Mini GT 1:64 — Porsche 901 (1963) | Ivory | Die-Cast Collectible

The Mini GT 1:64 — Porsche 901 — 1963 — Ivory is an extraordinarily detailed die-cast tribute to one of the most historically significant, emotionally powerful, and culturally celebrated automobiles in the history of the sports car — the Porsche 901, the original Porsche 911, the extraordinary rear-engined sports car that Ferdinand “Butzi” Porsche designed and that Porsche unveiled at the 1963 Frankfurt Motor Show (IAA) under the internal designation 901 — the number that would have become the car's production name had Peugeot not objected to Porsche's use of a three-digit model designation with a zero in the middle, a naming convention that Peugeot had trademarked for its own use in France, leading Porsche to rename the car the 911 — one of the most celebrated and consequential naming decisions in the history of the automobile, and the beginning of the most enduring and celebrated sports car lineage in the history of the automobile. The Porsche 901 — designed by Ferdinand Alexander “Butzi” Porsche, the grandson of Porsche founder Ferdinand Porsche and the son of Ferry Porsche, featuring the extraordinary fastback body design with the distinctive rounded roofline, the wide rear haunches, the sloping bonnet, and the overall visual language that has defined the Porsche 911 silhouette for more than six decades and that remains one of the most instantly recognisable and emotionally powerful automotive design signatures in the history of the automobile — was powered in its original 1963 specification by the air-cooled 2.0-litre flat-six engine producing 130 hp, paired with a five-speed manual gearbox and featuring a rear-engine rear-wheel drive layout that gave the 901/911 its unique and distinctive dynamic character, a character that Porsche has refined, developed, and perfected across more than six decades of continuous production without ever fundamentally altering the essential rear-engine rear-wheel drive philosophy that Butzi Porsche established in 1963. The 901's extraordinary design heritage — as the car that established the visual language, the engineering philosophy, and the emotional character of the Porsche 911 that has been produced in continuous evolution from 1963 to the present day, making it one of the longest-running and most continuously developed sports car nameplates in the history of the automobile — gives it an extraordinary depth of historical significance and emotional resonance that makes it one of the most important and collector-desirable Porsche die-cast subjects ever produced. The ivory finish perfectly captures the elegant, understated, and timeless character of the original 901 as it appeared at the 1963 Frankfurt Motor Show, one of the most celebrated and historically significant automotive debuts of the twentieth century.

A must-have for Porsche 901 enthusiasts, original 911 heritage devotees, Butzi Porsche design admirers, Ferdinand Alexander Porsche collectors, 1963 Frankfurt Motor Show IAA history fans, air-cooled flat-six engine devotees, rear-engine RWD sports car collectors, Porsche 911 lineage admirers from 901 through 992, ivory livery classic Porsche enthusiasts, and serious die-cast collectors seeking a premium Mini GT miniature of the most historically significant and emotionally powerful Porsche ever produced.