Porsche's Sonderwunsch or "Special Wish" team gets to work on some pretty unique projects, from road-legal versions of Le Mans prototypes to hardcore retro models that never were. Its latest creation is actually three vehicles, honoring a relationship that began about 20 years ago, when the folks at Pixar reached out to Porsche to request permission to cast Cars' Sally Carrera as a 911.
Toy Story 5 hits theaters later this month, and so the two parties decided to commemorate the occasion with three new one-offs, each immortalizing the series' iconic protagonists in the form of a different 911. These three cars—a 911 Carrera T as Woody, 911 Carrera Targa 4 GTS as Jessie, and 911 GT3 RS as Buzz Lightyear—will be sold as part of a charitable initiative benefitting Big Brothers Big Sisters of America, the American Red Cross, and Starlight Children's Foundation.
View Price on AmazonThey're each as bespoke as bespoke gets, from a livery completely painted by hand for Buzz's GT3, to a special ribbon embroidery on the seats of Jessie's Targa, to an unprecedented finishing process for the body of Woody's Carrera T that resembles a pair of well-worn jeans. There are details to admire all over the vehicles, but the denim blue paint for Woody's 911 is a standout element.
To create the effect, Porsche did something it's never done before, impressing real denim fabric into the car's paint to get the texture to transfer authentically. It was an entirely new process, intended to celebrate Woody's status as an old and beloved toy in the films, but Sonderwunsch's Project Manager for Inspiration vehicles, Dominic Mayer, said that if clients in the future would like a similar treatment on their commissions, they can now do so, because Porsche's validated the technique.
"The fabric and denim look is matching all the industry standards—especially, our own Porsche standards that we have for the fabrics," Mayer said in a roundtable briefing. "We do abrasive tests, things like that with the material. So, this example of the fabric and denim look is something that we can offer in the future for other customers as well. When we develop [something like] this, we normally don't do this just for one car because then the costs are so high that no one wants to pay them."
Source: thedrive.com
