Correct. This is confirmed with Yana in Porsche Exclusive in PEC Atlanta.

The $3555 option for the seat centers only is comparable to what is available aftermarket from Exclusive Option for about $2400 for which Exclusive Option requires that you also send back to them the interior cushion inserts (though you can keep your original covers for later re-use).

One might conclude then why not just do aftermarket and save over $1,000 USD? Well, aftermarket isn’t factory... the aftermarket ones certainly won’t be authentic (on the sticker) and while extremely similar, aren’t identical. And there is the hassle of ordering and changing them out. Another subtle point about resale: you pretty much never get money back for any aftermarket thing you do to a GT car, and sometimes can harm value. But if on the original sticker, you probably will get it back On resale, especially considering how GT cars like this Are Often sold for $XXXX above or below MSRP. Something to think about. Actually, I think both are expensive, factory and aftermarket. Truly the aftermarket ones should be a lot less than Exclusive Option charges IMO.

I’m sure there are probably at least dozens of buyers who paid $8875 before the $3555 Option was just recently offered and only took the houndstooth seats centers and nothing else. I assume they’re probably upset.

I struggled with this recently. Was first going to pass completely on CXX seats for my Touring on thought that the black cloth inserts are special to Touring so I should get them. But was just not excited about them from the pics and descriptions online, and all black interior seemed boring. Then when $3555 Option came out was going to do that to get Houndstooth which I always liked and wanted. But then just caved and went all the way with the full $8875 Option so I could also get contrast piping and the extra GT3 script embroidery on the headrest in addition to the embossed Porsche crest.

still though I feel a bit like I’m leaving money on the table by not opting for leather for the side bolsters in a different color than standard black, but I can’t think of another leather color that would look good with Houndstooth and with the rest of the interior and exterior PTS color I’m doing, at least not without spending even more $$$$ on additional CXX interior leather options to compliment it (top of center console storage compartment, door trims, etc).

In in the end, I guess when you’re already spending $180K on a special card what’s another $8875 to make it really special?

This is correct. Available in Canada too. About $3800 over here which is a steal when you look at CAD/US exchange rate. Three colours available. Silver/black, Agate/black and Graphite blue/black. Tartan still under evaluation.

Just to get this thought of my chest a little more....

I really wish Porsche had made the Touring like a GT3 version of the 50th Anniversary 911, including Houndstooth seats, green retro dials, a special exterior color or two (maybe Slate Grey, Midnight Blue, Oak Green Metallic and/or Brewster Green). And maybe even Fuchs style wheels. But I’m guessing Porsche didn’t want to invade the 911R cosmetic territory too much. Had they made rear seats standard or optional in combination with the 4-way or 18-way seats, I would have gotten sofas and done that too. oh well.

The way they did it, I guess I can’t complain. At least with the CXX seat option and PTS we can get most of the way there. The rest of the package hits the main things we wanted: manual gearbox, more subtle exterior without the big wing, chrome accents, classy interior with unique black aluminum and stitching, leather instead of alcantara in most interior surfaces.

but despite porsche’s Insistence that it’s a callback to the early 70s 911 RS 2.7, I think that’s just an excuse to do the corduroy-look cloth seats instead of the Houndstooth that most of us really wanted in the GT3 Touring Package so as not to further offend 911R Owners. For had they really wanted to do a tribute to the RS 2.7, they would have also done a ducktail, rear seats, and some exterior graphics like all those cars had.

As of late last week anyway, Yana in Atlanta said the new graphite Blue/chalk Houndstooth was still in testing (under evaluation) and not yet available to order. Have you been told it’s available for sure now?