New One-Off Porsche 911 Turbo S Hides A Cheeky Message Under Its Rear Wing
Australia has never been short on dramatic scenery, and Porsche has never been shy about turning the 911 into something collectors will fight over. Put those two ingredients together, hand the project to Porsche’s Sonderwunsch division, and the result was always going to be special. However, this particular 911 goes much further than wearing a fancy coat of paint and a few anniversary badges. Its creators packed tiny Australian references into nearly every surface, including several details most people will never notice at first glance. One especially cheeky surprise only appears when the Turbo S stretches its legs and leaves everyone else eating dust.
This Porsche Took More Than 300 Hours To Paint
The Porsche 911 Turbo S Land Down Under was commissioned to celebrate 75 years since Porsche first arrived in Australia. Its wild finish attempts to recreate an outback sunset, with warm earth tones along the lower body fading into the cool blue of the evening sky above. Porsche developed two exclusive Chromaflair colors called Terra Australis Red and Southern Cross Blue for the project. Depending on the lighting and viewing angle, the bodywork can shift between desert orange, eucalyptus green, sunrise gold, and dusk-sky blue. It effectively turns one 911 into a rolling sample book of Australian scenery.
Creating that finish was a monster job requiring more than 300 hours of hand-applied craftsmanship. Chromaflair paint uses extremely thin flakes with reflective aluminum cores and transparent outer layers to produce its color-shifting effect. Porsche applied the pigments across seven layers, carefully blending the red lower section into the blue upper body without making the car resemble a half-finished respray. Even the staggered 20- and 21-inch Turbo Exclusive wheels wear Southern Cross Blue to tie everything together. It is the kind of paint job that could make a stone chip feel like a personal tragedy.
Its Rear Wing Tells Other Drivers “See Ya Later Mate”
Artist Werner Bronkhorst worked alongside Porsche Cars Australia, the Style Porsche team, and the Sonderwunsch crew to fill the car with small Easter eggs. A ghosted “75” appears within the roof paintwork, using Bronkhorst’s own font to mark both Porsche’s Australian anniversary and 75 years of the company’s motorsport history. Porsche says this is the first time it has used the subtle ghosting technique on one of its cars. Bronkhorst also created miniature illustrations inspired by Australian wildlife and human figures, then hid them around the exterior and cabin. That means owners could spend months crawling over the car and still discover another little surprise.
The funniest detail is tucked beneath the active rear spoiler, where the words “See ya later mate” are waiting to wave goodbye to slower traffic. The message remains hidden until the wing rises above 50 mph or the driver selects Sport Plus mode. It is gloriously childish, completely unnecessary, and exactly the sort of automotive banter a one-off Porsche should have. Most custom 911s take themselves incredibly seriously, but this one has effectively tattooed a farewell message across its backside. If another driver gets close enough to read it, they are probably about to have a very bad afternoon.
Australia Is Packed Into Every Corner Of The Cabin
Inside, Porsche combines Dark Night Blue leather with a specially developed shade called Coolibah Brown. The 18-way Adaptive Sports Seats Plus feature paintbrush-inspired perforated centers designed to mimic the texture of Bronkhorst’s artwork. Porsche individually positioned all 14,417 perforations to create a coherent pattern, which makes punching ordinary ventilation holes suddenly sound like brain surgery. Kalahari and Coolibah Brown leather, detailed embroidery, and anniversary logos on the headrests complete the look. The steering wheel mixes the same earthy colors with Neodyme trim and a Kalahari-colored 12-o’clock marker.
Porsche also used hand-finished Australian Silky Oak across the dashboard and rear-seat inlays. Topographical graphics depicting the Blue Mountains cover the upper dashboard and side trims, turning the cabin into a subtle geological map. Look upward and the headliner displays an embroidered map of the Southern Hemisphere sky as it appeared over Uluru in 1951, the year Porsche entered Australia. None of these details make the Turbo S faster, but that is hardly the point of Porsche’s revived Sonderwunsch program. This car exists to show how far Porsche will go when a customer wants something truly personal and apparently has no interest in choosing from the regular options list.
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