Digital Creator Designs Stunning Porsche 992 Turbo Slantnose
This 992 generation Porsche 911 Turbo Slantnose rendering puts out glorious ‘80s vibes.
The Porsche 911 Turbo Slantnose is one of the most iconic sports cars the world has ever seen. Three generations of the Slantnose cars were built across the 1980s. But less than a thousand were ever made. Today they are highly sought after collectibles. Well, just about every air-cooled Porsche 911 is a highly sought after collectible nowadays but an original Slantnose is towards the top of the hierarchy. Porsche also produced a handful of 964-generation 911 Turbo S cars with the “Flachbau” bodywork.
It has now been about 30 years since Porsche produced the last Flachbau 911. Even the extremely limited 991.2 GT2 RS-based, track toy 935 is not really a Slantnose because it doesn’t have the requisite pop-up headlights. Enter digital creator and designer Glen Cordle. He has recently posted some renderings on his Instagram page of what a modern 992 generation Turbo Slantnose could look like. Porsche if you are reading this, please build this car.
Slantnose Origin Story
In the mid-1970s the original Porsche 935 race cars were tearing up tracks all over the world. These cars were based on the 930 Turbo street cars. But unlike the street cars, the 935 race cars wore a nose that was sloped at the front instead of the traditional 911 face. Techniques d’Avant Garde (TAG) owner Mansour Ojjeh liked the look and submitted a request to Porsche to build a roadgoing version of this slantnose car. He wanted to retain all the luxuries found in the street 911 but with the look of the racing 935. Porsche came though and began to offer it as an option. It was option code M505 in the U.S. and M506 for the rest of the world. This single option added nearly 50 percent to the price of the car. But you got a truly unique Porsche.
992 Turbo Slantnose
Porsche does not offer option M505 anymore. In fact, they haven’t for decades. But the renderings created by Cordle show us how incredible the modern car could look with the unique hood. We know that pop-up heads lights are basically a non-starter due to stricter pedestrian safety requirements in place today. But let your imagination run wild for a little bit. The slanted hood really transforms the look of the car. It gives it more of a Ferrari look, especially with the red paint. That may or may not be your style, but it would certainly help you stand out from the sea of 911s on the road today.
Price for Exclusivity
A new 911 Turbo starts at around $200,000. So, if Porsche were to offer this Slantnose option at roughly 50 percent of the starting price as they did in the 1980s then this would be a $100,000 option. That might sound outrageous, but there is no question that people would snap it up. Folks today are spending $200K+ above sticker for exclusive models like the GT3 RS and Dakar. These same buyers would happily pay six figures for a nose job.
Images: Instagram.com/glen.cordle
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