Britain’s Theon Design has delivered its first customer car to the United States and it’s the most advanced example of the firm’s re-imagined Porsche 911 to date.
The carbon-kevlar wide-body is finished in Midnight Blue and sits atop a 964 donor chassis which has been seam welded to increase strength and rigidity. Further weight is shed with an aerospace grade wiring harness, and to finesse the car’s balance twin air-conditioning compressors and electro-hydraulic power steering are relocated to the front and positioned as low as possible.
Five-stage adjustable Tractive dampers are fitted all round and have been calibrated especially for California’s canyon roads. A 993 RS brake package is installed, and there are 17-inch Fuchs alloy wheels wearing Michelin Pilot Sport 2 tires.
The four-liter flat-six engine punches out 410 hp at 7500 rpm, empowered by a new ceramic-coated aluminum plenum and Jenvey independent throttle bodies. For the first time, Theon has deployed a switchable engine mapping system and exhaust made possible by a drive-by-wire throttle. Town, Sport, Sport+ and Race modes can be adopted by the press of a steering wheel switch. There’s also an auto-blip system to rev-match downshifts.
Many of the 6000 hours of build time have gone into the cabin, where Theon Design‘s Sports Touring seats are fitted with additional bolsters and trimmed in Midnight Blue and Ibis White leather. There’s plenty of visual carbon fiber, and daily-driver features such as a phone holder ,and powerful Hertz and Audison audio system.
Theon hand-builds its cars at its base in Britain’s motorsport valley, with each one taking around 18 months to complete. Prices start at $590,000 plus the costs of a donor car, shipping, and taxes.
Photos by James Limpman / Theon Design
Report by Nik Berg
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