Just 22 examples of the Tuthill GT-One will be made, with each taking 3,500 hours to produce.
With RUF having shown off its rally-fied Rodeo 911 and Porsche themselves even going so far as to unveiling a one-off 993 Speedster, this year’s Monterey Car Week is shaping up to provide quite the parade of stunning Stuggart stallions. Though even in this particular pack of rather nice Porsche, the one that is most certainly the belle of the ball has to be Tuthill’s newly-unveiled GT-One.
A car that has already been causing quite a stir when photos of it being unloaded at LAX last week first emerged on the Internet, this GT-One supposedly serves as a tribute by Tuthill to the mad Porsche GT1 Le Mans legends of the 90s. Or more specifically the 911 GT1 Straßenversion, its road-going homologation counterpart.
The GT-One’s sleek exterior aesthetic here has been penned by Florian Flatau, whose resume included work at American 911 restomodder Singer and the Audi Quattro-inspired E-Legend EL1. Its low-slung silhouette is accentuated by a pair of modern round LED headlights up front, an integrated roof-mounted air intake in the middle and a full-width rear light bar tucked beneath the integrated massive rear spoiler on its sculpted tail.
Lifting up that clamshell rear on the GT-One will reveal a Tuthill-fettled 4.0-litre flat six ahead of its rear wheels, which produces more than 500 horsepower in standard naturally aspirated form. An optional turbo package meanwhile further turns up the wick to the tune of over 600 horsepower, with both engines possibly paired to either a manual gearbox or a seven-speed dual-clutch automatic.
Moving along inside now, the GT-One features a surprisingly modern-looking almost art-deco cockpit. The cream cabin feature here a fully digital instrument cluster that is tucked behind a classic-style round steering wheel, while other highlights within includes the bank of 9 toggle switches on the clean centre console and fabric door pulls that are present in place of interior handles.
Tuthill hasn’t officially revealed much about what car exactly this GT-One is born from, but it has instead highlighted that this supercar packs twin wishbones for its front and rear suspension. The British tuning firm also touts that the fully carbon fibre bodywork on it has also seen for this featherweight supercar to barely tip the scales at only 1,200 kg.
Another point that Tuthill desires to put on record is that the homologation specials of the GT1 racers from the ’90s often had “compromised road performance, as they were built to allow manufacturers to optimise them for track use”. Its GT One though was apparently “designed specifically for the road”, and expectedly is road registrable.
Having said all that however, the GT-One does nevertheless sport a full FIA-spec roll cage inside and side impact bars on its carbon fibre doors for extra safety. Track-ready carbon-ceramic brakes with custom calipers are also available to order behind its aerodisk-style alloys, with Tuthill having further hinted at the possibility of an optional aero kit for track use to come in the future.
Just 22 examples of the GT-One will be built, with each apparently requiring some 3,500 build-hours to complete. Tuthill has yet to quote a price yet for one of these bespoke vehicles, but it is not exactly hard to guess that this level of Porsche perfection is likely to come with an astronomical asking price.
