DRPye

Has anyone been able to order natural brown as a custom color to sample leather option? Can you use the natural brown leather as two-tone with black? What about using the espresso/cognac natural leather combination in the Cayenne in the 991?

I find the Espresso too dark and loved the 997 and earlier Natural Brown leather option.

simsgw

I just bought the Espresso natural leather, but I remember some discussion of this question on a thread titled Porsche Exclusive and You.

I believe the bottom line was that you can order your whole car done in wallpaper if you're a sheik paying in oil concessions, but "Porsche Exclusive" as a service deals with personalized but readily achievable results. They don't do custom engineering of the car in any sense. Or so I remember the thread.

In this situation, I think what that means is you can order any color of leather they normally use in some car they build, so they have the leather available in factory. With friendly negotiation, you might extend that to any color of the leather grade you want that their normal supplier routinely provides to somebody in the trade, so he can toss a roll on the truck next time he's delivering to Porsche. I'm just guessing though.

That thread is your best way to get a feel for working with Porsche Exclusive and then you can use the contact information provided there.

Terrible wonderful problem having to work our way through custom ordering a car like this, isn't it?

Gary

Z356

My favorite full 'natural' leather interior on a 997!

Saludos,
Eduardo

GSIRM3

How do you like the espresso. Your car is white, correct?

simsgw

I love it, but it goes best with the lighter paint colors I suppose:

Forgive the mud smears. Legs don't work as well as I could wish.

Gary

GSIRM3

Very nice Gary.

911 Crazy

Beautiful!

chuck911

I'm with you DRPye, the Natural Brown Leather of a few years back is beautiful. You still can get it, but as Leather to Sample, per Eduardo's informative thread. I don't know about oil concessions but LTS like PTS sure ain't cheap. Exclusive can do Espresso/Cognac, there are pics around here somewhere....
Espresso by the way looks great on darker colors too. Porsche uses it in their limited edition Club Coupe with Brewster Green, so dark its nearly black http://www.porsche.com/microsite/911...club_coupe.pdf and check out Nicoli's Anthracite/ Espresso Cabriolet around here... beautiful! All the Natural leathers you're talking about are great, but I would be careful combining any of them with black. Even if you like that color combination, you may be disappointed due to black being a different (lower) quality leather. Unless you order Natural Black LTS. But then we are back to how many Federal Reserve Notes are you willing to throw at it....

fxz

Umber , not natural, exterior white , platinum wheels ,delivery mid march,
so long to wait...

clembo

If you can order the espresso/cognac combo in a 991, it would look great. It is the best option in a Cayenne.

Z356

In theory, you can order 'Natural Brown' on a 991 as 'Leather-to-Sample'. Same as requesting the upgraded 'natural' premium quality leather in 'Black'. In practice, however, I don't really know if 'Porsche Exclusive' is yet ready to let you do it! When I last asked about these two very specific subjects to a representative of PE in 2012, I was told this: a) 'Natural Brown' was NOT yet approved for 'Leather-to-Sample' in the 991/981. b) Nobody had ever requested, or even inquired, about upgrading a 'Black' leather interior to the higher quality 'natural' (or aniline) leather! Hard to believe, but that is the answer I got!

Perhaps someone, in the meantime, has been successful in getting 'Porsche Exclusive' to approve a 'Natural Brown' for a 991. But I have not heard or seen it. Same for a 'natural' aniline full leather interior done in 'Black'!

Saludos,
Eduardo

fer2367

+1, my favorite as well

Navy CDR

Back in Dec I ordered a 991S with PTS and LTS options. The car is scheduled to be delivered in June. The PTS I ordered was Porsche Racing Green metallic. The interior LTS is a two tone full natural leather in Espresso/Cognac. The ordered car had an Espresso interior that Porsche Exclusive helped me deviate with Cognac.
Attached is the photoshop rendition of the interior.

PS Before you order a PTS or LTS car you should read the Custom Ordering forum; it will help you immensely.

Z356

Where is that forum?

Eduardo

gota911

Eduardo,

I think he meant the thread you started, Custom Ordering a 991, 'Porsche Exclusive' and You!