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Porsche 911’s Threads of Time

Looking at how the 911 wears its heritage

From Anatole Lapine’s ‘Black Watch’ trousers to Ferry Porsche’s company car, the story of Porsche’s tartan interiors comes full circle in the Scottish Highlands – with a visit to the spiritual home of the Mackenzie tartan. As the door of the Porsche 911 Turbo 50 Years opens and reveals its interior trimmed in Weathered Dress Mackenzie tartan, a huge smile lights up the face of 38-year-old Viscount Tarbat, the heir to the clan chiefdom of the Mackenzies. “I suppose that means that we’re now officially the fastest clan,” he grins.

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