The Martini stripes and the ducktail both point back to 1973
A Porsche 911 GT3 Touring with a ducktail rear spoiler and full Martini Racing livery appeared at the Concurso de Elegancia Costa del Sol, the collector event held in Marbella from 1 to 4 October, presented as a one-off. Porsche has not officially introduced the car. It was photographed at the Ascari circuit near Ronda, where the concours held its private track day.
The Martini GT3 Touring wears number 46 and Shell logos front and rear
The Martini GT3 Touring starts from a silver body with the dark blue, light blue and red Martini stripes running over the bonnet, the roof and along both flanks, with 'Martini Porsche' lettered across the front lid. Number 46 sits in white roundels on both doors and the bonnet, next to Martini Racing crests. The front intakes and the rear bumper section are painted red and carry Shell logos, the oil company Porsche has worked with for decades, while red brake callipers sit behind dark wheels.
Chequerboard seats and light-blue belts fill the GT3 Touring cabin
The GT3 Touring's seats are trimmed in black with centre panels in a warped black-and-white chequerboard fabric, a pattern repeated on the rear seats and on the door cards. The belts are light blue, the headrests carry 'touring' and 'GT3' in blue script, and Martini stripes run along the door trim, the dashboard and the edge of the centre console. A manual gear lever and a 'GT3 touring' logo on the instrument display point to the car underneath.
Porsche tested a ducktail GT3 in July, then left it off the 100-car Bergsport
Porsche has never sold a GT3 with a ducktail. A 992.2 GT3 prototype wearing one was photographed testing at the Nürburgring in July, and the shape was widely expected on the 911 GT3 Bergsport, the 100-car edition for Austria, France, Italy and Switzerland. When the Bergsport arrived on 1 September, it kept the retractable Touring spoiler. Aftermarket firms such as Carbonwurks have since offered carbon ducktails for the GT3. Who made the spoiler on the Marbella car, and whether it came from Porsche, has not been stated. A standard 992.2 GT3 Touring makes 510 hp from a 4.0-litre flat-six that revs to 9,000 rpm.
The Concurso Costa del Sol brought 250 collectors to Marbella under the Piëch family
The Concurso de Elegancia Costa del Sol, now in its second edition, is organised by CAVËN under the leadership of the Piëch family and gathered more than 250 collectors from Europe, the United States and the Middle East with over 100 cars. Bugatti returned as main partner. A 24-strong jury included Pebble Beach chairman Vince Finaldi and designer Fabrizio Giugiaro, and the programme added a performance run on Gibraltar airport's runway, closed for the occasion.
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Martini and the ducktail belong to the same chapter of Porsche history. In 1973 Porsche launched the Carrera RS 2.7 with its Entenbürzel, and a Martini Carrera RSR won the Targa Florio. Two years earlier a Martini 917, developed under Ferdinand Piëch, gave Porsche its second Le Mans win. Putting both on a manual GT3 Touring, at an event the Piëch family now runs, is heritage done with conviction, and it works because the Touring is the most road-minded GT3 Porsche builds.
Porsche has now watched a test car, an aftermarket kit and a Martini one-off wear the spoiler it left off the Bergsport. Weissach should put a ducktail on an official GT3 Touring edition before the 992.2 generation ends, and whichever market gets it will sell out its allocation on the first day of orders.
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