PORSCHE HONOURS A DESIGN TITAN WITH THE ABSOLUTELY SUPERB 911 GT3 90 F. A. PORSCHE.
Ferdinand Alexander Porsche would have turned 90 on the 11th of December, and Porsche is marking the moment with the kind of reverence usually reserved for saints and prototypes. The Sonderwunsch crew partnered with his youngest son, Mark Porsche, to craft a commemorative 911 GT3 that feels less like a special edition and more like a whisper from the man who penned the 901 silhouette. And they didn’t just add some badges and call it a day. They built a 90-car constellation orbiting the legacy of F. A. Porsche himself, with one destined for Mark and the remaining 89 sure to vanish into collections faster than a flat-six can inhale air at 9,000 rpm.
At its core sits the GT3 with Touring Package, already the introspective poet of the GT3 clan. The naturally aspirated 4.0-litre flat-six still belts out 375 kW and 450 Nm, but the mood is different here. The party trick is the bespoke F. A. Greenmetallic paint, dreamed up by Paint to Sample Plus wizards in tandem with the Porsche family. It draws from the Oakgreenmetallic shade worn by F. A.’s personal 911, and from 2026 onward, it will even debut a new Paint to Sample identification label on the A-pillar - a quiet homage, hiding in plain sight. The exterior carries more subtle fireworks: Sport Classic wheels in satin-gloss black, central locking, the vintage 1963 crest, and a gold-plated ‘90 F. A. Porsche’ badge perched on the engine grille like a pocket watch left on a desk. Understated, but impossible to ignore.
Inside, the cabin becomes a curated memory box. Chalk Beige stitching traces the edges of Truffle Brown Club Leather, forming warm lines against seat centres wrapped in F. A. Grid-Weave fabric. This textile is a five-colour tapestry drawn from the patterns of his favourite jackets, woven with Black, Green, Truffle Brown, Cream and Bordeaux Red yarns. It appears everywhere his presence might linger: seats, glove box, board briefcase, luggage mat, even the centre console’s storage compartment echoes the badge outside. The Sport Chrono watch embedded in the dash channels the original Chronograph I made for him, while the open-pore walnut plywood gear knob carries his engraved signature. Every part feels intentionally human, like a workshop desk that’s been left undisturbed since the day its master stepped out.
Collectors also get a matching Chronograph 1 that’s been soaked in nostalgia. Its Super-LumiNova treatment imitates the warm tone of aged radium or tritium, while a historic Porsche Design logo returns to duty on the clasp and crown. F. A.’s initials sit proudly above the day-date window, a nod to the customisation he made on his personal watch. Flip it over, and the rotor mirrors the GT3’s wheels, complete with its XX/90 limited number and his signature laser-etched on the caseback. As with the original from 1972, it’s drenched in design pragmatism, but this time crafted from ultra-light titanium and finished in the iconic black coating that made the Chronograph I a legend.
This car is a chapter of Porsche’s design DNA frozen in metal, fabric, and ticking gears. Each detail is a breadcrumb from the life of the man who shaped the 911’s identity, stitched together with the elegance and restraint only the Porsche family could summon. A collector’s item? Absolutely. But more than that, it’s a time capsule, sealed in F. A. Greenmetallic, carrying the spirit of a designer who changed the way the world draws cars.
Take a look at the YouTube video from Porsche that shows off the amazing details incorporated into a very special limited edition car built to commemorate the birthday of the legendary Ferdinand Alexander Porsche: A Tribute to F. A. Porsche | A Sonderwunsch 911 born from legacy. | Porsche
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