Throughout history, Porsche’s had some great entries in the pantheon of great interior colors and patterns. From the in-your-face dentist chair shade of Nephrite Green to the classic Pepita houndstooth cloth, Stuttgart’s given customers some great choices, but what if you want something truly zany? While the Pepita houndstooth pattern is great, it doesn’t exactly assault your eyeballs with acid trip visuals. For that, we need Pasha, an iconic ’70s fabric Porsche is bringing back on the 911 Spirit 70 Special Edition.
It all starts with a 911 GTS Cabriolet, the new hybrid one with a thumping 534 horsepower. Thanks to a 3.6-liter turbocharged flat-six, hybrid assistance, and a dual-clutch PDK automatic transmission, it can sprint from zero-to-60 mph in about three seconds, on the way to tearing your toupee clean off. It also doesn’t quite work like the hybrids you and I are used to.
See, the new 911 GTS can’t putter along on electric power alone, because its high-voltage system strictly exists for maximum performance. Developed in partnership with Rimac, the 1.9 kWh battery pack and electric motors located in the transmission and turbocharger cut lag and boost output. It’s a potent recipe, but that doesn’t mean it isn’t ripe for a retro injection.
On first glance, the 911 Spirit 70 is louder than the Van Halen blaring from your dad’s garage stereo. Beyond the gold badges and the fantastic Fuchs-inspired wheels, the dominant forces are perfectly old-school Olive Neo yellow-green paint and an over-the-top set of graphics. The chunky lettering is pure ’70s, although definitely not to everyone’s taste. Some will like it, some won’t, and that’s okay. Worst case, the vinyl decals can be deleted. Regardless, you’re still getting exterior accents in this grey-bronze finish called Bronzite, a perfect bridge between the paint and the gold emblems.
However, it’s inside the 911 Spirit 70 where things really get great, because Porsche hasn’t just brought back the incredible Pasha cloth, it’s invented a new color-keyed iteration of it. Sadly, it isn’t the original velour, but yarn-mix textile is a good enough substitute, and it still looks trippier than Woodstock.
Best of all, it’s not just isolated to the seat inserts. The door cards are Pasha, and even the dashboard trim is Pasha, while Olive Neo stitching on black leather ties it all together. It absolutely rules, which makes me sad that only 1,250 911s will come like this, and with a starting price of $242,250, they’re firmly in GT3 pricing territory.
If you like your Pasha the old-fashioned way, with a little bit of luck, you may still be able to get it. Porsche’s Sonderwunsch program deals with some absolutely outrageous colorways, and if you get lucky and can throw some serious money at them, I wouldn’t be surprised if you could get a brand new 911 with a black-and-white, blue-and-white, or possibly even beige Pasha interior. Or better yet, if you can get an order in before end-of-production, a 718 Spyder RS with a Pasha interior. Now that would be spectacular.
Top graphic image: Porsche
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That’s not the best interior. Not when they have red, purple, and green options 😀
Not pasha, pasha is asymmetrical
Search the interwebs and you’ll find Pasha socks (and socks to match other car interiors.)
https://heeltread.com/collections/best-sellers?page=2
Last year’s 911 Turbo 50th Anniversary had an awesome tartan interior. And had a package featuring a cool green exterior. If I had $300k burning a hole in my pocket, I would have been in on that one. And they only made 1,974, so I’m sure there are approximately 2 of them actually being driven by their owner.
In my experience Porsche owners are a little bit better about actually driving their cars than other collectors. Whenever I go to the track there are always high end Porsches around. To be fair they’re rarely being driven at 10/10ths, but at least they’re being used as god intended.
Make mine the 50th anniversary 911 with the black and white houndstooth inserts and the Fuchs like wheels! With a stick.
If I was spending nearly 250k on a Porsche there’s just no way in hell it would be for a PDK 911 GTS with a cool interior and stripe package
If you go to build an S or GTS on the website, you can get the Pasha, albeit in the greyscale version, not the yellow-green variant. Check here: https://porsche-code.com/PT61M519 (seats and seat backs possible)
Way back when I had a 914 in Berber Yellow (which was difficult to distinguish from the earlier Raveena Green)…I literally dreamed of redoing it with a Pasha interior, or barring that houndstooth.
Sadly, I sold that car 20 something years ago…so now I just need to rob a bank and ensure that I can get the decal delete on one of these babies from my local P-car dealer.
Fabric seats, what a concept. more automakers should do this.
Definitely not a favorite of mine, especially in that completely awful snot green/yellow ick color.
Make mine plain navy-blue leather, thanks. Silver on the outside. Which was the combo I nearly ordered a Cayman in six years ago before my inner Yankee Cheapskate said “nope”.
Sometimes I don’t get why Porsches don’t do it for me, other times I see something that makes me point and go, “And there it is.”
But to not just leave something negative, I will say that a color or pattern is better than another vehicle built for rod monochromatism.
That monochromism would be blue, and therefore better than 90% of modern cars. I’m looking at you, Honda. Do better.
Rods can’t perceive any color, but blue would be nice. I keep thinking of doing my boring black car interior over, but it’s my only car and I’m too cheap. Red or blue go with a lot of colors and could even add some personality to the typical black/white/gray/silver. I’m cheap and don’t like options, but I’d pay a few grand extra for interior color—a real colored interior, not just a part of a door panel or colored stitching.
CTRL+F 928: No matches. Come on.
Could you even get pascha in a 911 back then?
Make mine a brown 928;
https://davidsclassiccars.com/images/full/rare-1981-euro-300hp-porsche-928s-5-speed-manual-brownpasha-op-art-interior-nr-12.jpg