Porsche Celebrates 75 Years in Australia
Porsche’s Sonderwunsch program is where the brand lets its imagination run wild. The name means ‘special request’ in German, and that’s exactly what you get: customers teaming up with Porsche’s designers, engineers, and craftspeople to dream up one-off machines that make regular personalization look tame. We’re talking custom paint, hand-built interiors, and details you won’t find anywhere else.
To celebrate 75 years in Australia, the German marque went all-in on a Sonderwunsch special: the Porsche 911 Turbo S Land Down Under. Built with help from the Sonderwunsch crew, Style Porsche, and Sydney artist Werner Bronkhorst, this car is basically a love letter to Australia’s wild terrain, dramatic skies, and unmistakable vibe.
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A Story Told Through Paint, Leather, and Wood
The whole thing is inspired by one of Australia’s greatest hits: that split-second when the Outback sunset melts from fiery reds to deep blue twilight. That fleeting moment set the tone for the entire build.
The exterior is where things get wild. Porsche whipped up two brand-new Chromaflair paint colors just for this car: Terra Australis Red and Southern Cross Blue. The paint job is a seven-layer, hand-applied masterpiece that fades from earthy red down low to deep blue up top, and it shifts depending on the light. Even the wheels get in on the action, with 20-inch fronts and 21-inch rears finished in Southern Cross Blue. Just the paint alone took over 300 hours – talk about dedication.
Look closer, and you’ll spot some Easter eggs. There’s a sneaky ’75’ ghosted into the roof paint, and if you pop the active rear spoiler, you’ll find a cheeky ‘See ya later mate’ message that only shows up when the wing is up.
Inside, the Aussie vibes keep coming. There’s Dark Night Blue leather, a custom Coolibah Brown, and Australian Silky Oak wood everywhere you look. The dashboard gets topographical graphics straight from the Blue Mountains, and the headliner shows off the Southern Hemisphere night sky as it looked over Uluru in 1951 – the year Porsche landed in Australia. Even the seat perforations are a nod to Bronkhorst’s brushstroke style.
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Familiar Turbo S Performance Underneath
Under the skin, it’s pure 911 Turbo S. That means a 3.6-liter twin-turbo flat-six with Porsche’s T-Hybrid system, good for 711 horsepower and 590 lb-ft of torque. All four wheels get the power through an eight-speed PDK, so it’ll rocket from 0 to 62 mph in just 2.5 seconds and top out at 200 mph.
After its big debut in Australia, this one-off will hit the road for a tour around the country before settling in as a rolling tribute to Porsche’s Aussie milestone.
As a bespoke Sonderwunsch commission, the Land Down Under is not for sale and carries no official price of its own. For reference, the production 2026 Porsche 911 Turbo S Coupe starts at AU$577,300, or roughly $375,000 at current exchange rates, before on-road costs and options.
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Jacob Oliva
Senior Editor, Autoblog