Shades of Light Yellow

Two generations of the Porsche 911 S/T stand side by side: the original 2.5 from 1972 and its 2024 reinterpretation. Decades apart, yet bound by one defining detail – Light Yellow.

The ’72 S/T has a tale as dramatic as its racing pedigree. Once a GT class winner at Le Mans, it somehow ended up as a rusting wreck in a barn near San Francisco. By the time it resurfaced in 2008, what was left was bent, corroded or poorly repainted – a shadow of the car that once carried starting number 41. A Swiss collector stepped in, sending it to Porsche Classic in Stuttgart. There, it was stripped to bare metal, realigned, and painstakingly rebuilt with over 1,000 hours of hand-crafted bodywork. By 2016, the S/T was reborn – factory-fresh in its original Light Yellow, complete with period sponsor decals and its Le Mans number.

Fast forward to today, and the modern 911 S/T echoes its ancestor. Commissioned through Porsche’s Sonderwunsch programme, the new car wears the same rare Light Yellow, applied by hand over lightweight carbon panels – a notoriously tricky process. The finishing touches include magnesium wheels in Darksilver, black calipers, and a pared-back black interior. Underneath sits the familiar four-litre flat-six and paired with a six-speed manual gearbox.

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