Larry Cable

looks a bit speed-yellowish ... interior is trippy! I wonder if its "yachting blue" ?

mile2424

definitely darker than yachting blue, maybe more like the older metropol blue, and not the greatest pic but it's definitely an orange of sorts

Larry Cable

forgot about the metropol blue! - good call.

medpilot105

The Niello car was purchased from CNC in SoCal so, I don't believe it's on consignment. I was window shopping every last GT3 from the 996's to 997.2's the past two years nearly everyday so it was easy enough to watch the national GT3 inventory move from dealer to dealer to buyer and sometimes back to dealer!

Their asking price is now getting close to what CNC was offering for it. I really like the folks at Niello, especially their service and parts department, but their pricing is... what's the nice word for it.... (thinking, thinking, thinking...) aggressive?

It's not for me but, in person, the car is stunning. My guess is the store manager just wanted to take a showy car to the event.

mikeoR32

Yikes! I wonder if the owner is an alum of U-M or Cal. There's a house up by Twin Peaks with the same paint scheme, they'd should meet up.

Z356

That car is a 2009 Turbo which was ordered PTS by the fellow (with glasses) you see in the photo. I believe his name is McAllister. The latter requested the factory to match a special color used by a Ferrari racing team in Belgium. He obtained the paint formula color from the Belgians and had a sample made. He then submitted both to the factory and it was approved via normal PTS process. The 'colour code' that Porsche decided to call this paint is Z10. The interior is 'Leather to Sample'. They had to also submit a sample and the factory was able to get it done for them with deviating stitching in 'yellow'. As is the case always in 'Leather to Sample', the regular plastic pieces (soft touch color) are done in black. In the special leather colors Porsche offers on their selections, these are always color coordinated. The only other way around this color contrast is to pay extra and have all of these plastic pieces (speaker grilles, door openers, etc) covered in leather!

The Z10 color chosen by McAllister is in the 'yellow' family. The Ferrari racing team in Belgium called this color 'yellow'. It is somewhat close to the old 'Signal Yellow' (like in my '73 911T), but still different. It was interesting to see that the with the passing of time, the 'yellow' paint on the plastic bumpers looks a bit different than the 'yellow' paint on the steel body. Same for the 'yellow' plastic turbo air intakes on the side! The paint on the plastic pieces stayed pretty true to the original color. The paint on the steel pieces seems to have become more translucent with the passing of time. Could be also the different primer used for the different materials. This is exactly why the factory is weary of painting certain colors on their cars - to avoid any warranty claims down the road! Overall, it was a splendid color and a fine car!

Saludos,
Eduardo

Larry Cable

the interior is amazing!

mile2424

I knew the guru master of all things Porsche Exclusive would chime in, but didn't know he would have the up close and personal pics! Kudo's as always for the info Eduardo! A Leather to sample interior would be very tempting. I spoke with Melissa Witek about this during the weekend and she mentioned that currently while this is possible on the 991, it will not be until week 45 where the option to cover the plastic pieces will be offered. So, as in the example she stated, if one wanted a pink leather interior, all the black plastic pieces would be quite the contrast. In addition, all parts of the car can receive the deviating stitching with the exception for the seats for some reason at this point. I am not sure why or when this option will be available.

Z356

Thank you, Aaron. Yes, Sasha Glaeser is on vacation in Germany and his assistant Melissa Witek was at Porsche's Quail Test Drive 'Zentrum' for consultations on 'Porsche Exclusive'. Now that I have free time from the madness of the Historics/Pebble Beach week here in Carmel, I will resume posting on my thread 'Custom Ordering a 991, 'Porsche Exclusive' and You'. I have a full list of questions on all of this, including 'Leather to Sample' interiors, which Sascha has promised to answer for me shortly.

Re: Deviating stitching. I don't see yet how to get deviating stitching on a manual shifter gate. But right now you can get deviating stitching in a limited color selection for seats, dash, door & rear panels, steering wheel, etc. What you can't get deviated stitching is on some of the other leather options. For example, Melissa has a 991 company car back in NYC with Sports Plus seats covered in leather in the back. She has deviated stitching on the seats (with one of the limited colors they now offer) but the stitching on the leather in the back of the seat is the standard 'charcoal grey' and does not match that of the front of the seats! All of this is going to change soon! Porsche will arrange with the subcontractors (e.g. Recaro) to expand the color selection for the deviating on seats, so if you order a Pastell Orange PTS exterior car you will have at least one 'orange' deviating stitching you could use to match the interior of your car! And soon 'deviating stitching' in other colors will be added to the many additional leather options available for the 991 and 981 interior (e.g. Option # XHS for $1,190).

I encourage all of you interested in this topic to follow my thread to get the most up-to-date information as to when all of this will be available!

https://rennlist.com/forums/997-gt2-...-rs-order.html

Saludos,
Eduardo

brake dust

Price on orange gt3 is now back up to $132k after dropping all the y down to $121k!

kosmo

the dealer price is a function of FB's stock price. Hence the volatility.

Z356

This is .2 gt3 RS pricing and for one with a hell of a lot more expensive options than this one! The austere interior is for me a big negative, especially at these high prices!

http://niello.porschedealer.com/preo...27709/info.php

Saludos,
Eduardo

medpilot105

Yeah. I still can't believe they ask what they ask. Certainly their prerogative and certainly someone will pay it. But, it's going to have to be a buyer just like the buyer that sold it earlier this year.

Again, nice people and I really like their parts and service departments but their pricing has always made me shop elsewhere.

Z356

Well, the $132K was apparently a mistake. It's now down to $120,895.00 USD on their website.

Saludos,
Eduardo

rsierra

I'm happy to say I just purchased the "pastel orange" GT3. It's time to get the heat gun out.