Nobody Asked For a Porsche 911 Wagon—Now Everybody Wants One
Polish tuner Indecent is turning its Porsche 911 shooting brake rendering into a real conversion after overwhelmingly positive response online.
Indecent posted the long-roof 911 concept on Instagram and asked followers if it should build the car. Within days, the idea had moved from rendering to money down and a customer commission—the company is now preparing the first car for a planned debut at the Goodwood Festival of Speed next year.
The first build will use a 991.2-generation Porsche 911 Turbo as its donor car. That means a twin-turbocharged 3.8-liter flat-six with 533 horsepower before tuning. Indecent says the conversion will also fit 991.1 and 991.2 Turbo, Turbo S, and GT2 RS models.
The work will not come cheap. Indecent estimates the shooting brake bodywork at about $350,000, and that doesn't include the cost of a donor Porsche.
Turning a 911 into a shooting brake isn't simply stretching the roofline with sheetmetal and adding a rear hatch. If you're familiar with the anatomy of a 911, the engine sits where a wagon would normally carry golf clubs, so the new coachwork will not suddenly turn the 911 into something practical.
The longer roof should add some rear headroom and some shelf space above the engine cover—this is purely a form-first endeavour.
There will probably have to be some additional ducting and venting added within the new C-pillars. The factory rear deck on a 911 Turbo is vented to help manage engine heat. Replacing that with a custom tailgate and glass area means Indecent has to rethink how heat exits the rear bodywork unless they're going for a convection oven effect within the cab.
Indecent is not new to modified 911s. The shop says it has completed around 20 Porsche builds, including safari-style conversions and modern slant-nose jobs. This shooting brake is definitely the shop's most involved 911 project, though.
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It obvious why everybody wants one. The thing is "drop dead" gorgeous.
What a waste of time and money .Its the mines bigger than yours thing .Stupid waste .