The Nürburgring turns 100 in 2027, and Porsche is not waiting for the anniversary to mark it. Revealed on 14 August and shown to the public at the circuit over the Carrera Cup Deutschland weekend of 15 and 16 August, the 911 GT3 100 Jahre Nürburgring is limited to 100 cars, all reserved for the German market. Order books open in September 2026; deliveries follow in 2027, the centenary year.
« There’s a little bit of Nürburgring in every Porsche, especially in this edition, » says Robert Ader, CEO of Porsche Deutschland. The claim rests on decades of daily practice. Opened on 18 June 1927, the Eifel track has long served as a Porsche proving ground: from March to October, development cars pound the 20.8-kilometre Nordschleife with its 73 corners and roughly 300 metres of elevation change. A kilometre there counts for many more on the open road, which is why a car’s entire service life can be compressed into a few test campaigns.
Green Hell details, California Gold wheels
Buyers choose between White and GT Silver Metallic. White nods to race cars delivered in a neutral colour, ready for sponsor liveries; the silver echoes the Porsche Cup cars. Green accents run through both versions, a reference to the nickname Sir Jackie Stewart gave the Nordschleife: the Green Hell. The nose and rear trim wear a green wrap that doubles as paint protection film, a nod to the days when factory teams marked their cars this way to tell them apart during races.
A start number between 0 and 999 can be specified for the bonnet, doors and rear window, set in a font drawn from the graffiti painted on the Nordschleife’s tarmac. Historic Nürburgring logos sit on the wings, the B-pillar badges carry the track outline, and the windscreen sun strip bears gold Porsche lettering. The 20- and 21-inch forged wheels come in high-gloss California Gold with satin black centre locks. Even the screw-in tow lugs are green, marked with white arrows as racing regulations require.
The cabin keeps the theme going. The rear roll cage is painted green, and the driver’s bucket seat shows a green backing through graduated perforation. Brushed aluminium sill plates light up with « Welcome to the Green Hell », LED door projectors cast the track outline onto the ground, and the mode switch on the steering wheel reads « Grüne Hölle ». Dashboard stitching alternates three black threads with one in GT Silver, a pattern borrowed from the circuit’s kerbs. Customers pick the seven-speed PDK or the six-speed manual; the latter gets a walnut gear knob like the 911 Carrera T’s. Both embroidered headrests, the Nürburgring logo on the driver’s side and GT3 lettering on the passenger’s, come off to make room for a helmet.
6:50.853 with the Manthey Kit
For owners planning track time, an optional colour-matched Manthey Kit adds revised suspension, upgraded braking components and an aerodynamics package that lifts downforce to 540 kilograms at 285 km/h. Reigning DTM champion Ayhancan Güven set the edition’s reference lap with it: 6:50.853 on the Nordschleife. The purchase also includes access to a Sonderwunsch Manthey Experience day at the specialist’s base in Meuspath, right next to the circuit; Porsche AG has held a majority stake in Manthey since 2013.
Porsche Design rounds out the package with a Chronograph 1 available only to buyers of the car: a black-coated titanium case, the COSC-certified WERK 01.140 calibre, a rotor styled after the wheels, the historic Nürburgring logo on the dial and a strap cut from perforated Porsche seat leather over a green textile backing. The watch is assembled at the company’s factory in Grenchen, Switzerland.
The milestones make the case for the tribute. Porsche entered the Eifelrennen for the first time on 31 May 1953 with the 550 Spyder; a few weeks later, the Type 547 « Fuhrmann » engine turned its first competitive laps in practice for the German Grand Prix. The 910 delivered a first win in the 1,000-kilometre race in 1967. Then came the two lap times that built the circuit’s modern mythology: Stefan Bellof’s 6:11.13 in a 956 in 1983, the outright benchmark for 35 years, and Timo Bernhard’s 5:19.546 in the 919 Hybrid Evo in 2018. For recent Porsche action at the track, see our English report on the museum-livery 718 Cayman GT4 RS Clubsport that raced at the Nürburgring. French-speaking readers can go deeper with our archive pieces on the history of the 911 GT3 and the 911’s track pedigree (both in French).
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