Porsche Sonderwunsch has gone looking well beyond the usual nostalgia shelf this time. Its latest special is based on the 2025 911 S/T, but the inspiration comes from a far older machine: a 1972 911 S/T that once ran in the Camel GT Challenge. That series, originally launched in 1971 as IMSA GT by the International Motor Sports Association, was open only to sports cars and prototypes and covered everything from short races to 24-hour endurance events across the U.S. and Canada.
The name Camel GT came from the championship’s tobacco sponsor, Camel. This is also one of the first Porsches to appear in different competitions wearing Canadian colors.
Entered by Equipe de Course Marc Dancose, the 1972 911 S/T raced at Sebring, Daytona, and Indianapolis. According to the story here, the team could not secure a proper factory racing Porsche from the period, so it bought a 911 S/T instead and reworked it for competition with help from Brumos Racing. Changes also included wider wheels, while the rear set had a different design altogether.
The sports car in its original form was finished in a Phoenix Red paint job and competed in no fewer than 27 races before retiring in 1978 after an incident took place at Trois-Rivieres in Quebec, Canada. What happened next is unclear. Much later, though, the car ended up with a Swiss collector, and that owner chose to mark its history through a bespoke Porsche commission.
So the donor car became a 2025 911 S/T. Porsche describes the result not as a straight copy, but as “an artistic reinterpretation,” and mechanically, nothing has been changed. The work stayed on the visual side. Phoenix Red returns on the body, while Signal Yellow appears in selected areas, including the front bumper, echoing details seen on the 1970s racer. The period sponsor graphics are gone, which is hardly surprising, but the old theme is not erased.
In fact, it moves inside, where the magic still happens. There is a Camel logo appearing on the interior trim pieces, embroidered headrests, door sills, or the embossed lid of the center-console storage compartment.
More than that, when you open the doors, there is the logo projector throwing an image onto the ground, revealing the camel behind the wheel of a racing sports car. Around those details are outlines of Sebring, Daytona, Indianapolis, and Lime Rock Park, the circuits tied to the original machine’s competition life.
There is one more nod to the old racer’s unusual setup. The different front and rear wheel look has been reinterpreted through Manthey Racing aerodiscs fitted over the rear wheels, the same type developed for the GT3 RS. They are not street legal, though they can be removed when the car needs to drive on public roads.
Porsche has not said what this one-off costs. A standard 2025 911 S/T, for reference, starts at around $290,000.
2025 Porsche 911 S/T Camel GT – Photo Gallery
